My one-ton truck was my daily driver until the last gas spike. At $3/gal it was just under $100/tank (up from $60 or so @ $2/gal), and needed 1 tank/week. So $400/mo was just TOO expensive! I re-insured the Contour (which was seeing maybe 1000 miles/year). There's no way around driving the truck as it's my business vehicle, but now I can generally make 2 weeks between fill-ups. So the $150 or so in savings per month more than makes up for the cost of insuring and driving the Contour again.
Last weekend I had to drive to Kansas City in the truck towing a trailer, and I averaged right around 10�?½ mpg in the truck.
sucks!
I granny shift the Contour when I can remember to, and am usually in 5th gear by 30mph. Lets me get around 20-22 in town.
If I could afford the payments, I'd trade all my vehicles in on diesels and make my own bio-diesel. That can be done for around $.75-$1 per gallon. Unfortunately, unless the GMC truck craps out spectacularly, it's just not cost effective to do this yet.
I would buy a motorcycle for daily driving, but the funds do not exist for such a purchase.
