So how much are you willing to spend on gas..

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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    this is my commute...just copy the link and paste it in the address.
    http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=8326905
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I'd say at about $5.50 I'll consider selling my car.
    NERDS!
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    ajedigecko wrote:
    this is my commute...just copy the link and paste it in the address.
    http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=8326905


    so very cool... they never mentioned your frozen beard when you get to school in the winter!
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    SPALMA wrote:
    so very cool... they never mentioned your frozen beard when you get to school in the winter!
    our local news station will be doing a follow up story next school year. my daughter begins kindergarten and i will be dropping her off in my bike trailer.
    it is going to be a sweet story.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    farfromglorified wrote:
    This is a timely question for me as I recently took my girlfriend to the Toyota dealership to get a problem fixed on her car. I asked one of the salespeople there what was the best deal he could get me on a Prius and he told me roughly $20k. So I did some quick math:

    13,000 (amount of miles I drive in a given year)
    23 (average mpg I get out of my honda element)
    565 (number of gallons of gas I buy in a year)
    $2,260 (total annual cost of gasolene per year at $4 per gallon)

    13,000 (amount of miles I drive in a given year)
    45 (average mpg I'd likely get out of a prius)
    288 (number of gallons of gas I would buy in a year)
    $1,155 (total annual cost of gasolene per year at $4 per gallon)

    $1,145 (total gas savings from a prius)
    $2,500 (total annual cost of a prius over 8 year estimated life)

    $2,500 > $1,145

    So, it really made no sense for me to replace my Element with a Prius, being that I'd be losing money on the deal. At $10 per gallon, however, the gas savings would eclipse the cost of the Prius. So I'd say it would take gas prices at about 3 times what they are now to motivate me to act.

    You haven't factored in replacing the battery on the hybrid. That'll cost ya.

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