I have to laugh about all the hubbub on fuel efficent vehicles. My boss was chiding me just the other day about my old 89' F-150 flatbed saying I should look at a new fuel efficent truck. The my wife starts in on me about the same thing. Being that I always put the calculator thru it's paces in considering something like this, I did. Tonight wife and I drove up to the cemetary with the flower pots for my Father's and Mom and Dad's graves then stopped for ice cream, Then we stopped in at the local Ford dealer's and looked at a few new trucks. VERY nice! But for me a truck is a tool and I saw the EPA sticker that stated 20 MPG highway. well my old F-150 gets 14 MPG highway. The big numbers on the windshield stated the price at $28,500. Hmmm. I paid $1,800 for mine 5 years ago. Now I'm $26,700 ahead of the game. That savings would buy 6725.44 gallons of gas at today's rate of $3.97 a gallon. I drive approx 6,000 miles a year to get back and forth to work everyday and some short running around. So 6725.44 gallons X 14 MPG would take me 94,156.16 miles. 94,156.16 miles divided by 6,000 miles equals 15.69 years of driving. Now if I were to buy a new 'fuel efficent' truck and gain 6 MPG that 'savings' would take me to 22.42 years of driving. So the old F-150 effectively burns 428.57 gallons at $3.97 The new truck would theoretically burn only 300 gallons at $3.97 a gallon At a net savings of 128.57 gallons at $3.97 That would save me $510.42 per year. At ten years no doubt the new truck wouldn't be worth any more than the old one, and I'd be pop riviting patches on it to get it thru inspection.However let's not confuse things. Everything considered from the cost of the new truck, sales tax, Interest, collision insurance, depreciation, washing and waxing and just general fussing to keep it nice for a few years. I'm staying with the old F-150 until it's scrap iron. I just don't make un-needed trips, don't romp on it and keep the tire pressures where they should be. The 'efficency savings' hardly justify considering this.
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