# Don't buy a new car to get better gas mileage **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637 "2008-01-11T09:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637/19 "2008-01-11T10:58:41Z")
> [@badnewsmini](#): > > what if I drive 60k a year… I switched from a GSR Teg getting 30mpg to a TDI Jetta getting 55mpg… if gas for the GSR (required 93) and the TDI are simaler 3.40 will say in one year I saved about 3 grand a year… so I would in the 5 years you are paying for a car would have saved 15,000 enough for me to give a resone for switching to a fuel concense car… > > just think if i had driven the evo for work… 16mpg Good god… your missing the point… you TRADED your vehicle… you didnt sell one… spend an additoinal 12k to buy a NEWER car more efficent on gas and then got better milage --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637)._