Who has recently due to fuel costs bought a new bike or car to save money? Or really changed their driving habits?
I'm no Mr. Green but I hate spending green backs $$ for gas. I commute each day on the FeeJ and get about 40mpg, fill up once per week, taking almost 5 gallons of fuel and costing just under $20. Now mind you, I used to only take under $10 to do this a few years back.
My wife drives an Urban Assault Vehicle (UAV) a Chevy Suburban. We loved this car, all the kids fit in it and room to spare for a few friends. The car has been excellent to us in maintenance and reliability, but the gas was killing us. I'm sure many of you drive further, use a large truck or vehicle etc, for work and spend far more. But we couldn't justify spending almost $100 every other week in fuel for my wife to cruise around town.
The UAV is a large brick and liability right now out here in SoCal, I was shocked to see what they are asking for them at dealers and private party. They are selling at too low a price, there is a glut of them on the market, no one wants them due to the fuel costs, so it's really bad if you have to sell a large gas guzzling vehicle right now. If fuel continues to rise I'm sure it'll even get worse. Many places are selling UAV's under wholesale KBB.
Soooo, we just traded in the UAV and got a nice little Chevy Malibu. It's sporty, gets far better mileage, and is built very well. The Corolla's to us were like driving in a tin can, no offense to those that own one. They do however get a few more MPG than the Malibu. We got a fair price for the UAV from what we paid for it, although I was hoping for more, but we'll save well over a grand per year in fuel and that's at $3.50/gallon. As gas rises, the savings is greater. I wish it would go back to $0.99/gallon, but that's a joke.
Anyway we made the jump and hopefully we'll do better in fuel costs.
I'm no Mr. Green but I hate spending green backs $$ for gas. I commute each day on the FeeJ and get about 40mpg, fill up once per week, taking almost 5 gallons of fuel and costing just under $20. Now mind you, I used to only take under $10 to do this a few years back.
My wife drives an Urban Assault Vehicle (UAV) a Chevy Suburban. We loved this car, all the kids fit in it and room to spare for a few friends. The car has been excellent to us in maintenance and reliability, but the gas was killing us. I'm sure many of you drive further, use a large truck or vehicle etc, for work and spend far more. But we couldn't justify spending almost $100 every other week in fuel for my wife to cruise around town.
The UAV is a large brick and liability right now out here in SoCal, I was shocked to see what they are asking for them at dealers and private party. They are selling at too low a price, there is a glut of them on the market, no one wants them due to the fuel costs, so it's really bad if you have to sell a large gas guzzling vehicle right now. If fuel continues to rise I'm sure it'll even get worse. Many places are selling UAV's under wholesale KBB.
Soooo, we just traded in the UAV and got a nice little Chevy Malibu. It's sporty, gets far better mileage, and is built very well. The Corolla's to us were like driving in a tin can, no offense to those that own one. They do however get a few more MPG than the Malibu. We got a fair price for the UAV from what we paid for it, although I was hoping for more, but we'll save well over a grand per year in fuel and that's at $3.50/gallon. As gas rises, the savings is greater. I wish it would go back to $0.99/gallon, but that's a joke.
Anyway we made the jump and hopefully we'll do better in fuel costs.
). After their responses, I learned a valuable lesson ... NEVER talk to a European about fuel prices! 
