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I need help from all the math whiz out there. My lease is up and I need to purchase a car within the next 7 days. My options are Camry LE 4-cyl ($19,900+TTL, 0% for 60 months) and Toyota Prius II($23,200, 7% for 60 months). I'm putting 0% down. Camry seems to be the right choice but I'm driving 2500 miles a month. With the gas price of $3.25, will be saving more money by buying the Prius? |
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Replying to: montecristo (Sep 01, 2009 4:49 pm) And is it assumed that you are going to have the vehicles for 60 months? Is that amount of the vehicle the total amount being financed....or is there tax and other stuff that you haven't indicated what they are?
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Replying to: montecristo (Sep 01, 2009 4:49 pm) |
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Replying to: kiawah (Sep 01, 2009 4:52 pm) I'm going to keep the car for at least 4 years. I was leaning towards prius because I thought I'd save about 120 bucks on gas per month but that was based on 29mpg on camry. But it seems like some of you are getting 40+mpg. That means it's cheaper to own camry. Assuming everythings equal (in terms of $ to own) I want to get a prius.
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Replying to: montecristo (Sep 01, 2009 8:01 pm) - for gas cost, advantage prius - for monthly loan cost of vehicle (including interest costs), advantage camry - for depreciation cost and loss of value at end of 60 months (ie, depreciation cost)......I don't know. I'd suggest research trade in values of 5 year old vehicles as a percentage of their purchase cost. Personally, I would probably not feel real comfortable buying a high mileage 5 year old prius. |
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You will not average 40 mpg in the Camry unless the commute has no stop and go. I would guess that 35 could be reached if you drive carefully though. The new Prius will get well over 50 mpg. My father bought one a few months ago and his lifetime average is 56.2 mpg (2,500 miles on car so far). That includes highway, trips to the grocery store etc. He is retired though so he does not commute. I know people are not interested in this these days with convenience being king, but a Camry with the manual transmission will get a few mpg better and will cost $1,000 less than the automatic. So if you are looking for cost savings that will beat the AT Camry. For that matter the Corolla (or Civic if you look at other brands) will be more efficient than the Camry for less money.
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Replying to: dudleyr (Sep 02, 2009 6:31 am) As an owner of Camry manual transmission, I completely agree! Besides cheaper, it makes a big family car more fun. |
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Mix of 50% interstate and 50% in town driving gives me a pretty consistent 26mpg avg. Best MPG yet was summertime, Air Conditioning on, Cruise set at 63, traveled 178 Interstate only miles - got 39.72 MPG |
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I just filled up my 08 Solara 4 cyl auto with 501 miles on the tank. The tank took 17.0 gal with a top off to the top of the neck for 29.47 mpg avg. The computer read 31.4 mpg. The low fuel light turned on approx. 20 miles before I filled up and I still had a1.5 gal. reserve based on the 18.5 gal. fuel tank spec. It appears that Toyota programs the low fuel light to turn on with approx 2 gal left in the tank. Travel consisted of a 115 mile round trip to Dulles Airport out side of DC for the annual antique plane/car show last Saturday in stop and go traffic with 2 teenagers. Four days of my 80 mile daily commute with 75% highway travel and a few local errands thrown in along the way. The highest mpg I've ever attained was 33-34 on all highway travel and I just just clicked 13000 miles on the car. |
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crazedcommuter, You will get your best mpg and slickest running engine in the 40-100 thousand mile range. But even at 120,000, my 1999 4cyl auto still gets a sweet 35-37 at a 72 mph cruise. I drove a Toyota Versa at a 72 mph cruise and got 41 mpg. The 5 mpg edge was not worth the roomier and more luxurious Camry IMO. I absolutely believe that the 1999 is a much better car than my 2004. I hope to rent a new 2010 soon and give it a spin... Drem |
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