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Originally Posted by JSH
Which is more than 3x average yearly mileage (13,500). The more you drive the more fuel economy matters. Are you a courier, regional salesman or something?
Commercial drivers that drive a lot of miles care a LOT about fuel economy - at least the big fleets do. They get excited about saving 0.1 mpg. Owner-Operators - not so much. They are the ones buying the cowboy trucks with a big engine, old fashion non-aero design, and LOTS of chrome.
87 octane is $3.79 a gallon at the Hillsboro Costco and $3.89 at the Fred Meyer. Diesel is still pricey though - $4.89 at Freddy's.
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I just drive a lot for vacation and boredom. Oregon is a beautiful but huge state. Hundreds and hundreds of miles just to do a crater lake day trip or a trip to southern Oregon to gold pan. Plus driving to mount hood and back 3 times a week in winter helps add almost 1000 miles a week to the car. Filming snowboarding pays YouTube income and it’s good exercise and therapy.
Biggest mile adder is doing road trips from Oregon down to Arizona probably every other month tk see friends and get some sunshine. Or my yearly road trip to Florida and back to see east coast family. And then in winter I usually drive to Colorado twice plus ski trips to Utah and Idaho and New Mexico and so on. I constantly drive spring for fun since this car is so great on gas and I like seeing new sites. Plus making YouTube videos when traveling around helps with income