Go Green

What do you do when you have a gas guzzler, but it doesn’t make good financial sense to buy a new car?

I’m in that position. However, gas prices are making it more and more economical. And my commute is such that it might almost make more economical sense to get the new car.

I did the math yesterday and it appears that I can reduce my gas cost from $60 once a week to a total gas bill of $60 a month. And I suppose I can use that extra $180 a month to pay off a car quicker. And there’s that whole tax incentive thing.

Usually I jump right into doing something to help the environment, but adding a car payment to my monthly bills sort of makes my stomach turn.

What would you do?

Here is a good resource I found in my research.

- Lindsey

So it’s finally taken hold of me. The gas prices has just become to much to handle. After spending $54.00 to fill up my Jeep Liberty on Tuesday, and it’s only a matter of time before it hits $4.00 a gallon. And that’s just for unleaded. Not diesel. Not Super Unleaded.

I heard a news anchor say that when George Bush took office in 2000, the national average for gas was $1.43 a gallon.

So with that in mind, I’ve started looking for a new car. Something to replace the Jeep Liberty.

So far, we’ve looked at the Toyota Corolla, VW Jetta and another Mazda3 (we already own one).

The Corolla is in the lead with it’s great gas mileage and it’s a little greener than the VW, but it’s about the same as the Mazda.

I’m not sure about the flex fuel GM cars yet, but we’re going to look at those along with the Ford Escape hybrid and possible the new VW Jetta diesel that comes out this summer. It’s rumored to be around 50 miles a gallon.

I’ll keep ya posted.

-Matt Clayton