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Mostly common sense stuff. Regularly change oil and air filters. Don't floor it when the light turns green but slowly accelerate. Keep it 65 and under. Most gas is wasted though by driving fast and accelerating hard.
I've always been religious about changing oil and have attributed that to the fact that while I've had many expensive car repairs over the years, not one has ever involved the engine. Imagine my surprise when reading an article on Yahoo News the other day about clean oil contributing to good mileage.
There were scores of comments to the article with people disputing the fact that clean oil is important in any way. Several of them claimed they NEVER changed their oil, only "topped it off." And, of course, they all insisted that they drove their cars for hundreds of thousands of miles with no problems.
Am I correct to think these are the same people who don't believe automobiles contribute to global warming?
Not so much any more, but there was a time period when the IRS was picking up the tab. After that, it's just about higher gas mileage. I can go 700 miles on my Altima Hybrid before I need to refill.
The IRS paid for a good chunk of my two hybrids. (Nissan Altima Hybrid and Infiniti M Hybrid).
Not so much any more, but there was a time period when the IRS was picking up the tab. After that, it's just about higher gas mileage. I can go 700 miles on my Altima Hybrid before I need to refill.
The IRS paid for a good chunk of my two hybrids. (Nissan Altima Hybrid and Infiniti M Hybrid).
Also Hybrids a lot more then Gas vehicles too. There is also a Honda Hydrogen.
You still have to move forward very slowly. What if the weather is very hot and you need the AC?
The car will stay cool enough(from prior cooling when it was running) for the 2-3 minutes the car is shut off as long as you don't open the windows to let out the cool air.
I could care less about someone totaling my $1000 car that way...
I would care more. If I had a brand new $20,000 car and somebody totalled it, I could just phone the dealer and say bring over another one just like it. But my $1,000 cars are irreplaceable treasures, and require weeks of shopping to replace for that price, and are not insured, which means nobody goes to bat for me in a settlement, and I get nothing if I'm totaled by one of the increasing number of uninsured drivers.
If it was only as simple as calling the dealer and asking them to bring you a new $20,000 car when your newer car got wrecked.
In reality, you go back and forth with the insurance company (either yours or the person at fault) about the value of your year old car...and maybe you get $14,000 for the car. A new one at the dealer might list for $20,000. No frugal person in their right might would call up a dealer (or walk in) and just get a car. First the frugal person will do research on prices and then get the best deal possible on that new car, possibly at a dealer 50 miles away if it means a big savings. Also you end up paying sales tax on the new car too, and delivery fee/dealer prep and all that stuff.
Bottom line, you are going to be out thousands of dollars and then have the hassle of shopping/buying a car. If you use your own insurance, you also have the deductible to pay and then your insurance might go up.
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