On 05/16/2016 07:53 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
If you drive 10,000 miles a year, at 25 mpg you'd buy 400 gallons but at
35 mpg only 285 gallons. So, you save 115 gallons. Yeah, that
justifies buying a new economical car.

For the last 15 years I just buy economical cars and watch the SUVs come
and go. It gives me a little tickle of Schadenfreude when I pull in and
cram 8 gallons or so into the Yaris, wash the windows and plates, and
check the tire pressure while the guy in the barge next to me is still
pumping.