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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1036645" data-attributes="member: 14668">A bit of math that many people seem to overlook;If your car gets 40MPG and gas is $4 a gallon, your cost to operate it is the same as having a car that gets 10MPG and paying $1 a gallon...which is pretty much where we were at in the 1990&#039;s.Anybody with an ounce of common sense who has been paying any sort of attention to world events for the last, say, 40 years (or at the very least since 9-11 and the war in Iraq) should not be at all surprised about the high cost of fuel.If you made a lifestyle choice to buy an inefficient full sized SUV or performance car for daily transportation in spite of these world events, I find it hard to have much sympathy for you in regards to the expense you now incur in fueling said vehicle....particularly in light of the fact that there are any number of comfortable, roomy and luxurious vehicles on the market that can attain 40MPG or greater.I currently drive a Prius that gets 50MPG. Before that, I had a VW Jetta TDI turbodiesel that got 40+MPG on biodiesel. I also own a full-sized 3/4 ton 4x4 gas hog pickup that I use when I really need it,but that stays parked when I dont. I drive it less than 1000 miles per year, and at that rate it will continue to be a reliable and useful vehicle for decades to come with only basic maintainence. On the rare occasions when I do drive it, I accept the cost of fueling it as part of life. As far as I am concerned, expensive fuel is a good thing because the less we use now the more will be left for our children and great-grandchildren.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1036645, member: 14668"] A bit of math that many people seem to overlook; If your car gets 40MPG and gas is $4 a gallon, your cost to operate it is the [I]same[/I] as having a car that gets 10MPG and paying $1 a gallon...which is pretty much where we were at in the 1990's. Anybody with an ounce of common sense who has been paying any sort of attention to world events for the last, say, 40 years (or at the very least since 9-11 and the war in Iraq) should [B]not[/B] be at all surprised about the high cost of fuel. If you made a [I][B]lifestyle choice[/B][/I] to buy an inefficient full sized SUV or performance car for daily transportation in spite of these world events, I find it hard to have much sympathy for you in regards to the expense you now incur in fueling said vehicle....particularly in light of the fact that there are [I]any number[/I] of comfortable, roomy and luxurious vehicles on the market that can attain 40MPG or greater. I currently drive a Prius that gets 50MPG. Before that, I had a VW Jetta TDI turbodiesel that got 40+MPG on biodiesel. I also own a full-sized 3/4 ton 4x4 gas hog pickup that I use [I]when I really need it,[/I]but that stays parked when I dont. I drive it less than 1000 miles per year, and at that rate it will continue to be a reliable and useful vehicle for decades to come with only basic maintainence. On the rare occasions when I [I]do[/I] drive it, I accept the cost of fueling it as part of life. As far as I am concerned, expensive fuel is a good thing because the less we use now the more will be left for our children and great-grandchildren. [/QUOTE]

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