Well, you'd only be paying for it IF the cost of gas actually stays close to where it currently is, over the ownership of your new vehicle. Which seems highly unlikely to me if you're thinking more than a few years out, even if things go as well as anyone could hope for re: the availability of oil worldwide at current extraction costs.
Also, are you expecting to be doing mostly highway miles away from the city, or more for workday commuting? I found that in typical commuter driving from Boston to suburb, a *Camry* hybrid averaged about 44mpg whenever I drove it (aiming for good efficiency, admittedly), though it topped out at maybe 35 if it was all highway driving. Why is it that this larger/heavier (and quiet riding & comfy) vehicle does better mpg than an Insight appears to, I wonder?
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Date: 2011-03-14 07:42 pm (UTC)Also, are you expecting to be doing mostly highway miles away from the city, or more for workday commuting? I found that in typical commuter driving from Boston to suburb, a *Camry* hybrid averaged about 44mpg whenever I drove it (aiming for good efficiency, admittedly), though it topped out at maybe 35 if it was all highway driving. Why is it that this larger/heavier (and quiet riding & comfy) vehicle does better mpg than an Insight appears to, I wonder?