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Old May 1, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by forced4gsix3
You save fuel so I can burn it.

Two for me, none for you.

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Old May 1, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital4N6
It's a 2005. Has over 115k miles on it already. Increased the rated MPG already quite a bit with some hypermiler mods and aftermarket equipment. My fuel bill is about $450/mo but I get diesel for about $3.80/gal and with my 5% discount comes out to about $3.61/gal.

Plus, I can tow houses and your roof comes up to my wheel well with stock ride height. Nice in the summertime with convertibles and short skirts.
well ur a little luckier than the rest of us, we dont get gas discounts, also i still never answered mny question to far your commute was to work?, my fuelbill would be only $50 a month in my truck if i worked down the streer.
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If I had the money for a Ferrari, I'd also pick one up as a daily.... but until then. No thanks.
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Default Re: the secret to getting 70 mpg!

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well ur a little luckier than the rest of us, we dont get gas discounts, also i still never answered mny question to far your commute was to work?, my fuelbill would be only $50 a month in my truck if i worked down the streer.
Many credit cards will give you cash rebates on fuel. Mine does.

I don't work a set schedule and can be requested on-scene just about anywhere... so a "commute to work" is irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by forced4gsix3
You save fuel so I can burn it.

Two for me, none for you.

Thanks!!
americans its sad look at you gas is going up like fucken crazy and you morons still love to suck it up. We'll see mem day whose fucken laughing when that shits 4.00 a gal and you'll be sitting your ass at home.
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Many credit cards will give you cash rebates on fuel. Mine does.

I don't work a set schedule and can be requested on-scene just about anywhere... so a "commute to work" is irrelevant.
i'm sure if you had a 120 round trip commute to work, you would be leaning toward drivin sumthin else daily, hey if i was a millioare i'd be right there next to you in a gas guzzler but i just think its a lot more practical for "ME" to drive what i'm drivin daily.
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americans its sad look at you gas is going up like fucken crazy and you morons still love to suck it up. We'll see mem day whose fucken laughing when that shits 4.00 a gal and you'll be sitting your ass at home.
finally some one with some common sence, lol.
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Hey...I get 25mpg on the highway in a 500whp Cobra plus I have 400 times as many cool points as someone driving a hybrid.

Thank god I can afford $4 gas.....
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Default Re: the secret to getting 70 mpg!

Originally Posted by dadocg2
i'm sure if you had a 120 round trip commute to work, you would be leaning toward drivin sumthin else daily, hey if i was a millioare i'd be right there next to you in a gas guzzler but i just think its a lot more practical for "ME" to drive what i'm drivin daily.
You would need a 330 miles round trip commute to justify buying one just to commute in. My math might be alittle off. Checked ebay and auto trader for prices, figured 15k was a good number. 42 month financing, that will put you at about $400 a month, depending on your intrest rate. So you need to save $100 in gas every week, thats $20 a day. Most cars can get 28 mpg highway. I'lll give you extra credit and say you are doing slightly better than 2 times that. So for our given commute, you would put in 1 gallon while I put in 2. So to save $20, roughly 6 gallons, I would have to get 12 gallons, and you would have to get 6. 6gx60mpg=360 miles, 12gx28mpg=336. my rough math is close enough.
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Originally Posted by brent239
americans its sad look at you gas is going up like fucken crazy and you morons still love to suck it up. We'll see mem day whose fucken laughing when that shits 4.00 a gal and you'll be sitting your ass at home.
It will be $4.00 a gallon this summer. It's $3.35 for regular the cheapest pump around. That still isn't that hatefull. I wont be sitting my ass at home. If you're competent enough to make the money for a decent car then you can probally afford the maintanence, gas, etc.

I have family in England that pay 7-8 bucks a gallon. They dont bitch. Neither will I. There's nothing you can do.



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