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2nd Car-For Gas Savings?
Posted on 11/15/18 at 10:50 am
Posted on 11/15/18 at 10:50 am
Do you think there would be a benefit to getting a second car for myself? Here are some factors...
1. I drive a f-150 56 miles per day to work. Add in another 5 miles to a second location about half of the year.
2. I would like to get a smaller car to drive to and from work the days I dont need my truck. It would be approximately 200 days a year driving to work and possibly driving more than once a day at times.
1. I drive a f-150 56 miles per day to work. Add in another 5 miles to a second location about half of the year.
2. I would like to get a smaller car to drive to and from work the days I dont need my truck. It would be approximately 200 days a year driving to work and possibly driving more than once a day at times.
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Posted on 11/15/18 at 10:56 am to Dupont3
Probably not. My simple 2 minute calculation was:
Gas milage for truck 16 mpg
Car 32 mpg.
Driving 112 miles per day you'd save about 1.86 gallons per day. For 200 work days you'd save about $1,850 a year, but you'd have to spend 8-10k on a decent used car and then carry insurance and do maintenance on it.
Gas milage for truck 16 mpg
Car 32 mpg.
Driving 112 miles per day you'd save about 1.86 gallons per day. For 200 work days you'd save about $1,850 a year, but you'd have to spend 8-10k on a decent used car and then carry insurance and do maintenance on it.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 11:07 am to Dupont3
Hardly ever worth it unless you drive a ton and gas is expensive. Just the insurance costs will make it difficult to come out ahead
Posted on 11/15/18 at 5:25 pm to jimbeam
Not true, buy a beater that gets great gas mileage.
You can cut your gas bill in half the first month.
You can cut your gas bill in half the first month.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 7:19 pm to theicebox
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buy a beater that gets great gas mileage. You can cut your gas bill in half the first month.
1220 miles driven for work per month. At 16 mpg with the F-150, he burns 76.25 gallons work-related. At $2.20 a gallon, his monthly work-related gas bill is $167.75
Cut that in half with a hypothetical high-mpg beater, and he would save about $84 a month at $2.20 a gallon.
Gonna be hard to pay for, insure, and maintain a "beater" for $84 a month. Even if he could, that is just to break even.
Even in the beater was magical and used zero gas, he saves only $167.75 per month. Probably still not enough to fund the beater, and he has to ride in a POS beater when he has an awesome F-150 sitting at home (which he is depreciating and being insured daily whether he drives it or not).
Posted on 11/15/18 at 7:51 pm to Twenty 49
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Gonna be hard to pay for, insure, and maintain a "beater" for $84 a month. Even if he could, that is just to break even.
I usually have some type of beater spare vehicle, the cheapest to insure was a old Tacoma, %38.00 per month for liability only insurance as part of a multicar discount, with excellent driving record and credit. My current beater Jeep is $55.00 a month to just have it parked in the driveway.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 8:30 am to Dupont3
I think the more interesting question is how often do you actually “need” your truck?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 10:32 am to Twenty 49
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Even in the beater was magical and used zero gas, he saves only $167.75 per month
Had a coworker find a Nissan Leaf for next to nothing and basically did this. He broke even I think. Problem is, he only got 90 miles per charge (free charge at work). I don't feel comfortable having a necessary ~60+ mile commute and only have 30 miles of buffer before getting stranded.
Best deal for me was an ecoboost F150 that gets ~22 mpg.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 10:51 am to Dupont3
It won't increase your income statement if that is what you are asking. However, if it saves you from buying another 50k truck, then do it.
This post was edited on 11/16/18 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 11/16/18 at 10:52 am to Joshjrn
quote:This is the question op should be asking himself. 2nd car to save gas makes no sense. Replacing truck with more economical high mpg car might make a lot of sense.
I think the more interesting question is how often do you actually “need” your truck?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:22 am to Dupont3
Well, if you want to drive up to Kansas I'll give you a great deal on a 2007 Camry Hybrid. 38MPG HWY. 
I'm doing the exact opposite. New job provides company car. I'm selling the Sedan to buy an older SUV so I can quit driving a hybrid vehicle into the deer woods.
I'm doing the exact opposite. New job provides company car. I'm selling the Sedan to buy an older SUV so I can quit driving a hybrid vehicle into the deer woods.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:28 am to Joshjrn
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do you actually “need” your truck?
Seditious talk. You should be drawn and quartered.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 1:47 pm to Joshjrn
The real question is once a man doesn't "need" a truck anymore is he really a "man"?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:20 pm to Dupont3
This makes me laugh. I’ve commuted for 17+ years, along the same route. I see the same drivers....overwhelmingly men in pickups. They’re never carrying anything, or towing anything. Heck, more than half don’t even have tow hitches. I truly don’t understand who convinced Southern men that they “need” to drive pickups. I’d rather have fuel efficiency and a great driving car if I’ve got to spend that much time behind the wheel....but I’m not a man, so I guess I don’t get it. Lolz. My GTI is way more fun than ol’ guy’s F150.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:40 pm to hungryone
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I see the same drivers....overwhelmingly men in pickups. They’re never carrying anything, or towing anything. Heck, more than half don’t even have tow hitches. I truly don’t understand who convinced Southern men that they “need” to drive pickups.
That's why mid-size pickup sales are increasing, lack of need for full size capabilities and cheaper cost. Hey, baw, how much torque you need to carry dem 3 hay bales in the bed of yo truck.
This post was edited on 11/16/18 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:44 pm to tirebiter
The OT meets the MT
Posted on 11/16/18 at 8:04 pm to Twenty 49
Well let's look at the lack of wear and tear on the truck prolong the time without a note on a new truck,also truck tires average around $225a piece you can put a whole set on a car for $400. Plus it's always great to have a back up car in case anything happens to the primary use vehicle.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 9:57 pm to Dupont3
Pick up at corolla/civic with 70k~ miles for 11/12 grand at $150 month or so and list it as your primary driver. Insurance could go down with both vehicles, and the depreciation on your truck will offset the mileage.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:42 am to Dupont3
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The real question is once a man doesn't "need" a truck anymore is he really a "man"?
Sorry about your penis, bro
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:50 am to Dupont3
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The real question is once a man doesn't "need" a truck anymore is he really a "man"?
Well he obviously doesn't need it for work
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