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What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Realized that with my new job I’m at $500/month for gas. Starting to seriously consider a hybrid or electric but damn they expensive. Either way might just need something more reliable than my 320k+ car.

Whatchya driving, do you like it, and why?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

If someone's spending $500/mo in gas, let's just say public transport probably isn't an option. Also, in the US, public transport is practically non-existent outside of urban centers. We kinda suck at stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be honest, I have no idea what gas costs, and as such what it translates to.

And yeah, I am from Europe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lucky. It's $3.20 a gallon (around $0.85 a liter), were I live in the southeast US, drive around 60 miles a day at 25mpg, so a generally around $7-8 day (I drive an older car, and don't live too close to work), or $40-50 a week. Plus around 5-7hrs worth of driving a week.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmao it's about $2.20 a liter where I live. 0.85 is a dream number here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The US both pretty heavily subsidizes gas and we produce the most. It's required to get around in all but a few places in the US after all. A lot of us would actually kinda prefer trains and trams, but most of the US is rural or semi rural, so that isn't often an option.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Not everyone lives in freedom™ country