[Cialug] OT: safe/reliable fuel-efficient cars.

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Colin Burnett <cmlburnett at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>>
>> Its really interesting that the Honda only gets 30ish mpg on the hwy.
>
> I don't really keep track. :)  I see keeping track of mileage like
> watching grass grow.  I pay attention enough to make sure it's not
> totally off (i.e, something is wrong).  My highest that I recall was a
> trip from DSM to Rochester, MN and back on a tank.
>

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)

(HTML formatted):
      mpg $/m @ $2/g $ for a 30m commute gallons used  10 0.200 $6.00 3.00
15 0.133 $4.00 2.00  20 0.100 $3.00 1.50  25 0.080 $2.40 1.20  30 0.067
$2.00 1.00  35 0.057 $1.71 0.86  40 0.050 $1.50 0.75  45 0.044 $1.33 0.67
50 0.040 $1.20 0.60  55 0.036 $1.09 0.55
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.

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