Fuel Prices 2025

ship happens said:
If the car is good and cheap enough. If you go dump 70 -100k on a car then we'll you can buy alot of gas for that. Tough call. Since when is getting to work you yearly salary for the average working class? Tables have flipped big time. Going to be an expensive fishing year that's for sure.
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We have an electric and a gas truck. If I had my way both would be electric.
 
Corey_lax said:
I’m bringing my Bluetooth obd2 reader. Some of the cars I’m gonna look at have way less range compared to battery percentage than others so I’m staying away from those. Example is, one has 143 km range at 62% charge which sucks, and another has 158km range at 45% charge. I know which one I’m picking out of those comparables.
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I use the Car Scanner app to get battery SoH readout for mine. Takes seconds to get the data and save for review later.

FWIW 300 km max range is heaps for city commuting, even with cold weather shrinkage.
 
removed our truck/fuel charge at work 6 months ago and it was nice to give customers the break. looks like it will be put back on unfortunately.
 
Corey_lax said:
Pulled the trigger on a Mach-e. Hated them when they were introduced because how dare they call that a mustang, but here we are lol.
$40 a month charging vs $40 a day diesel.
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They seem like a good car, have sold well, and of course I like EVs. But I agree, neither sensible nor respectful to slap the Mustang brand on a crossover. I was surprised when Ford did it, Mustang is a very valuable nameplate and this only dilutes its worth. Owners generally just call them a Mach-e and drop the pony tag altogether.

Anyway, have fun. You'll wonder for a while when the other shoe will drop and the real costs kick in. But that's all there is, $40-ish a month and basically zero servicing. Seems preposterous, the old classic "If it seems to good to be true...."
 
sly_karma said:
They seem like a good car, have sold well, and of course I like EVs. But I agree, neither sensible nor respectful to slap the Mustang brand on a crossover. I was surprised when Ford did it, Mustang is a very valuable nameplate and this only dilutes its worth. Owners generally just call them a Mach-e and drop the pony tag altogether.

Anyway, have fun. You'll wonder for a while when the other shoe will drop and the real costs kick in. But that's all there is, $40-ish a month and basically zero servicing. Seems preposterous, the old classic "If it seems to good to be true...."
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I bought it for the price of 16 months worth of diesel. So if I get two years out of this car, it'll be worth it. Not to mention less maintenance on the truck because I won't be driving it often.
 
Corey_lax said:
I bought it for the price of 16 months worth of diesel. So if I get two years out of this car, it'll be worth it. Not to mention less maintenance on the truck because I won't be driving it often.
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Oil changes on the diesel are crazy, not to mention the weekday stop and go traffic is way better for regenerative braking. I have about 15,000km on my e-bikes and my truck gets out once or twice a week, then really used on the weekend and summer.

The lightning battery swap looked relatively easy, compared to an engine swap at least, so in a few years buying one that has been tested from a wrecker or a battery rebuild centre, might be a good solution to keeping it going well past the 1/2 million km mark.
 
kaelc said:
Oil changes on the diesel are crazy, not to mention the weekday stop and go traffic is way better for regenerative braking. I have about 15,000km on my e-bikes and my truck gets out once or twice a week, then really used on the weekend and summer.

The lightning battery swap looked relatively easy, compared to an engine swap at least, so in a few years buying one that has been tested from a wrecker or a battery rebuild centre, might be a good solution to keeping it going well past the 1/2 million km mark.
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Prices for used Lightnings haven't plunged that I can see. Upgrading to the ER battery might have to come via battery swap, it really doesn't look that hard once you have equipment for handling the heavy weights.
 
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