TIL my 2010 Prius has saved me over 13,000 gallons of gas compared to my old F-150

I did the math this morning while waiting for a tire rotation. I traded in my 1998 F-150 back in 2010 when gas hit $4 a gallon here in Phoenix. The truck got maybe 12 mpg on a good day. The Prius averages 48 mpg according to the dashboard. Over 180,000 miles that works out to like, a lot of gallons not burned. My neighbor just bought a new F-150 and I mentioned my numbers. He didn't say anything just kind of stared at his truck. Has anyone else run these kind of numbers on their old vs new vehicles?

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price.ray7d ago

My old Tacoma got like 15 mpg so I always figured hybrids were just a way to pay more upfront. But 13,000 gallons is wild, I never actually thought of it that way. Maybe it's just me but that kind of math kinda makes me wanna look at a Prius now.

davidkim7d ago

Have you looked at how much time you'd save too? Like with a regular gas car you're stopping every 300 miles to fill up, but a Prius can go like 500+ miles on a tank. Over a decade that's probably weeks of your life not sitting at a gas station. Tacomas are awesome trucks but they're also rolling anchors once gas prices spike.

laura_chen417d agoMost Upvoted

Is saving that much time really worth driving a Prius though? I mean @davidkim makes a solid point but man I'd miss having a truck bed.