With gas this cheap, driving a brand new Micra can be cheaper than taking public transit:
How cheap is the zoom juice in your area?
With gas this cheap, driving a brand new Micra can be cheaper than taking public transit:
How cheap is the zoom juice in your area?
In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
Be sure to visit my blog at mymicra.com!
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...
wow, here there is no doubt that driving a Micra is cheaper than taking the public transportation. I was paying 127$ per month to go work in Montreal, a 45 minutes ride in the bus and metro. Public transportation was even more expensive than driving with my old ford Probe. Here in Montreal the gas price is around 1.16. We always pay more than Ontario, for everything.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SR automatic: 7.0 L/100 km ... 40.4 mpg (Imp) ... 14.3 km/L ... 33.6 mpg (US) ...
im paying about $50 for a full 41L tank....here in vancouver. So about $1.22 per Liter give or take.
I refill my tank about once every 1.5 week.
So....$50 times 2.666666 (etc) = about $133.33 per month. That is roughly the same amt as my avg monthly cost of bus/train.
there are extra pros:
- i avoid getting drenched in rain, and crappy cold
- i avoid other people. Overcrowding. Smelliness. Noise. Just their general presence.
- shorter commutes (about 40-60% shorter)
- fun driving around
- freedom
- no more waiting for bus/train
- can take my family, friends for a ride
- can carry stuff...like groceries!
- avoid worrying about (lack of) bus schedules in certain hours of my work days
some xtra costs
- pay insurance
- pay maintenance costs
- pay parking
it's worth it. Best of all, it's great value.
They saying it will go lower! It's not gonna stay that way for long though.
Oil will always go up in price until there is another practical source of energy available that it needs to compete with.
Ten Grand Tin Can
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.2 mpg (Imp) ... 18.8 km/L ... 44.3 mpg (US) ...
Wow - 99 cents!
I can remember when gas hitting 60 cents caused people to get angry. Lately lots of people have been celebrating 99 cents! Funny how that works.
I don't usually pay attention to the price of gas ... mostly because I don't drive a whole lot, so I don't buy a lot.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...
Shocked.
And delighted.
So much so, I actually did the "Top-up" pump after the first click.
In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
Be sure to visit my blog at mymicra.com!
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...
WOW! I should check here and maybe go buy gas for my guzzler Civic if it's that low!
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...
97.9 Here! I never thought Id see that agian! (Thank god.)
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S automatic: 7.9 L/100 km ... 35.7 mpg (Imp) ... 12.6 km/L ... 29.7 mpg (US) ...
1.12$ I don't think it will go below 1$.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SR automatic: 7.0 L/100 km ... 40.4 mpg (Imp) ... 14.3 km/L ... 33.6 mpg (US) ...
Seen it at 88.9 today in Cochrane, AB. I think that's the lowest so far?