I would figure 200K miles to be less than 10 years of life.
Why isn't gas mileage improving for new vehicles?
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I would figure 200K miles to be less than 10 years of life.
20,000 miles a year driving? Seems like a lot of driving.
I assume Ireland uses imperial gallons like the UK? If so keep in mind those gallons are 20% larger than US gallons. Their cars are still more fuel efficient, but not as much as it appears if you are comparing our MPG to their MPG.
For as bad as I want another car next, this sounds great...or a Honda Accord. Tesla would be great if they didn't cost so stinking much.
I think the mainland does, but the poster I quoted was in Ireland and mentioned MPG. The UK uses MPG (Imperial Gallons), but I wasn't sure about Ireland. Perhaps it was in Liters and he/she converted it to gallons for us, but that why I asked.
Depends on what you need or use them for. Sometimes you don't have the luxury of buying a Prius for your use. And sometimes people just want to drive a Camaro instead of a Leaf.
Speaking of, I'm trying to decide if leasing makes more sense for me, as someone who's just enough of an a**hole to enjoy new, fancy cars every 2/3 years.
Problem is if/when I ever stop leasing, I've got nothing left over. Buying outright from there.
I am all for every truck owner who actually uses their truck for its designed purpose. Haul ****, put stuff in the truck bed, and let me borrow it when I need to move something.
What grinds my gears is when Joe Schmo, who's never hauled a thing in his life, or put more than groceries in his truck bed, has to have a giant quad cab truck and get 12 MPG. It's not made to be a commuter car. You shouldn't drive ONE person to work in a giant truck. It's not economically or environmentally a good idea.
I have a mini van, because I need it to haul my kids and all their crap around. I drive a small hybrid to work, mostly because I would hate having to fill up the mini van that often. I get good enough mileage in my car that I only have to fill up once every few weeks.
Yeah, I had a 220 round trip commute every day for work for a while, doesn't take long to rack up the miles. A short commute for me is 100 mile round trip.
What does it matter? There's no purpose for a motorcycle or a sports car either. If you want a truck.. buy a truck. It's their money
If you're going to keep the vehicle for more than 3 years, buy it...otherwise, leasing basically costs the same as buying and then selling at the 3 year point. You only pay for the depreciation along with the rent charge. Plus, with leasing you get the bonus of the latest vehicle and safety features...this often includes improved gas mileage.
I've done plenty of leases and outright buys...no doubt that buying outright and keeping for 5 years or more costs way less than leasing.
Yeah we have a mini van for the family, but I bought a crew cab truck in case I needed to haul the family, especially in the winter, or when hauling or pulling a trailer, although I decided to buy an all wheel drive Toyota Sienna because of the winter and country roads.
But I always have had a "work car" usually a Honda civic 5 speed, or similar for commuting to maximize gas mileage while not spending too much up front. Because I always had long commutes. The truck could sit for months sometimes, and not get moved.
