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Replying to: qbrozen (May 14, 2008 12:18 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (May 14, 2008 3:38 pm) now i stepped in it. ;b |
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We just had our HW heater replaced. The local gas company did it, for a good price. new 50 gal installed, for $1,000. FInd a local guy with refreences. You will save a bundle, and they are usually more willing to do the small stuff, if you don't want to go ahead and do it yourself. Last year I had my guy install a new faucet (that I bought). I think it cost me $80? And the Moen faucet was in the 100s someplace (may $150?) Actually, you should just write up your tail of woe and send it to this old house, since you are local. Have them come out and build your dream palce, with the 6 car garage!
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Replying to: stickguy (May 14, 2008 7:14 pm) I better send him some Idaho spuds or something. There's a '95 Miata for sale locally and the guy is only asking $3800 - just double TMV. I think the gas prices may be causing people to look at these as fun economical commuters that are a bit safer than motorcycles.
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Replying to: steve_ (May 14, 2008 7:23 pm) Plus its a convertible. And its May...
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Replying to: tifighter (May 14, 2008 8:23 pm) 
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Replying to: steve_ (May 14, 2008 8:48 pm) I was at the bank and a guy offered me what I paid for it in December. So the little wheels in my brain start turning and I decided to put it on Craigs List. It was sold in 3 days with 3 people coming to look at it and all at least made a decent offer. The guy that bought it had a Trailblazer and wanted something more fuel efficient for his commute, just like you said Steve. I did not have the heart to tell him,although he probably already knew it, that there is no way the cost of an additional vehicle will make up for the fuel savings. I'll miss it but it was too small for me and leaving my Escape outside(even though we had almost no snow this winter) was killing me. |
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Replying to: guss (May 15, 2008 2:50 am) I know it doesn't make a great deal of economic sense but I probably cover half the insurance in gas savings so it's pretty cheap to keep on the road and it's a heck of a lot more fun than the van, which now only sees use when I actually need either the room or the number of seats. |
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Replying to: guss (May 15, 2008 2:50 am) Somebody just asked this in the Answers thingy majig. I think it all depends. If he's running a Trailblazer, he's probably getting 17 mpg at best. What's the Miata going to get? 25? 27? So, yeah, unless he drives the Miata 20k miles per year that he would have put on his Trailblazer, its probably not worth it. But if someone gets ... I dunno ... a Yaris to offset a Hummer ... it would take quite a bit less driving to offset the costs.
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 15, 2008 7:29 am) Just for kicks, I ran the numbers on my uncle's savings since he bought his '03 Corolla, 6 years ago (got it Memorial Day weekend, 2002). He's put about 150,000 miles on it, mostly highway, and it's probably averaged about 36 mpg. In contrast, his '97 Silverado would get about 18. Over the course of 150,000 miles, the Corolla would've used about 4167 gallons, whereas the truck would've used about 8333. If you assume $4.00 per gallon in gas, which is where it will be soon, that's about a $16,700 savings, although that's not an accurate assumption, since gas was under $1.50 per gallon as recently as early 2004. So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it saved him about $10K in gas. It ended up costing something like $15K, out the door. And I'm guessing that insurance might've run another $600 per year, for 6 years, which comes out to $3600. Registration is $128 every two years. So, I guess you can look at it as my uncle paid $19K and saved $10K in fuel, for a new loss of $9K. More importantly though, that Corolla helped his truck last longer. Had he never bought it, I'm sure he would've run that Silverado into the ground by now, and it may have broken down and left him stranded a few times (it did that, anyway ) He'd probably be into another truck by now, and have it fairly well miled up. Overall, I guess it was a good decision. As it stands, he has a truck that's still serviceable, and a Corolla with some life left in it, so he won't have to buy anything else anytime soon.
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