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Old 05-24-2012, 09:21 AM   #51 (permalink)
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At $3.50 a gallon and 10 MPG, just toss a quarter and a dime out the window every mile and you get the picture fairly quick.

12 MPG saves you a nickel a mile.

70 MPG cost you a nickel, saves 30 cents a mile. $30.00 per hundred miles adds up quick.

The whole topic to me seems ludicrous, a huge debate about whether you are tossing 35or 30 cents out the window. Get a CBR 250 R for $4k and toss 4 cents a mile out the window.

At 4 cents a mile you save $3100 per 10k miles, $31,000 in 100 k miles in fuel cost. I have no problem grasping those numbers.

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mech

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