gas mileage question. (only for those mathematically inclined)
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Mazing
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gas mileage question. (only for those mathematically inclined)
If your only concern was to save gas, would you rather go from
A)a car that gets 10mpg to a car that gets 20mpg
OR
B)a car that gets 25mpg to a car that gets 50mpg
And please show your reasoning.
which option would save more gas, not which option uses less gas.
A)a car that gets 10mpg to a car that gets 20mpg
OR
B)a car that gets 25mpg to a car that gets 50mpg
And please show your reasoning.
which option would save more gas, not which option uses less gas.
Ecotec y0!
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yah even if one car got 50mph, and the other get 10... you would still be wasting gas up the ass in the one car, its better to get i the 20s i guess. im assuming your trying to decide which 1 of 2 cars to trade? just a guess, but get rid of the 10mph one
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The only real factor is the AMOUNT of driving that you do in each car.
If you do 10 miles a month in the 10mpg car, and 400 in the 25..... then it's going to be a huge waste getting the 10 extra mpgs.
now if it's obviously 300 miles a month in the 10 mpg car and 110 in the 25, then by all means get the 20 mpger.
you have to let us know how much driving you actually do in either car/truck.
If you do 10 miles a month in the 10mpg car, and 400 in the 25..... then it's going to be a huge waste getting the 10 extra mpgs.
now if it's obviously 300 miles a month in the 10 mpg car and 110 in the 25, then by all means get the 20 mpger.
you have to let us know how much driving you actually do in either car/truck.
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I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
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Originally Posted by JustMiata
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery...
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I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
Doesn't matter when he's only using his (I'm going to assume) truck to haul a few things a total of 20 miles a month. Then he'll use his civic or (now upgraded to super-hybrid) to drive all the rest of the time.
OK, now i can see where you mean "which saves more gas, not USES less.." I guess. In that case RX007 is correct. You would save more gas (yay environment?) if you decided to switch to just using that one automobile.
I'm also tunnel-visioning it as seeing you keeping both cars. Will you be getting rid of one? Or using both?
Question is too vague!
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LOGIC? You seriously want to invoke logic in a conversation about fake hijackings, missiles hitting the pentagon, and bombs planted throughout the world trade center? I thought it was a given that logic was checked at the door when entering one of these threads.
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Mazing
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Ooo, Ooo, pick me! Pick me!
I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
I came up with A.
Looking at it in terms of miles driven per year I came up with the following:
Driving 12,000 miles/yr you consume the following fuel amounts.
A)
10mpg = 1200 gallons of fuel
20mpg = 600 gallons of fuel
1200-600=600 gallons of fuel saved.
B)
25mpg = 480 gallons of fuel
50mpg = 240 gallons of fuel
480-240=240 gallons of fuel saved.
Using any amount of miles driven in a year, A will always save more gallons of fuel. Do I get a cookie?
yes u get the cookie.
after doing the switch you drive the X amount of miles in either situation. the scenario didn't say the amount of driving you do is going to be different based on the option.
Lucky
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Naa, you all are reading into it to much.
If your only concern was to save gas
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Originally Posted by JustMiata
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery...
Lucky
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Yes, cookie for me! 
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Originally Posted by JustMiata
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery...
