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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Get short trip mpg data for you and her driving the same trip. Do some math based on how many miles you drive each year, round number gas prices and your two different mpg results. At this mpg, driving 10,000 miles at today's gas price costs us this much. At this other mpg, we save $XXX per year.
I'm driving a shiny new Fit because at $2.40 a gallon and 35 mpg average, the gas and car payment is $20 a week more than the gas alone on the pig I was driving a week ago. And my first fill up was at $3.46 and 37 mpg- eating into that $20 from both directions.
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Agreed! Somebody posted a suburban with 400k miles here some time agao, total fuel costs is near $100,000.
Made me average out our family car to my wife. At 25 mpg, the next 100k miles will cost $14,000 at an average of $3.50 a gallon. So I asked the wife, what could we do with an extra few thousand if we can increase our economy or get a more efficient vehicle?
Even amongst the rich, there is no such thing as too much money. Unless you are overpaying someone 'too much money' xD Like, I never stumbled upon a $20 dollar bill and didn't take it saying, "nah, I already have too much money I don't need that."