brilliantnick
Junior Member
Given the rocketing gas prices and from what I'm seeing a number of posts involving mpg, fuel economy ext... I thought I'd share this spreadsheet I made.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bs3-vg4by60UXXed2cIDXJd4VEqnEquzvld3huS-LuA/copy
You can fill in your own details in the grey filled cells, like adjust for your MPG and local gas prices. I have my situation currently in as default.
My personal take on owning a 1500 and worries about gas mileage is this; I'm not buying a truck for its stellar economy, I'm getting a vehicle capable of pulling/carrying the things I want for vacations or chores. High efficiency vehicles have their place and in my opinion should be the go to standard for commuting. I dont like putting wear on my offroad tires and poor economy rig just to get to work and back. However in my current position I dont put enough miles on to justify a whole new/used secondary electric or otherwise car for just commuting. My motorbike and electric bicycle on the other hand... they work great. The Ebike even has an added advantage of giving me some exercise, will keep me in shape for hiking in the summertime. Plus, its just fun to have anyway
Biased on this calc, a $1200 electric bicycle would for me 'break even' at 5,214 miles... sounds like a lot of miles but when I ride 1,768 miles a year for just a work and back, my break even will be at almost 3 years, after that profit!.. Assuming gas doesn't go up more than it has, which we all know it will, in which case it will be less than 3 years.
The sheet doesn't take into account times such as bad weather or whatever that might necessitate taking a different vehicle over the high efficiency transport. It also doesn't take into account situations like the possibility of taking a fold up bicycle onto a train/bus and really saving $.... but it gives a rough idea anyway. Even in wet and rainy Washington, I have already put more miles on my bicycle for work and back than I have on the truck and the clock started in the winter months.
I'd be interested to see how many people could benefit from a secondary commuter vehicle, even if they went with a Honda ruckus or something similar, that gets 114mpg and doesn't (at least in Washington) require a motorcycle endorsement. -I think riders should still go to a basic rider course anyway, just for skill and safety sake
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bs3-vg4by60UXXed2cIDXJd4VEqnEquzvld3huS-LuA/copy
You can fill in your own details in the grey filled cells, like adjust for your MPG and local gas prices. I have my situation currently in as default.
My personal take on owning a 1500 and worries about gas mileage is this; I'm not buying a truck for its stellar economy, I'm getting a vehicle capable of pulling/carrying the things I want for vacations or chores. High efficiency vehicles have their place and in my opinion should be the go to standard for commuting. I dont like putting wear on my offroad tires and poor economy rig just to get to work and back. However in my current position I dont put enough miles on to justify a whole new/used secondary electric or otherwise car for just commuting. My motorbike and electric bicycle on the other hand... they work great. The Ebike even has an added advantage of giving me some exercise, will keep me in shape for hiking in the summertime. Plus, its just fun to have anyway
Biased on this calc, a $1200 electric bicycle would for me 'break even' at 5,214 miles... sounds like a lot of miles but when I ride 1,768 miles a year for just a work and back, my break even will be at almost 3 years, after that profit!.. Assuming gas doesn't go up more than it has, which we all know it will, in which case it will be less than 3 years.
The sheet doesn't take into account times such as bad weather or whatever that might necessitate taking a different vehicle over the high efficiency transport. It also doesn't take into account situations like the possibility of taking a fold up bicycle onto a train/bus and really saving $.... but it gives a rough idea anyway. Even in wet and rainy Washington, I have already put more miles on my bicycle for work and back than I have on the truck and the clock started in the winter months.
I'd be interested to see how many people could benefit from a secondary commuter vehicle, even if they went with a Honda ruckus or something similar, that gets 114mpg and doesn't (at least in Washington) require a motorcycle endorsement. -I think riders should still go to a basic rider course anyway, just for skill and safety sake