# Are you kidding?  GM insanity inside.

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**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-kidding-gm-insanity-inside/42024 "2008-01-17T20:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-kidding-gm-insanity-inside/42024/34 "2008-01-18T07:57:04Z")

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Heres another calc, because Im bored

Say you want to keep a car for 8 years, and you drive 15 K a year.

You buy a new civic for 15 K, sell it 8 years later with 120K on it for at least 5K. You average 29 mpg, so you pay about 15K for all the gas you put into it. Total cost = 25K.

You buy a hybrid civic for 23K, sell it 8 years later for 3 K because that batteries are about to die. You average 42 mpg, so you pay 10K for all the gas. Total cost 30K

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