Does Anyone In The United States Still Care About Fuel Economy?

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Originally Posted by Draigflag

.....using fractional amounts of Dino juice now makes little difference......

Efficient drivers, in their driving techniques AND in their higher MPG vehicle choices, were never the problem. Egotistical & inefficient drivers AND their inefficient vehicle choices have always caused the multi-headed dragons we battle.

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Originally Posted by Draigflag

... will see me driving an electric car for at least 40 years....

Already many EV drivers are needlessly trashing their EV battery packs. They have been told how to treat their battery packs. With an excuse here & an excuse there, they know they are heaping abuse upon their packs. But they think, "oh...... I'll sell it in a year or two, & it'll be the problem of someone else, poorer than me. & I don' care 'bout poo' peeps".

[Draigflag]

Depends on your attitude to life though, I myself love life, and try to enjoy every minute. Havn't watched TV for years, havn't seen the news since August 2015. I'd rather be out making memories and laughing until I nearly pass out, and I rather be enjoying myself out on the open road too. Buying a Tesla and not using ludicrous mode is the same as going to a theme park and not going on the roller coasters. Trust me, my experiences in the last 7 years have taught me that life's too short not to enjoy it.

[HemiGirl]

Heck no. I enjoy driving my 10 mpg car.

[Jay2TheRescue]

Its been a hot topic of discussion on my neighborhood's Facebook page that Sam's Club and Costco are in a price war, and gas is under $2/gallon.

[JockoT]

Fuel prices have been dropping here of late, but this morning it was reported that the price of oil has jumped 5% overnight, now that Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to limit production, going into 2019.

[Airstreamer67]

I just paid $1.92 at my local Shell station here in Louisiana. Not bad, I'd say. I believe the average cost for RUG used in my 2015 Mazda3 for the past three years since I bought it new stands at around $2.06 per gallon for an average cost per mile to me of about 4.6 cents.

[JockoT]

My petrol costs, here in the UK, work out at 13 cents per mile. And I get 45.2 mpg(US).

[Draigflag]

32 cents converted per mile in my Porsche..... Still don't care... Who goes to a strip joint and drinks water? Lol

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Originally Posted by HemiGirl

Heck no. I enjoy driving my 10 mpg car.

Since ya really enjoy driving, you'll use 100,000 gallons in a million miles of driving..... & at $3 per gallon, will pay $300,000 in your lifetime. Someone else getting 50MPG will use 20,000 gallons & pay $60,000 in a lifetime. Your 10MPG vehicle doesn't give you $240,000 more giggles in your lifetime....maybe $240,000 worth of tears.