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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Except I bet real world and $2.50/gal gas doesn't work out to be that big of a difference. Heck I doubt I end up spending $10,000 in gas total for my first 100,000 miles in the minivan so unless the Prius is free. .
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The OP wants to drive Uber 30,000 miles per year
The Grand Caravan is rated at 20 mpg combined. The OP gets 20 mpg combined today driving a Saturn Ion (which is rated 26 combined) so even the combined rating is likely optimistic for taxi use.
Caravan:
30,000 / 20 mpg = 1500 gallons x $2.50 = $3,750
Prius
30,000 / 50 mpg = 600 gallon x $2.50 = $1,500
That is a difference of $2,250 per year or $188 per month.
If we use the city rating for the Caravan the difference jumps to $2912 per year or $243 per month.