Drove the old girl to work today...

[JamieGallien]

I drove the 72 to work today. 70 mile round trip. Old metal rocks!

[JointTech]

10mpg = 7gallons at $4 = $28 in gas. ouch
$28 x 5 = $140/week
$140 x 4 = $560/month

$560 is a nice car payment. Tundras and Escapes are 0% financing right now.

hehe just saying.

Oh wait I just noticed you have one of those gas saver tailgates. so nevermind.

[JamieGallien]

^ lol!

[JamieGallien]

Fortunately I'm not good at math AND I refuse to check the gas mileage on the old girl, so I don't believe a thing you just said! lol!

[MidLifer]

The gas money is well spent on a pleasure few can know. I regularly in nice weather do a 70 mile round-trip commute in my 71. Compared to my boring Subaru DD which gets 28MPG, the difference is a pittance compared to the feeling of rolling down the interstate in 2 tons of Detroit's finest iron!

[hopped up]

Thats what theyre for. Good job. Thats what i di with mine everyday 65-70 miles a day. Great daily drivers
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[bbadfred]

Did anyone notice that he parked it to the right to avoid door dings??

Originally Posted by JamieGallien

I drove the 72 to work today. 70 mile round trip. Old metal rocks!

[DT1]

I drive mine 110 Mi RT to work at least once a week just because I want to. I know it costs at least 3X as much as my Tacoma but it's at least 10X funner!!

[JamieGallien]

Originally Posted by DT1

I drive mine 110 Mi RT to work at least once a week just because I want to. I know it costs at least 3X as much as my Tacoma but it's at least 10X funner!!

True THAT!

At the instance of a co worker who rode to lunch with me, I went through a drive through car wash after lunch. It's clean for the first time in probably 20 years, but I think more water came inside the truck than outside! lol!!

The pressure wash on the roof also knocked a ton of the weather seal out of the roof gutter...leaks like a faucet now. Time to add another repair to the list...

[don t. - 72gmc]

Originally Posted by bbadfred

Did anyone notice that he parked it to the right to avoid door dings??

Yes I did.
Wonder if he also parked in the back of the lot where those were the only 2 rides.

[BB72CHEVKT]

I drive the burb 40 plus miles a day M-F.

[doubleb's69]

Good for you. They need driven. I just brought mine home after sitting 45 minutes away since last September. I was really kind of nervous since it hadn't been driven that long but it fired up and didn't let me down. You gotta love these trucks.
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[JamieGallien]

Originally Posted by don t. - 72gmc

Yes I did.
Wonder if he also parked in the back of the lot where those were the only 2 rides.

Totally by accident I assure you. You've hear of a 20 footer right? Looks great from 20 ft away? This truck is a 200 footer...

[jabborabbo]

By coincidence, I drove my recently acquired '67 GMC (picture of it when I first drove it home here ) 32 miles one way to work today! Based on that Madison County plate on the car next to your truck, we may have driven by each other (I work in Huntsville)!

[DT1]

Is this an optical illusion? When did Hyundais become larger than C10s?

[JamieGallien]

Originally Posted by jabborabbo

By coincidence, I drove my recently acquired '67 GMC (picture of it when I first drove it home here ) 32 miles one way to work today! Based on that Madison County plate on the car next to your truck, we may have driven by each other (I work in Huntsville)!

Cool! I works at the Chamber of Commerce downtown...

[Moline_Puller]

Good for you! These trucks need to be driven! I drive mine 56 miles a day!

If you think about it (to justify getting to drive a cool old truck every day)...if you lease or buy a new car for $300 a month that gets 30 mpg and drive it 60 miles a day, you're operating cost (fuel cost and payment) would be $440 a month (at $3.50 a gallon).

And if you drive a cool old Chevy that doesn't get horrible mileage (mines been getting over 14mpg), it's actually cheaper. I took out a personal loan to get my truck and I pay $115 a month...and the fuel is about $300 a month...operating cost is $415 a month. The payment is so much cheaper that it more than offsets the fuel cost.

It's all how you rationalize it! lol



Chris

[PAWS 72]

Originally Posted by JamieGallien

Cool! I works at the Chamber of Commerce downtown...

With where he works, he can afford to drive it everyday.hehehe

What is that gate off of?

[jabborabbo]

Originally Posted by JamieGallien

Cool! I works at the Chamber of Commerce downtown...

I work out on the arsenal, courtesy of your tax dollars! I try to earn them and spend them responsibly!

[JamieGallien]

Originally Posted by jabborabbo

I work out on the arsenal, courtesy of your tax dollars! I try to earn them and spend them responsibly!

You're somewhat of a rarity in the federal ranks then! LOL! My brother works out there as well with Colsa, helping the feds figure out ways to spend our tax dollars...

[Coley]

Originally Posted by JointTech

10mpg = 7gallons at $4 = $28 in gas. ouch
$28 x 5 = $140/week
$140 x 4 = $560/month

$560 is a nice car payment. Tundras and Escapes are 0% financing right now.

hehe just saying.

Oh wait I just noticed you have one of those gas saver tailgates. so nevermind.

....How about this:
New Tundra and/or Escape:
Daily depreciation: $5 min $10 max (maybe more?)..so lets take an average/guesstimate number at say....$8.00/day depreciation.
now $8.00 x 7 = $56/week (depreciates every day...unfortunately)
$56 x 4 = $224/month
Tundra or Escapes daily gas costs (say 35-40% of the chevy)...
.35 to .4 x $560 = (say)...$200 difference
Tundra or Escape month insurance costs (say...double the Chevy or triple?)
So an extra say (guess?) $30/month?
Add 'em up: $224 + $200 + $30 = $454 (this is a pretty conservative)
(now, I'll leave off there...I didn't include some of the initial costs associated with buying a new vehicle like taxes and the other hidden special amounts)
Net comment: They might be a little closer than at first glance than people think....people ALWAYS forget about how much a day they pay in depreciation whereas the old Chevy...if kept up, probably goes up a buck day or more
We have been 'uptrained' to consider gas mileage as being the major driver of automotive costs....but its actually not unless you are a long distance driver/trucker.
Interesting thread guys!! and hey, nice Ochre Chevy
All Good
Coley

[MidLifer]

Or in the words of the Mastercard commercials of a few years back:

Restoration costs of the old C10 you dragged home from a farmer's field: $1000s more than you expected

Gas for the C10 to get the 30 miles to work: $12

Feeling you get driving it: priceless

[Coley]

Originally Posted by JointTech

10mpg = 7gallons at $4 = $28 in gas. ouch
$28 x 5 = $140/week
$140 x 4 = $560/month

$560 is a nice car payment. Tundras and Escapes are 0% financing right now.

hehe just saying.

Oh wait I just noticed you have one of those gas saver tailgates. so nevermind.

......don't get me wrong, I appreciate the new stuff as well....but the 'true' cost difference is always a misunderstood thing.

(sort of like buying a $1,000,000 house because it has an efficient furnace to get low heating/a-c bills....)
All Good
Coley

[JamieGallien]

Lol! I think you guys think too much...so much math on this thread...my head hurts!!

I agree with whatever math makes it OK to drive my truck! The way I figure it...if I can't drive it I'm not going to own it!

[JamieGallien]

Originally Posted by PAWS 72

With where he works, he can afford to drive it everyday.hehehe

What is that gate off of?

Here you go...