What's the average of 5 MPG and 10 MPG?
The math isn't quite obvious to me, but if you go out camping and get 5 MPG on the way to the campground and turn around and get 10 MGP on the way back, your average MPG won't be 7.5 as you would expe...
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We are used to MPG in America, while liters per 100 KM is common in Europe.
I like MPG much better.
If you are driving a $100,000+ vehicle, why worry about the $300 to fill the tank? You probably can save more or spend more by finding another insurance company. Do you complain about the $1,200 spent on insurance? Or only the amount spent on fuel?
Camping RV's are a pure luxury. While I was living in my RV, it was more like a low cost housing system. I could live in my RV and stay in a RV park twice a month for much less money than I spent on living in my prior home. There I had a $265 homeowners association fee, and utilities around $85 a month.
My motorhome was paid for, and my only expense was insurance, gas, and the occasional oil change. Propane was about 10 gallons every 6 weeks in the summer and 10 gallons every 3-4 weeks in the winter. I spent a lot of time in one location to keep mileage down. MPG was improved a lot by driving at 55 MPG, as I no longer needed to arrive by 5 pm, in order to get a good nights sleep and go to work the next morning.
So I kept my expenses below $800 a month that I had spent on my old home mortgage.
Good luck,
Fred.
I like MPG much better.
If you are driving a $100,000+ vehicle, why worry about the $300 to fill the tank? You probably can save more or spend more by finding another insurance company. Do you complain about the $1,200 spent on insurance? Or only the amount spent on fuel?
Camping RV's are a pure luxury. While I was living in my RV, it was more like a low cost housing system. I could live in my RV and stay in a RV park twice a month for much less money than I spent on living in my prior home. There I had a $265 homeowners association fee, and utilities around $85 a month.
My motorhome was paid for, and my only expense was insurance, gas, and the occasional oil change. Propane was about 10 gallons every 6 weeks in the summer and 10 gallons every 3-4 weeks in the winter. I spent a lot of time in one location to keep mileage down. MPG was improved a lot by driving at 55 MPG, as I no longer needed to arrive by 5 pm, in order to get a good nights sleep and go to work the next morning.
So I kept my expenses below $800 a month that I had spent on my old home mortgage.
Good luck,
Fred.
