Originally Posted by
jackiechizzan
Originally Posted by
ThuG LyFe
Originally Posted by
Kobe jordan
Originally Posted by
eaalto
Originally Posted by
Kobe jordan
Originally Posted by eaalto
u probably have the luxury of driving a prius
Yes! I hate it and love it at the same time. It's ugly, and it has no passing power, but it can get you 550+ miles for $30. Trade offs...
my driver's ed had that car and ur right had no passing power but saves money in this broken economy
but why waste 30k (dono how much it costs exactly but i know they aren't cheap) on a car like that
when i can get 38 mpg on highway on a 98 corolla which costs 10x less?
sorry to get off topic but yea not everyone can drive so it definitely is a privilage...i think a lot of people are forgetting that on the road they think they're in their own living room with their own rules.
unless you going 15mph on the highway, that aint happening
1998 Corolla gets 24 city/30 highway, (26 combined). 2008 Corolla Type S gets 26 city/35 highwa, figure around 30 mpg combined (~17k sticker). We paid $22,500 sticker for our Prius. Sticker says it gets 51 city/48 highway. Realistically, it can get 50-60 MPG depending on your driving habits and theroad. On level ground it gets a very strong average. On anything downhill, it rarely needs to use the engine. Uphill is the only time it really hurts it(and going 75-80 on level ground). Driving from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach, I averaged 63 MPG (mostly downhill). Driving from Dana Point to LongBeach, I averaged 52.5 (a lot more elevation gain).
I don't think it looks that much better, but it's a much newer car, and I don't want to be driving around a 10+ year old base model Toyota.
So knowing that I average 50 MPG with the Prius, and maybe 30 MPG with the Corolla, here's what my fuel cost would be lifetime, assuming I drove the sameamount with the Corolla, and gas at $3.00/gallon (average cost around here for 87).
I have driven my Prius 42,000 miles since November 14, 2007.
42,000/50 = 840 gallons of gas x $3.00/gallon = $2,520 spent on fuel for the Prius
42,000/30 = 1,400 gallons of gas x $3.00/gallon = $4,200 spent on fuel for the Corolla
Even if I give the Corolla 35 mpg, it's still $3,600 in fuel, almost $1,100 more than the Prius. This is over almost 2 years. Going with the 30 MPG (morerealistic, because I know I wouldn't be concerned about getting the best mileage), I have spent $1,680 less on gas, and again, this is over not quite 2years.
Over time, the 5k more that I spent on the Prius vs. the Toyota Corolla pays itself off in fuel savings.
