I get about 50 miles/gallon in my hybrid. I decided to top it off before Texas does it’s faux shortage like it always does in a crisis. $25 for not quite 5 gallons. Yikes!
Well Denise..as we all pretty-much know (tho not "all" of us exactly, but U-Kno). People in EU and UK pay by the 'liter'.....hmmm, since we-uns ain't onto 'metric' ..yet..., "we-uns" don't have a clue as to what a liter (whatevahh) amounts to. And evan (<<nascar spellink) more-bettahh.., most folks couldn't give the proverbial "rats arse" about it..move on..., jayssusss!! Oh.. you want the answer (a few of you do..hahaha), there are 3.785 liters in one US Gallon. The cost per "liter" in US$ amounts to1.96 cents per liter. MY MY MY!.., that smells like $7.41 per US Gallon... whoaa!
Had to laugh about your comment. Having driven rental cars in Europe, mostly France & Italy, numerous times over several decades, it has always amused me to hear Americans gripe about the price of gas in the U.S.
I just went upstairs and got my photo of an Agip (gas station) sign along the Autostrada, taken about 2006 or 2007: 1.305 euro/litre. Multiplied by four that comes out to 5.22 euro for 4 liters. My guesstimate of exchange rate of 1.25 euro/1 dollar means we would have paid the equivalent of $6.52/4 liters, not even a full U.S. gallon of unleaded gas.
BTW, I have the photo because I have a little stuffed Agip 6-legged dog (Really. I looked it up!) like the one on the Agip station signs, picked up as a student in the early 1960s.
Thanks for your note Judith. Always good to see that "the Mad Russian" moniker doesn't turn folks off. Hah.., and the six legged dog.. a pal of the 4-wheeled man (in 1953). Thank you again for providing me yet another treat for my mind to play with. This site helps greatly.
My 2012 hybrid Prius is great in mountain areas or nonstop freeway driving. At least 50 mph and often significantly higher. Short trips not so much. It has 83,000 miles and runs like new. Fingers crossed. Gas today in Northern California rural town on the way up to Lake Tahoe: $5.24 gallon - credit card.
Wow! That mileage sounds like a record. Especially with original hybrid battery. You’re lucky. Hope you still have an energy efficient car. Gas is sky high already. I saw a FB picture from a community outside of Sacramento with gas for $6.71 gal. I know people who bought small van/motorhomes during the Pandemic. They will have big bills. But we’re lucky. We aren’t being bombed in America and I’ll pay and reduce my driving so we can make life better for the Ukrainians.
I'm not sure about the recouping theory. I'm getting 76 miles/gallon on my hybrid.
I get about 50 miles/gallon in my hybrid. I decided to top it off before Texas does it’s faux shortage like it always does in a crisis. $25 for not quite 5 gallons. Yikes!
Well Denise..as we all pretty-much know (tho not "all" of us exactly, but U-Kno). People in EU and UK pay by the 'liter'.....hmmm, since we-uns ain't onto 'metric' ..yet..., "we-uns" don't have a clue as to what a liter (whatevahh) amounts to. And evan (<<nascar spellink) more-bettahh.., most folks couldn't give the proverbial "rats arse" about it..move on..., jayssusss!! Oh.. you want the answer (a few of you do..hahaha), there are 3.785 liters in one US Gallon. The cost per "liter" in US$ amounts to1.96 cents per liter. MY MY MY!.., that smells like $7.41 per US Gallon... whoaa!
Had to laugh about your comment. Having driven rental cars in Europe, mostly France & Italy, numerous times over several decades, it has always amused me to hear Americans gripe about the price of gas in the U.S.
I just went upstairs and got my photo of an Agip (gas station) sign along the Autostrada, taken about 2006 or 2007: 1.305 euro/litre. Multiplied by four that comes out to 5.22 euro for 4 liters. My guesstimate of exchange rate of 1.25 euro/1 dollar means we would have paid the equivalent of $6.52/4 liters, not even a full U.S. gallon of unleaded gas.
BTW, I have the photo because I have a little stuffed Agip 6-legged dog (Really. I looked it up!) like the one on the Agip station signs, picked up as a student in the early 1960s.
Thanks for your note Judith. Always good to see that "the Mad Russian" moniker doesn't turn folks off. Hah.., and the six legged dog.. a pal of the 4-wheeled man (in 1953). Thank you again for providing me yet another treat for my mind to play with. This site helps greatly.
My 2012 hybrid Prius is great in mountain areas or nonstop freeway driving. At least 50 mph and often significantly higher. Short trips not so much. It has 83,000 miles and runs like new. Fingers crossed. Gas today in Northern California rural town on the way up to Lake Tahoe: $5.24 gallon - credit card.
My last Prius had 360,000 miles on it, ran great, and got about 53 mpg. The battery never needed replacing.
I'll be at the pump in a couple days. Who knows what the gas will be then in SF Bay Area!
Wow! That mileage sounds like a record. Especially with original hybrid battery. You’re lucky. Hope you still have an energy efficient car. Gas is sky high already. I saw a FB picture from a community outside of Sacramento with gas for $6.71 gal. I know people who bought small van/motorhomes during the Pandemic. They will have big bills. But we’re lucky. We aren’t being bombed in America and I’ll pay and reduce my driving so we can make life better for the Ukrainians.