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Old 05-26-2014, 03:15 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
I'm confused, I'm willing to give it a try if there is no risk in damaging the car. Just explain what I need to do exactly, I'm not the best at doing work like this but, I am willing to learn.

Also, for me personally, even a 0.5mpg increase would be worth it.
From 39.69 to 40.19 MPG, with the cheapest gas in Apple Valley, California being $3.96, you would go from 9.977 to 9.853 cents per mile, and if the modification costs $50, the break-even point should be:

$50 = $3.96 * (0.09977 - 0.09853) * miles = 0.0049104 * miles
miles = $50 / 0.0049104 = 10,182.47 miles

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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
I plan on buying a new car (gonna try to find a Toyota Echo with around 50k miles for like 8k or so) when I get the settlement from my car accident, so I will be hooking it back up again to either trade it in or privately sell it.
Oh, so you do not plan on driving it 10,182.5 miles?

I am glad that we could have this talk.
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