Time to face the COMMUTING facts

External Since: Sep 16, 2005 Posts: 1536

You are assuming a lot. There are many places in the US where one does not
have that option. Wink

mike hunt

" dbu." wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Mike Hunter" wrote:
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>> You can spend the money on gas, or a new car hoping it will do better on
>> fuel. The question is how long will it take you to save any money on
>> that
>> expense even at 40 MPG? It is like people buying hybrids, at a premium
>> price, that will buy ALL of the fuel for a conventionally powered
>> comparable
>> vehicle for three or four years. The answer it to drive less Wink

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>> mike hunt
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>> "Learning Richard" wrote in message
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>> >I just put $25 in my Honda yesterday. After 175 mi of driving, I lost
>> > about 2/3 of that. So I'm getting about 22-27 miles per gallon on a
>> > 2.2l 4 cylinder.
>> >
>> > I'm getting ready to (hopefully) move farther away from work... 55
>> > miles one way.
>> >
>> > Should I consider buying a new car? My car expenses for oil and upkeep
>> > work out to about $200 a month. The car runs great but I know it has
>> > poor efficiency now.
>> >
>> > Would it make sense to say, buy a new Yaris? Could I come out ahead?
>> >
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> Possible to car pool? Express bus? Can you say drive to a bus stop 5
> miles away or whatever and catch a bus? How about the light rail is
> that near you? You could use a combination of car, bus and light rail.
> It's time to think out of the box L. Richard.
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External Since: Sep 16, 2005 Posts: 1536

I'll bet you will not have to do it a 15 MPH either. LOL

mike hunt

"Mike Harris" wrote in message

> "mack" wrote in message
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>> Every metro area is affected. It may be time for the government to get
>> in on the act, setting up agencies to search for willing folks to swap
>> jobs or residences.
>
> Hold on there, Cochise - don't talk dirty. The last thing I want to fund
> is another gummint agency - especially for that. Why not just call for
> price controls on private property so we can all afford to live where we
> work? (rolls eyes)
>
> ObToyota - I bought a new Corolla when I bought my house in SoCal; I sold
> it six years later with 287K miles on the clock. At the rate I'm going in
> Austin it'll take me another 15 years to put that kind of mileage on my
> Tacoma.
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> Mike Harris
> Austin, TX
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