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Originally Posted by Varn
I would think the worst would be the one who has the most travel expense per year. After all that is a measure of being earth friendly. Just because you get 50 mpg doesn't mean much if you drive 50,000 miles a year.
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I guess a person could set up their criteria any way they wanted. For example, my actual MPG numbers arent the worst on the site - this is in the "percentage over (under) EPA" list. As far as the 50,000 miles per year, I think about the commercials for that train (CTX?) on TV. they talk about hauling a ton of frieght something like 400 miles on a gallon of diesel....
As far as "travel expense" - I'm guessing a person could buy a brand new, top of the line hybrid & put only high-priced "premium" fuel in it and have higher travel expense - even at 50+ MPG - than someone who gets a used "subcompact" like a Metro & drives it the same miles at 45+/- MPG, but always puts the cheapest "regular" grade fuel in it.
So again, I think it depends on the criteria; "earth friendly" (whatever that is), "most miles per gallon average", "highest percentage over EPA", "least out-of-pocket cost per year for travel" (a home-bound or bed-ridden person probably wins that one).......
