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A Prius costs $846/year to fuel... and other fun facts about car costs

A Prius costs $846/year to fuel... and other fun facts about car costs

Posted May 12th 2010 10:58AM

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The average retail price of a vehicle in the U.S. keeps going up and up. But it's the cost of driving a car, not the cost of the car itself, that most people forget to factor in when considering which set of wheels to buy. Follow the jump for our latest infographic that explores that cost of driving a car.

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evalhuerdi@aol.com
I'm not sure what moron conducted your survey but I travel over 50,000 miles per year mainly in the Southeast and North Carolina is practically the MOST EXPENSIVE place to buy gas. South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama are almost 20 cents per gallon less that North Carolina. Go to exit 35 or 75 or 92 off of I-85 in South Carolina and you'll experience low price nirvana. In Georgia try exits 218 and 5 off of I-85 and the Warner-Robbins - Centerville exit as well. Really Cheap. In Alabama off I-65 try the Greenville exit. North Carolina? You are totally off base.
May 13 2010 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

the_fool
John Neff,
Do you work for Toyota? They should pay you for doing their work for them.(Advertising their product). It seems to me that when I get behind some Prius - the person is doing 20 MPH under the speed limit!
So brag all you want about mileage -- but pull off the road every once in awhile and let the build up of cars behind you - get around you. What is that really doing to help the collective get good gas mileage?
May 13 2010 at 6:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dean
This article is just another useless piece of crap.
May 13 2010 at 3:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David
Oil would be at $1.50-+ per gallon (even imported) if the GREAT THIEF and CROOK Cheny, Halliburton, Bush and their capitalist crooney crooks weren't in bed with the Mideast oil shieks..who, by the way, have put their (and OUR--stolen from us) money
in the United Arab Emirates- Dubai. Go look at Dubai on internet search. It is outrageous in the glut of wealth that has been stolen from us with Cheney and his "hidden" companies and Bush and the Rove gang that RIPPED OFF the US when they planned this whole economic landslide..where has the money gone?? In their back pockets. WHO HAS TO CLEAN UP THE MESS? Obama ! Our present president is doing all humanly possible to help the USA get back on our feet. but the stupid REDNECK, gun-totin', Nascar, backwards repubs..and the rich repubs that have been so used to stealing from the poor for decades-- are doing all they can to stop any progress. They Are NOT winning though. Thank God. God is on the side of the righteous.
May 13 2010 at 3:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Perry Allotta
i do 14 plus MPG with my Cougar 91 and I had any problem about this car. This car run like a brand new car ( I have less than 65.000 M) This mileage is in the city, in HIWay the mileage is very good, almost double.
Trust Ford, it ois American made.
May 13 2010 at 1:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Melinda
Nowhere does it mention that we 'import' most of our oil from Canada. Also, someone really needs to learn their math. If Americans use 375,000,000 gallons of gas per day then in order to determine yearly usage you should multiply that by 365 to get 136,875,000,000 - not the puny figure you have listed, which is actually less than the daily figure.
May 13 2010 at 1:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

seniorcitizen
There seems to be a bit of misinformation / lack of information in this article . . lets start with the bad math; if Americans use 375 million gallons of gasoline per day, that comes out to 136,875,000,000 gallons per year, not 136,875,000 as stated in the article. Next, the article failed to point out that, along with the 19.9 gallons of gasoline from a 42 gallon barrel of crude oil, we also get diesel fuel, jet fuel, lubricants, propane, and other petrochemicals. Perhaps the author of this article needs to check his/her facts prior to publishing.
May 13 2010 at 12:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

karen
Why doesn't anyone count Alaska and Hawaii as part of the U.S. The last time I looked and was in school it was part of the US. No one encludes these states when using them in a survey. Alaska's gas hasn't been below $3.25 in 2 years. and right now its at $3.45 a gallon .So everyone here in the lower 48 states need to stop complaining about their gas being $2.85 or less. You may want to be in upper Alaska where they pay almost $7.00 a gal.
May 13 2010 at 12:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

marya7
What I was hoping for was actual numbers on gas prices in other states, not just top 2 and bottom 3. And when they figured out the anual fuel costs to run those cars, how was the cost per gallon figured, using the average cost, the median cost?
May 13 2010 at 12:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

anniedu
Once again when commenting on "which US state has....." they leave out Alaska. The artical I refer to is highest gas prices..........our average per gallon is $3.37, they listed CA and WA as highest....I'm not "bragging" I hate it! Just wondering why Alaska is not considered a state by many.
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