Wonder how many cyclists already figured this out?

[hikeandbike]

Wow, our house payment is only $343 a month. Granted it is a fixer upper but it is warm and dry and we are fixing it up. Just saved $6000 on vinyl siding by buying it online versus locally, I live in Oregon. People my husband works with earn the same money and pay $1500 a month for the big houses, and another $500 for the new suv. That doesn't leave a whole lot of take home pay to keep up appearances on. He says it looks like a new car lot where he works, he takes the bus. His Taurus wagon is 20 years old and still runs great, a little tempermental at times--but aren't we all.
A different way of looking at how much it costs to drive is figuring your miles per dollar. My ranger gets 21 miles per gallon and I just filled up for $2.59 a gallon which when you divide mpg by the cost per gallon of gas, comes up to 7.5 miles per dollar.

[mimitabby]

Wow, our house payment is only $343 a month. Granted it is a fixer upper but it is warm and dry and we are fixing it up. Just saved $6000 on vinyl siding by buying it online versus locally, I live in Oregon. People my husband works with earn the same money and pay $1500 a month for the big houses, and another $500 for the new suv. That doesn't leave a whole lot of take home pay to keep up appearances on. He says it looks like a new car lot where he works, he takes the bus. His Taurus wagon is 20 years old and still runs great, a little tempermental at times--but aren't we all.
A different way of looking at how much it costs to drive is figuring your miles per dollar. My ranger gets 21 miles per gallon and I just filled up for $2.59 a gallon which when you divide mpg by the cost per gallon of gas, comes up to 7.5 miles per dollar.

wow, I'm impressed with your house payment.
I didn't know that you could find houses that inexpensive in Oregon!
by your calculations, i am getting 11 or 12 miles per dollar!