You guys make me laugh!  The cheapest regular petrol near me here in the UK:

 The Highest price in this area: 119.9p
The Average price in this area: 116.3p
The Lowest price in this area: 113.9p

That's per litre, so doing the math for you, that's $8.52 per US gallon.

And everyone is still driving the same 4x4s and performance cars just as
much as they ever did...

Those 60 hp/60 mpg cars won't help you when a teenager gives you the finger
at the lights in their 70 hp car!

:-)

Glenn

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: 29 May 2008 18:32
To: 'Robert McElwee'; 'Keith Tanner'
Cc: 'miatapower List'
Subject: RE: NPC: Geez, I just bought another car. Carfax anyone???

Instead of a calculator, I have a spreadsheet. At the top I punch in
constants like weekly miles driven by me and wifey, and gas cost per gallon.

Then I have 3 cars, my 19mpg Ranger, her 28Mpg Miata, and the ~45Mpg Geo
Metro that will prob cost me $600 all told when it's on the road
(hopefully).

I also have a column of round trip destinations, and 3 columns for the 3
cars. 

Orlando = $560  $370  $230  respectively Wifes Commute = $11.00 $7.50  $4.60
Almost the same for mine.


By switching my truck for the Metro, I save $142/month.  

If I sell the truck for $1700, and spend $1100 on a Dodge Neon to do my
towing, then the savings begin immediately, but only about $100/mo because
of the insurance on 3 cars.  That's still $1200 per year.

It's not huge, but our budget is fairly tight so it all helps.










-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert McElwee
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:01 PM
To: Keith Tanner
Cc: miatapower List
Subject: Re: NPC: Geez, I just bought another car. Carfax anyone???

Because people are stupid and don't know how to use a calculator <G>.
These idiots are pissing me off because they are keeping me from buying the
car that I want (causing the prices to go sky high).

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Keith Tanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't understand why people are paying premium prices in order to 
> save a few miles per gallon.
>
> Keith Tanner
> Flyin' Miata
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