Cost of gasoline, worldwide- Good thing we bike

[Koronin]

I agree that 18 is not very good for a car and not great for a smaller pick up truck either. We have two cars and two pick up trucks all of which get over 20 mpg. Our oldest is a 1987 Ford Ranger which gets right at 22mpg, actually the 2005 Ford Ranger also gets right around 22 mpg. The difference is the older one is 2 wheel drive and newer one is 4 wheel drive. We bought it specifically for the 4 wheel drive. The two cars one gets about 25 mph the new one gets just under 30mpg. The 2003 Monte Carlo SS gets about 25 mph and the 2010 Nissan Versa gets just under 30mpg. For the Versa that is strictly city driving. We've actually never even had it on a freeway. We bought the Versa over the summer to help with gas mileage for my job as well as have a more useful car for my job as well. Which is why we had to find something that has a hatchback, which can be difficult to find.

[zoom-zoom]

Which is why we had to find something that has a hatchback, which can be difficult to find.

It's getting much easier in recent years. I LOVE my hatchback...I will NEVER again own a sedan. Such a waste of utility. My dream car would be a Ford Focus wagon, which they have in Europe, but so far we just get a hatchback version.

[Koronin]

zoom-zoom, I totally agree with you about the Ford Focus wagon. I saw some pictures of it and wish they would sell it here.

[hebe]

Mine is a 4 year old Renault Clio 5door (small hatchback). It's diesel rather than petrol, so is very economic to run especially over longer distances.

So we have more expensive fuel but more efficient cars, and you have cheaper fuel but less efficient cars. Someone somewhere must have it right...