OT: Climbing System Requirements and Specs

[Thermodyne]

Renegade 13 said:

6 year old truck is still practically new! I drive an 11 year old truck, love that thing and still works great...without a lot of the electronic crap the automotive companies think we want/need...

But that's a little OT so I'll shut up now

My truck is a 94, and I would like to replace it. But the new trucks get the same milage as it does, so why bother. Everything still works and it still looks OK. With gas costing what it does, the only car that gets much use is the hybrid. 48 MPG beats the hell out of 18 any day of the week. My other car only gets low 20s, and hasn't been out of the garage in months.

[Phoenix-D]

On gas requirements: I did the math and my current car costs $.15 a mile in gas if gas hits $3.00 a gallon. If I went up to a 40 MPG car, that'd be cut in half.

Saving $.075 a mile means I'd have to drive that new car something like 20,000 miles before I'd even *break even* on gas costs..