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Fleet mpg
Well i like my 250 but the 13mpg isnt impressing me.
My new commute is 45miles each way and am thinking of a fiesta. I have a company truck at work and only use the 250 for camping/hunting/carrying canoe+kayak/working around the 'stead and towing. So for commuting the fiesta would work and here is my math
I drive 22k a year to work
So looking at 200k
F250 200000/13mpg=15384gallons*4$=61500$!!!
Fiesta 200000/38mpg=5263gallons*4$=21000$
So that nets 40k over 9 years. The fiesta is 13k plus about 7k extra in taxes maintnance and insurance. So i save 20k and 200,000 miles off my 250. Seems easy but 13k up front isnt alot of fun but...
Anybody else try the "fleet mpg" idea, pitfalls im missing?
My new commute is 45miles each way and am thinking of a fiesta. I have a company truck at work and only use the 250 for camping/hunting/carrying canoe+kayak/working around the 'stead and towing. So for commuting the fiesta would work and here is my math
I drive 22k a year to work
So looking at 200k
F250 200000/13mpg=15384gallons*4$=61500$!!!
Fiesta 200000/38mpg=5263gallons*4$=21000$
So that nets 40k over 9 years. The fiesta is 13k plus about 7k extra in taxes maintnance and insurance. So i save 20k and 200,000 miles off my 250. Seems easy but 13k up front isnt alot of fun but...
Anybody else try the "fleet mpg" idea, pitfalls im missing?
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Your math is missing some elements. Two vehicles cost more for insurance, maintenance, wear items, car washes, etc. So you won't save as much as you calculated.
It is still a good idea I think. Just not the windfall that you might think. There is also some question as to whether a Fiesta will make 200k in reliable condition. It is a new design, so no one knows.
It is still a good idea I think. Just not the windfall that you might think. There is also some question as to whether a Fiesta will make 200k in reliable condition. It is a new design, so no one knows.
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Well i like my 250 but the 13mpg isnt impressing me.
My new commute is 45miles each way and am thinking of a fiesta. I have a company truck at work and only use the 250 for camping/hunting/carrying canoe+kayak/working around the 'stead and towing. So for commuting the fiesta would work and here is my math
I drive 22k a year to work
So looking at 200k
F250 200000/13mpg=15384gallons*4$=61500$!!!
Fiesta 200000/38mpg=5263gallons*4$=21000$
So that nets 40k over 9 years. The fiesta is 13k plus about 7k extra in taxes maintnance and insurance. So i save 20k and 200,000 miles off my 250. Seems easy but 13k up front isnt alot of fun but...
Anybody else try the "fleet mpg" idea, pitfalls im missing?
My new commute is 45miles each way and am thinking of a fiesta. I have a company truck at work and only use the 250 for camping/hunting/carrying canoe+kayak/working around the 'stead and towing. So for commuting the fiesta would work and here is my math
I drive 22k a year to work
So looking at 200k
F250 200000/13mpg=15384gallons*4$=61500$!!!
Fiesta 200000/38mpg=5263gallons*4$=21000$
So that nets 40k over 9 years. The fiesta is 13k plus about 7k extra in taxes maintnance and insurance. So i save 20k and 200,000 miles off my 250. Seems easy but 13k up front isnt alot of fun but...
Anybody else try the "fleet mpg" idea, pitfalls im missing?
That's why I'm trading my my diesel and getting a new F-250 gasser.
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Your math is missing some elements. Two vehicles cost more for insurance, maintenance, wear items, car washes, etc. So you won't save as much as you calculated.
It is still a good idea I think. Just not the windfall that you might think. There is also some question as to whether a Fiesta will make 200k in reliable condition. It is a new design, so no one knows.
It is still a good idea I think. Just not the windfall that you might think. There is also some question as to whether a Fiesta will make 200k in reliable condition. It is a new design, so no one knows.
I hope it will to as well as my old zx2 that thing cost me nothing
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That's what I have done for years....I don't buy a new car to rack my miles on though, I just get a dependable used car. My truck generally only gets driven in crappy weather, when I'm towing, or when I'm planning to go off road. Otherwise I drive my VW TDI that gets over 50 mpg everywhere....for me it's a no brainer. Getting 4 times the fuel economy with your car messes with your head when you have to drive the truck though.
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