zeitgeist57 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I hope someone did a calculation to determine that the $7300 to pay for the used metro will be worth the savings at the pump. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/20/geo.metro/index.html Let's assume $4.50 a gallon....40mpg...2500miles a month for work (100mi commute x 20 bizness days + extra miles around town) 4.50/40 = .1125cents per mile 2500x0.1125 = $281.25 per month in gas The Honda Elephant - 25mpg...same variables as above 4.50/25 = .18cents per mile 2500x0.18 = $450 per month in gas. Metro saves you $168.75 a month in gas...$2025 a year...significant! BUT... ...you still paid waaaaay too much for a used, mid-nineties Geo Metro. Have fun driving it for a minimum of two years just to break even on the investment. :thumbdown: Might I suggest a better offering? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___THE-ULTIMATE-GAS-SAVER-44-MPG-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ260242306579QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260242306579& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I hope someone did a calculation to determine that the $7300 to pay for the used metro will be worth the savings at the pump. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/20/geo.metro/index.html Let's assume $4.50 a gallon....40mpg...2500miles a month for work (100mi commute x 20 bizness days + extra miles around town) 4.50/40 = .1125cents per mile 2500x0.1125 = $281.25 per month in gas The Honda Elephant - 25mpg...same variables as above 4.50/25 = .18cents per mile 2500x0.18 = $450 per month in gas. Metro saves you $168.75 a month in gas...$2025 a year...significant! BUT... ...you still paid waaaaay too much for a used, mid-nineties Geo Metro. Have fun driving it for a minimum of two years just to break even on the investment. :thumbdown: Might I suggest a better offering? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___THE-ULTIMATE-GAS-SAVER-44-MPG-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ260242306579QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260242306579& edit: reading owns me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I sold my Dodge Colt like 3 years ago for $600, I think. It got between 34 - 42 MPG. Was a POS, but got great gas mileage. I wonder what I could sell it for today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrhobbz Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I sold my Dodge Colt like 3 years ago for $600, I think. It got between 34 - 42 MPG. Was a POS, but got great gas mileage. I wonder what I could sell it for today... tree fiddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99FLHRCI Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 im lost, why compare a metro to a 25 mpg honda, why not compare it to a 15mpg car.. which prolly more likely in most cases where someones wants a "gas saver". Which would be 750 a month. savings of 5625 a year. edit: not 1 metro for 7 grand http://motors.shop.ebay.com/Cars-Trucks___metro_W0QQ_nkwZmetroQQ_catZ6001QQ_fromZR40QQ_pcatsZ6000 Because the lady in the article bought a Metro for $7300 to replace her Element. "For the most part, Solomon plans on using the car for commuting from her home in Rochester, Washington, to her job. The vehicle she has now, a Honda Element, was getting 28 mpg and she was filling up twice a week, costing her nearly $100. Stations were charging $3.97 a gallon in her area Tuesday, she said. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Because the lady in the article bought a Metro for $7300 to replace her Element. "For the most part, Solomon plans on using the car for commuting from her home in Rochester, Washington, to her job. The vehicle she has now, a Honda Element, was getting 28 mpg and she was filling up twice a week, costing her nearly $100. Stations were charging $3.97 a gallon in her area Tuesday, she said. " reading owns me. i skipped the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I sold my Dodge Colt like 3 years ago for $600, I think. It got between 34 - 42 MPG. Was a POS, but got great gas mileage. I wonder what I could sell it for today... this is so funny, because I bought my colt for 600$ its red, ugly as hell, smokes, eats oil, but some reason this bitch just keeps going, just keep adding oil, and put 26$ to fill it up it will last 3 weeks easy for me, maybe more depeding on how far im driving ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckeyeGT Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 damn. i had a 93 metro last year. bought it for $900. totalled it when i hit a pothole. i remember anthony sold his 93 for like $500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 damn. i had a 93 metro last year. bought it for $900. totalled it when i hit a pothole. i remember anthony sold his 93 for like $500. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 can you put a hayabusa engine in it? because that would be pretty cool if you could. then turbo it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 My Delslow is pretty good on gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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