On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Colin Burnett <<a href="mailto:cmlburnett@gmail.com">cmlburnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. <<a href="mailto:dave@58ghz.net">dave@58ghz.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Its really interesting that the Honda only gets 30ish mpg on the hwy.<br>><br>> I don't really keep track. :) I see keeping track of mileage like<br>> watching grass grow. I pay attention enough to make sure it's not<br>
> totally off (i.e, something is wrong). My highest that I recall was a<br>> trip from DSM to Rochester, MN and back on a tank.<br>><br><br>Getting something rated at 30mpg is great, it's hard to justify paying more for better mileage above that unless you drive a lot: ($0.017 diff per mile between 30 and 40mpg which at 1,000 miles/mo is a savings of $200/year - you'd get more benefit out of comfy seats)<br>
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<td align="right" width="86">$/m @ $2/g</td>
<td align="right" width="141">$ for a 30m commute</td>
<td align="right" width="88">gallons used</td>
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<td align="right">0.200</td>
<td align="right">$6.00</td>
<td align="right">3.00</td>
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<td align="right">0.133</td>
<td align="right">$4.00</td>
<td align="right">2.00</td>
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<td align="right">0.100</td>
<td align="right">$3.00</td>
<td align="right">1.50</td>
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<td align="right" height="17">25</td>
<td align="right">0.080</td>
<td align="right">$2.40</td>
<td align="right">1.20</td>
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<td align="right">0.067</td>
<td align="right">$2.00</td>
<td align="right">1.00</td>
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<td align="right" height="17">35</td>
<td align="right">0.057</td>
<td align="right">$1.71</td>
<td align="right">0.86</td>
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<td align="right">0.050</td>
<td align="right">$1.50</td>
<td align="right">0.75</td>
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<td align="right" height="17">45</td>
<td align="right">0.044</td>
<td align="right">$1.33</td>
<td align="right">0.67</td>
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<td align="right" height="17">50</td>
<td align="right">0.040</td>
<td align="right">$1.20</td>
<td align="right">0.60</td>
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<td align="right" height="17">55</td>
<td align="right">0.036</td>
<td align="right">$1.09</td>
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<br>Take that with a grain of salt because I don't drive that much. I spend about $60/mo on gas for two cars combined that each get a little under 30mpg.<br><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br>
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