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Old 06-29-2010, 04:44 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NachtRitter View Post
One wrench to throw in... In my case, I replaced a vehicle that that required premium fuel with one that takes regular... further increasing my savings. I definitely like the idea of having "replaced vehicle" option in the garage, but it still wouldn't be useful unless I could at least enter an average per gallon fuel price for the replaced vehicle (if the field is blank, use the current vehicle's average). This would probably be particularly useful for those that replace a gasoline vehicle with a diesel.
So maybe for the premium thing we could have a feature that could be clicked to add $0.35 per gallon since that's about what it is here vs. regular. The option to insert the alternative price at each fill-up for the comparison vehicle would be pretty nice to have. If you don't enter in the alternative price it would automatically assume you'd be using the same fuel in the comparison vehicle.

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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
30000 miles
Current: 60 mpg
EPA: 33 mpg
Old vehicle: 17 mpg suburban

Saved vs "normal" driving: $1100, 408 gallons
saves vs suburban: 1265 gallons, $3403

Wow.
Holy crap man, I could buy another Geo for what you saved compared to the EPA rating and I could buy a small fleet of Geo's for your savings vs. the suburban.
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