$15K seems pretty steep for something that won't carry too much other than myself.
For me, not worth it. I place a higher premium on comfort and performance than i do on fuel efficiency. Even if i
doubled my overall fuel efficiency (which would be to about 50mpg) I would only save about $1500 a year, and I am an
extremely high mileage driver.
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Quote by: Autolykos It's not a question of size so much as it's a question of mass. Currently, the larger a car is, the more massive it is, thus the more fuel it takes to move it. |
Well, partially, but this is an oversimplification. There are many, many factors in a vehicle's fuel consumption.
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Quote by: Milton Bradley However, as Tiny points out, as long as the vast majority of other people are driving these enormous SUV's around, I will not be inclined to make the first move to the smallest thing on the road. Too dangerous in the early days of cell phones in the car. |
While at this extreme size certainly makes a difference, it's not the only factor. Medium-sized cars test much better in crash safety than SUVs and trucks, especially when it comes to one-vehicle accidents (the most common kind) against an immovable object such as a bridge abuttment.