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[nj636]

hey my other vehicle is a pickup truck that I use to tow my other vehicle which is a not so Eco friendly 2 gallon of fuel per mile race car (:

the civic is my commuter so I'm one of those that own more than one vehicle and each one is even more environmentally unfriendly as the next!

[nj636]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

I bought a 15 year old car almost 11 years ago.
(still have it)

bought my 21 year old car 12 years ago and still have it

[oil pan 4]

If my suburban was bone stock it would only be getting 13 or 14 mpg in the thin air here.
And closer to 10 towing.

[larrybuck]

I guess I don't take kindly to having my family in the woods badmouthed, so to speak.
My sub is a diesel, can get near 30mpg even though its a K model.
The CRX 45-62.9mpg.
The Silverwing gets 52-64mpg.http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-la...6-img-0633.jpg
The Kawa gets 100mpg on logging roads, 112 commuting with even some freeway, and 116mpg is my record so far.

I consider this to be a well balanced family, all paid for!

[user removed]

Larrybuck, my average mileage is about the same as yours. If I ever need something like the Subdivision in the link on my original post, I'd probably rent one. The OP was not meant as any reflection on anyone here or anywhere else. It was more of a simple mathematical evaluation of the rationale for owning anything like a vehicle of that size, AND DRIVING IT ALMOST HALF A MILLION MILES IN JUST OVER A DECADE.

There is no way 99% of people, at least those around here, can rationalise that kind of waste to me and I built two houses from scratch and hauled a lot of the materials in a pickup truck. Sold the truck when the house was built.

I have a pickup truck I could do without, and 4 more motorcycles than I really need. The Fiesta could go as well and leave me with one bike and the beat up old Ranger and I would be just fine, and average probably close to 60 MPG overall with another 16k in the bank.

No one here should take this post personally. You make your choices and you pay the cost of those choices. Being raised by an accountant, I just learned to focus on the real cost of things. Housing, transportation, and food eat up a heck of a lot of monthly income and I would hope some of the visitors to this site would see this thread and maybe rethink their vehicle purchase in a different light.

regards
Mech

[slowmover]

Well said . . I just reviewed my annual income for the current year and was surprised at how low it was given how much I've been able to do with it. Lower inputs of $$ and energy all around spread that cash much farther than in my previous life (fixed expenses, and little room on variable expenses).