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Originally Posted by 4444
i don't really think ppl need to do any kind of real analysis when it comes to cars.
what do average 200hp cars get these days, 35mpg? something like that -to me i'd just think, ok is this 200hp car i'm buying 35mpg or +/- a couple, we're good to go - if it's 25 mpg, why? i think mpg is more of a relative thing to what you're expecting as opposed to actually sitting there and calculating the dollars and cents of fuel consumption.
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Average high 200HP cars have a very very vast rate of fuel economy.
Let's say Camry V6 vs BMW 328i. Good luck assuming they use the same amount of fuel just because they all make almost 300HP and are about the same size and both are sedans. Then you throw in stuff like SUVs and trucks and light weight sports cars that also make the same power, and your argument is completely flawed. Way too many factors other than gross output determines the fuel economy.
on the avg MPG the Camry reads 25mpg and the 328i reads 20mpg, so you think they are both like 20 ish mpg. Then in gp100 it's 4.0 vs 5.0.
So during the ownership of the car, if both vehicles drove 100 thousand miles in its useful lifespan, you are buying another 1000 gallons of gas to get you the same A to B and at today's rate it's another 5000 plus dollars considering that the BMW uses premium gas.
That is what really goes into the buying decision for many engineering / math / accounting background sophisticated buyers.