Re: Update Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

"Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Pszemol" <Pszemol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> Lets say you compare a car making 30mpg to a car making 
>> 35mpg.
>> 12000/30 is 400 gallons. 12000/35 is 343 gallons. 
>> Difference
>> is 57 gallons. With todays price less than $5 per gallons 
>> it
>> is 57*5 = 285 dollars PER YEAR. 23 dollars per month...
> 
> ~$20/month is something a lot of people do mind. That's a 
> nice lunch somewhere once a month. There's no point in 
> paying it, if it can be avoided. Twenty bucks here, twenty 
> there each month adds up. 

But if you pay a 1000 dollars more to save this $20 a month
it sounds silly. $20 a month is $240 a year, so spending
$1000 more (or maybe 5000 more in case of prius and other
hybrids) would not equalize after so many years that the
old car would not be worth this price difference...

Do you see my point?

Some people are so focused on milleage per gallon that
they forget the bigger picture and they overpay for
a car with a higher mileage much more than they save
on gas through the life of the car.