Chevy Volt and other electric cars

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

My neighbor just got rid of his 2 year old Prius.
He's on the road all week for his job and gets a new car/truck every 2 years.
Told me about a month ago he drove to Detroit from Wrentham on 7 gallons of gas. Since his job pays expense for use of vehicle he turned that into a $ making scheme
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The mileage reimbursement doesn't take fuel economy into consideration. If I were a salesman or serviceman that had to use my own vehicle, I'd definitely go the hybrid route. A typical reimbursement is around 50 cents/mile of reimbursement for business driving. Even if you only did 150 miles per week for work, that's almost the monthly car payment and if you do that mileage in a Prius, it's only like $12 in fuel.

I'd love to take a deal like that.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The mileage reimbursement doesn't take fuel economy into consideration. If I were a salesman or serviceman that had to use my own vehicle, I'd definitely go the hybrid route. A typical reimbursement is around 50 cents/mile of reimbursement for business driving. Even if you only did 150 miles per week for work, that's almost the monthly car payment and if you do that mileage in a Prius, it's only like $12 in fuel.

I'd love to take a deal like that.

My neighbor does about 4-6000 miles a month.
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[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

My neighbor does about 4-6000 miles a month.
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That's madness. I couldn't do that much. However, all the more reason to have a hybrid. Hell, if his reimbursement is close to the average, he's making more on mileage than some people earn at their full time job. Not a bad deal at all for him. For that kind of mileage, I can't believe they don't just buy him a car.