[mariojas]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

$3.29 for E85 in Southfield / Detroit

Nice. I pay around 5 bucks for 93 at Costco, half an hour from Southfield.

[S.Macias]

Originally Posted by Camden45

There's apparently a killer just sitting there on your driveway.

Haha I know. Expecting our first child so I bought us a family car.

[Camden45]

Originally Posted by Crushin_LT1

Thankfully my commute is 6/mi roundtrip - takes about 10 min. I looked into metro again, but with the poor service it would easily add an hour minimum.

Do you ever worry about the car never being fully warmed up in those driving conditions?

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by Camden45

Do you ever worry about the car never being fully warmed up in those driving conditions?

I have a 1.8 mile trip to work daily. I just take the "long way" a couple times a week. (Joy Ride) Make sure all the moisture gets burned out of the exhaust and such.

[Cristobal09]

Originally Posted by Crushin_LT1

Thankfully my commute is 6/mi roundtrip - takes about 10 min. I looked into metro again, but with the poor service it would easily add an hour minimum.

VRE, the only train I'll take.

[Crushin_LT1]

Originally Posted by Camden45

Do you ever worry about the car never being fully warmed up in those driving conditions?

I did initially, but judging by the temp meters, she gets up to temp. Well except the transmission, but for that I do a long, hilly route occasionally.

[Crushin_LT1]

Originally Posted by Cristobal09

VRE, the only train I'll take.

If I were to move somewhere I'd need the MARC or VRE, I'd simply move out of the region lol

[Camden45]

Originally Posted by Crushin_LT1

I did initially, but judging by the temp meters, she gets up to temp. Well except the transmission, but for that I do a long, hilly route occasionally.

10 years ago we bought a car that was solely used for 5-10 minute drive to work. Basically I told the guy who bought it off me honestly to drive within the city only, don't take it anywhere far. It never died on us, but boy you could tell that engine lived a really hard life.

[Crushin_LT1]

Originally Posted by Camden45

10 years ago we bought a car that was solely used for 5-10 minute drive to work. Basically I told the guy who bought it off me honestly to drive within the city only, don't take it anywhere far. It never died on us, but boy you could tell that engine lived a really hard life.

Perhaps my car feels the same and I will be eating crow. I like poultry, so wouldn't be the worst, or only time.

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by Camden45

10 years ago we bought a car that was solely used for 5-10 minute drive to work. Basically I told the guy who bought it off me honestly to drive within the city only, don't take it anywhere far. It never died on us, but boy you could tell that engine lived a really hard life.

How? Just curious. We bought a 2015 Impala brand new. It's my wife's car who doesn't drive much and works 2.5 miles from home. The car just turned over 30k miles. It runs and looks like it's brand new. I don't notice any issues at all from all the in town trips. The engine doesn't behave like it's had a really hard life.

[Bongos2U]

$6.58 for a gallon of regular at my local Chevron station here in SoCal.

[MrRuss]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

$3.29 for E85 in Southfield / Detroit

Must be nice, here in AZ it's the same as 87, $5.19

I think 91 is $5.99 but I have only been using E for years.

[Camden45]

Originally Posted by jamala00

How? Just curious. We bought a 2015 Impala brand new. It's my wife's car who doesn't drive much and works 2.5 miles from home. The car just turned over 30k miles. It runs and looks like it's brand new. I don't notice any issues at all from all the in town trips. The engine doesn't behave like it's had a really hard life.

It was a 94 Accord with 150k+ miles. At the time, it was already a 20yr old car or so. It ran really rough, engine would shake and not have much power. My very first car was a clean 70k mile Honda Accord, and it ran butter smooth, so I had a baseline of what it should feel like. I took that 20yr old Honda to my trusted mechanic and everything looked alright. I mean it was a beater at the end of the day, but the previous owner owned it from day one. Only short trips to work it's whole life.

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by Camden45

It was a 94 Accord with 150k+ miles. At the time, it was already a 20yr old car or so. It ran really rough, engine would shake and not have much power. My very first car was a clean 70k mile Honda Accord, and it ran butter smooth, so I had a baseline of what it should feel like. I took that 20yr old Honda to my trusted mechanic and everything looked alright. I mean it was a beater at the end of the day, but the previous owner owned it from day one. Only short trips to work it's whole life.

Oh... Gotcha... that makes more sense.