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My reason for getting into fuel economy: I'd like to buy a decent house with some land... driving a 5000+lb truck 40 minutes to work every day wasn't getting me there, especially when gas went to $4.20/gal here. I never got why people drove "rice burners" and subcompacts til i did the math and a Civic saves me over $12,000 over the next 5 years at today's gas prices, $18,000 if gas goes back to $4/gal. Thats my house down payment. Not to mention the truck would have been worn out by the time the loan was paid off. Tires for it are 2/3 the cost of the whole Civic too.
Never woulda guessed driving for max mpg could make a "game" out of a commute
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