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Old 04-12-2011, 05:33 AM   #6 (permalink)
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The truck uses 0.1G/mile and the car 0.04G/mile, the difference is 0.06G/mile.

At $5/G you are saving $0.3/mile.

You'll get you money back after 3000/0.3 = 10000 miles.

At $4/G it'll take 12500 miles.

Making cost calculations difficult is the main drawback of using MPG instead of GPM.
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