05-19-2015, 06:07 PM
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Free Car Day! Or the day your car pays for itself.
If we don't already, we need to have a thread where people's money saved on gas equals the purchase price of their car. I just moved from a 2005 Legacy GT to a '92 VX. I'm predicting about ten months to save $1500 in gas over the LGT.
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05-19-2015, 06:36 PM
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05-19-2015, 06:38 PM
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Not bad for a machine
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my KIA is a $500 car
Total fuel used: 250.14 gal
Total fuel cost: $750.09
Total fuel saved vs. EPA: 228.4 gal.
Total saved: $685.2
but KIA screwed up the EPA testing like they did recently but the other way around
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05-19-2015, 07:06 PM
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My coupe Tempo cost me a 12 pack. I guess I was golden after the first fill?
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05-19-2015, 10:38 PM
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Even better lol, when your gas savings buys you a free car! And it's an Insight, talk about a feedback loop!
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05-19-2015, 11:21 PM
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My Escort costed $800 dollars in 2012. As of today - Total saved: $781.74 (based on avg. cost per gal./L)
In the next few weeks, it will pay for itself! And get this; I started recording in August 2014!
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05-19-2015, 11:23 PM
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I don't think I'll ever make the money I have put into my insight back, but idc. I just like getting good mileage.
However, vs my camry that I used to only get 30mpg in, I have saved over 1,000 in gas by switching to my insight.
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If i bought a 1989 Russian Lada/Vaz 2101, I would save around $650 in insurance alone in a year.
It consumes about as much as my Celica, and It is a carbed lazy-ass, but i would have a car that is a lot easier to fix at home and has very cheap spare parts.
And it has a hand crank for cold winters 
It has no ABS,it is noisy, rattling, and loud,
the safety is minimal (my mom almost died in a frontal crash driving one at 40km/h in the 90's) and the it has no power steering.
And the handling is a typical 70's RWD car. And the rear is panhard-type.
But i need a cheaper car than my Celica, as it has advancing rust so no winters for toyo until i can get a workshop to fix it.
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05-20-2015, 06:34 AM
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My jeep cost me 8000 euro.
Monney invested in the car is around 2500 euro.
Total sum 10500 euro.
Monney saved in 2013 is 300l at 1.1euro is 330 euro
Monney saved in 2014 is 800l at 1.1 euro is 880 euro
Total saved until 1 januari 2015 is 1210 euro in 2 years time.
Prologe is that the car is payed back in 2030 
Then it is time to buy a new car
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Previous car. SUV. From 2011 + 10l/100km to 2017 5,516l/100km.
2017 without holiday: 5,397l/100km
EPA Rated average: 8,1l/100km
Current ride: plug in 285hp hybrid
EPA Rated average: 2,8l/100km
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05-20-2015, 04:42 PM
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If i bought a 1989 Russian Lada/Vaz 2101, I would save around $650 in insurance alone in a year.
It consumes about as much as my Celica, and It is a carbed lazy-ass, but i would have a car that is a lot easier to fix at home and has very cheap spare parts.
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I'd probably rather get a motorcycle instead of a Soviet jalopy, but the old Lada does seem to make sense considering these aspects.
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It has no ABS,it is noisy, rattling, and loud,
the safety is minimal (my mom almost died in a frontal crash driving one at 40km/h in the 90's) and the it has no power steering.
And the handling is a typical 70's RWD car. And the rear is panhard-type.
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At least it's still more comfortable than a motorcycle, reasonably roomy inside, and its longitudinally-engined RWD layout provides a lot more of room for improvements (not just regarding fuel-savings but also performance) compared to the space-constrained transversely-engined FWD layout prevalent in the modern compact cars. You could even attempt to retrofit it with ABS if you get the willing to do that.
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But i need a cheaper car than my Celica, as it has advancing rust so no winters for toyo until i can get a workshop to fix it.
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Can't you fix it by yourself?
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