Why would you buy a car with worse gas mileage than you currently get?

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Anonymous wrote:It just seems so phenomenally stupid - oil is a finite resource.

What if you went from a couple to a family with kids? Traded in your two door speck for a minivan with worse gas mileage but allowed you to carry more passengers? (Then your gas consumption per passenger goes down)

Not phenomenally stupid. Just practical.

Well you nailed it - the gas consumption is going down. Obviously we’re talking like for like.

I just got a crv hybrid and it’s so much better than a regular crv and I thought about some of the fun new suvs that are out there but they’d be a significant downgrade in mileage - there’s been a slight dip in cost lately but it’s going to be $1-3 more per gallon by the end life of the car, it just seemed dumb.

How much extra did you pay for the difference between a regular and hybrid?

about $6k, but it also nicer trim, so it's hard to say what the actual difference for the hybrid is (I'm sure there's a way, but I'm not going to do it right now).

if gas prices stay where they are, based on how much we drive, we'll about break even... but gas prices aren't going to stay the same, they're going to go up.

[Anonymous]

Gas mileage is not something I look at when I am buying a car. I only drive about 7500 miles a year.

[Anonymous]

All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

That is a stupid question. Because I need one. I live 3 miles from the grocery store and 10 miles from my kids’ school, and there is no bus or public transportation in my area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

That is a stupid question. Because I need one. I live 3 miles from the grocery store and 10 miles from my kids’ school, and there is no bus or public transportation in my area.

And you live in DC?

Anyway, you should at least be leasing.

[Anonymous]

Bigger/safer/tows more

[Anonymous]

Some people are lemmings who want what everyone around them has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MPG is a featiure, just like leather seats or a sunroof. People have preferences and also make trade-offs.

+1 I bought a fun, lower MPG vehicle when I started driving about a tenth of the miles each week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

Why? I keep my cars at least 15-20 years. Of course I usually buy based on gas mileage as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

Why? I keep my cars at least 15-20 years. Of course I usually buy based on gas mileage as well.

You realize you're not the typical car buyer? Your answer isn't really helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bigger/safer/tows more

You know what is the best at towing? Electric.

No kidding. They have far more torque.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bigger/safer/tows more

You know what is the best at towing? Electric.

No kidding. They have far more torque.

I'm sorry you don't understand physics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these people who are like "I only drive 5k a year"... why are you buying a car?

That is a stupid question. Because I need one. I live 3 miles from the grocery store and 10 miles from my kids’ school, and there is no bus or public transportation in my area.

And you live in DC?

Anyway, you should at least be leasing.

Why? It makes even less sense to lease. I drive my cars 15-20 years, and pay cash. Leasing is just throwing money away for an asset I don’t care about. I would drive a Yugo and be fine with it, I simply don’t care about it cars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bigger/safer/tows more

You know what is the best at towing? Electric.

No kidding. They have far more torque.

lol, what a moron. No, they are not better. Also, have fun pulling a trailer full of horses into a charging station.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just seems so phenomenally stupid - oil is a finite resource.

What if you went from a couple to a family with kids? Traded in your two door speck for a minivan with worse gas mileage but allowed you to carry more passengers? (Then your gas consumption per passenger goes down)

Not phenomenally stupid. Just practical.

Well you nailed it - the gas consumption is going down. Obviously we’re talking like for like.

I just got a crv hybrid and it’s so much better than a regular crv and I thought about some of the fun new suvs that are out there but they’d be a significant downgrade in mileage - there’s been a slight dip in cost lately but it’s going to be $1-3 more per gallon by the end life of the car, it just seemed dumb.

How much extra did you pay for the difference between a regular and hybrid?

about $6k, but it also nicer trim, so it's hard to say what the actual difference for the hybrid is (I'm sure there's a way, but I'm not going to do it right now).

if gas prices stay where they are, based on how much we drive, we'll about break even... but gas prices aren't going to stay the same, they're going to go up.

They are going down.