You need to put the cost of fuel into perspective. When the gas prices spiced back in 2008 I took the price I paid for the vehicle and subtracted the current resale price and divided by the miles driven so far and came up with a cost of about 20 cents a mile. I had paid cash so there was no interest, but I didn't consider tax, registration and mantenance costs, just the depreciation. Currently gas is costing me about 20 cents a mile so the price of fuel is less than half the total cost of ownership. Next time I will buy a used car to cut down on the depreciation cost. That's where the big cost is in owning a vehicle. Or you could do like Patrick does. His truck was bought new when Reagan was still president. His depreciation cost per mile should be realy low. DT