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The irony of this is that since the objective is to save money, you can't spend extra money on a econocar.
If you drive a $2000 car, it makes absolutely no sense to spend $10,000 for more mpg since that $8000 will buy a lot of gas.
Since I only drive 12-15k miles a year, it doesn't leave a lot to work with.
Say 12k: 1000 mi/month: 15 mpg => 67 gallons: @ $3.50/gal => $233/month, $2800/year.
30 mpg would save $1400/year.
Assume sell van for $1400, then:
To recover $ in 1 year: buy $2800 eco car.
2 years: $4200
5 years: $8400
Recovery would be even greater since gas prices will go up.
Way to save real money is buy any POS eco car that you run into (!)
Sell van for $1400 and find an $800 Colt (!)
Other wise known as "coarse motoring!"
Thanks for all the interest,
Tom
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