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 Message 1802 
 Mark Hofmann to Kurt Weiske 
 Re: New! 
 28 Apr 14 17:18:19 
 
KW> My 2002 Camry's come up to 180K miles, and it's due for the timing
KW> belt/major service. I've got 20K miles left on the tires and need to
KW> replace one of the motor mounts. I figured it's going to be $2K or so.
KW> 
KW> I drive 20K miles a year, and my Camry's mileage has been hovering around
KW> 21 mpg.
KW> 
KW> California's running out of the hybrid/electric decals that let you drive
KW> in carpool lanes.
KW> 
KW> I bit the bullet this weekend and bought a Camry plug-in hybrid. My
KW> company has a charging station so I can charge it when I get here. With a
KW> full charge and tank of regular gas, I got 62 MPG on the way to work.
KW> 
KW> I put down a good down payment and got 0.0% APR on the remainder, I'll be
KW> able to subsidize a big chunk of the payment with gas savings.

I drive around the same mileage per year (20k), but spread it on several
vehicles.  

My daughter has been driving my Monte Carlo until she purchases a car sometime
in the early summer.  I typically go back and forth between driving my 2012
Charger (22k on it now), my 2002 Monte Carlo (188k on it now), and my 2003
Harley Dyna Wide Glide (28k on it now).

There are a few people in my neighborhood with plug in hybrids.  I have often
wondered how much electric it pulls extra per month to the home bill.  If you
can get away with just charging at work, that would be cool!

Right now, I am working from home 4 of the 5 days per week.  Now that it is
starting to get nice, I will be riding my 50+mpg Harley to work.  Makes going
to work fun.

- Mark

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