For my work I drive over 130 miles a day, 6 days a week but I don't always need the truck. So today when oil jumped to $133 a barrel and rumors ""Since it was spoken, so it will be" of $200 a barrel oil making gas $7 and Diesel $7.80 a gallon by next year. It got me wondering when it would pay for me to buy a little gas miser, park it in the big city and just drive my truck back and forth from it and here's what I came up with. (Due to driving at night out here in the country. Deer, Cows and Horses mandate me driving a large vehicle for the sake of my life.)

33 gallons of Diesel at $7.80 Gallon = $257 a week- $1028 a month

Since I figure I can find a little car that will double the MPG of my truck with no problem I then came up with this.

16.5 Gallons of gas at $7 a Gallon = $115.5 a week - $462 a month for fuel.

To recap,
Truck $1028 a month
Itty Bitty car $462 a month


Not a pretty sight huh?

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Now consider a Prius, with tax incentives...

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Its the new killer! I love driving the Tundra everywhere. But find myself doing all the running around in the wifes 4 banger 07 Camry. A check today relealed 34mpg. Now thats with my lead foot. Not to mention the savings would purchase a great mpg vehicle. I've always been the same though. That safer feeling in a large vehicle.

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2007 Tundra DC 5.7 4X4 with very fast Radiant Red slapped on.
Custom painted engine cover(Godzilla)
One set chrome mannly truck nutz.
Putco chrome tow mirror covers and tail gate handle.
Replaced door handles with chrome.
Raptor oval nerf bars.
18X9 Ultra Goliaith wheels +25 offset, chrome.
Truxx 3/1 Level, 1in Differential Drop.
35X12.50-18 Nitto Mudd grapplers. Inflatted 35.04 H and 12.20 W.
15% tint fronts.
American Aluminum low profile tool box, carpeted.

This is why I'm intending to ride a motorcycle more and more for my commute and when I don't need to carry much with me.

Some have said that small used cars with good gas mileage are harder to find now. Most are selling well above blue book value.

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Is a motorcycle an option for you?

$462 plus the car payment and insurance...probably still cheaper though.

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07 DC SR5 Long Bed Desert Pyrite Mica

Yeah, still way cheaper!

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2008 Tundra Limited

Truck $1028 a month
Itty Bitty car $462 a month
Making it home in one piece = Priceless

We have the same road hazards that you mentioned, plus the more-than-occasional Moose. Think of an an ectomorphic cow with a 5-foot antler spread. They like to hang out alongside the roadways to lick the salt off the road in the winter/spring and to escape the mosquitos/gnats in the summer. And, oh right, the moose makes the cow seem genius!

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'07 Tundra 4x4 SR5 DC i-Force 5.7
De-Badged Silver Sky Metallic
Extang Trifecta
Tinted Windows - Side Window Vent Visors
Lund Bug Deflector
Tekonsha Primus BC

I love those xkcd comics. Thought you all mike like this one.