What Are You Driving ?

[Litos]

Nothing about this is too difficult to understand except how in your world burning 2 tanks of gas gets counted as 3 tanks to prove your point. Must be that new math they are trying to teach the kids in school nowdays.

I did the same with the EV to even it out

But you missed it, maybe because you're one of 3 billion people that think gas is cheaper than electricity

 

[Litos]

But you had to buy a $60k+ vehicle to not pay for that dumb gas,
Thats what Uncle Joey keeps telling us. "We can save $80 mo at the pump if we buy an electric vehicle"

We were in the market for a new vehicle anyways - we didn't buy it to save money, we bought it because it was time for a new vehicle and this one just so happens to give supercar performance at the fraction of supercar cost...

It was just a bonus that it doesn't require gas

 

[Serturbo]

Here's another example

My truck costs $100 to fill up (26gal tank @ $4.10/gal) - it gets @ 13.8mpg and I can typically go @ 360 to 380 miles when on a Roadtrip...

If I took my truck to The Valley this year to watch my nephew graduate, I'd pay $100 to get from my house to my brothers house...then, pay another $80 or so to fill back up and make it home...then I'd fill it back up with maybe another $80...

That's $260 total from the time I leave my house to the time it's prepared to get driven to work...

With the Tesla M3P, I will leave with a full charge, which probably cost me $12 - then, we'll stop for about 20-30 minutes to stretch our legs, eat some lunch and fill up the car at Tesla Supercharging Station (I'll probably pay $8-10 because I will only have to get 150 miles of charge)...

Then, I'll get to The Valley and charge it again ($8 to $10)...

On the way back, I'll stop at the same Tesla Supercharging Station again, eat, stretch our legs and charge up (another $8-$10) - then drive all the way home...

When I get home, I'll throw it on the charger and have to pay $12 to charge it back up to full...

So that's @ $54 in charging from the time I leave my house to the time it's prepared to get driven to work the next day...

Just saved $200 in stupid ass gas...

$4.10 a gallon??

Damn at some gas stations here prices hit $6.99..

I have a PHEV volt and thank goodness I only work bout 6 miles away from home ..

 

[Carrera1963]

Europeans when people from the US complain about high prices at the pumps

The prices have increased a lot since those 2021 figures but the multiples are much the same.

 

[TNGoldbeard]

But you had to buy a $60k+ vehicle to not pay for that dumb gas,
Thats what Uncle Joey keeps telling us. "We can save $80 mo at the pump if we buy an electric vehicle"

Recheck that price for a Plaid

 

[TNGoldbeard]

We were in the market for a new vehicle anyways - we didn't buy it to save money, we bought it because it was time for a new vehicle and this one just so happens to give supercar performance at the fraction of supercar cost...

It was just a bonus that it doesn't require gas

That will be the only way we do it also, if I'm already buying a new vehicle.

 

[GRFMotorsports]

I did the same with the EV to even it out

But you missed it, maybe because you're one of 3 billion people that think gas is cheaper than electricity

Fair enough but it just makes the gap look bigger.

BTW, I am not. I am also not one of those idiots that thinks going electric is the way to solve the worlds problems.

 

[TNGoldbeard]

Fair enough but it just makes the gap look bigger.

BTW, I am not. I am also not one of those idiots that thinks going electric is the way to solve the worlds problems.

What?! All that strip mining and coal production isn't better than dino juice?

 

[Carrera1963]

Fair enough but it just makes the gap look bigger.

BTW, I am not. I am also not one of those idiots that thinks going electric is the way to solve the worlds problems.

I wish development of hydrogen infrastructure was further along, both for ICE and fuel cells. BMW were testing V8s and V12s that could run either hydrogen or petrol/gasoline more than 20 years ago but have pivoted more to fuel cells more recently. I reckon internal combustion will still be around longer than I am!

 

[the_owl]

That plaid is pretty cool