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Originally Posted by Adam_L
You'll hear some / lots of people on here say, "man, I didn't buy this car to save on gas " or , " mpg / gas savings isn't a factor in my buying this car".
What ever, this car does well in the MPG department given it's a 2L. It's one of it's positives, so why not be proud of that fact ?!?!
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This is one of the reasons why I'm making the switch. However, that being said, I'm not blind to the fact that the MX-5 has 34.5 mpg compared to the 29 in the MT BRZ. That's roughly a saving of about $450 a year for me on my commute between these two cars. It's $13xx and $17xx comparatively against my X-Runner. It won't pay for the car entirely, but it's a measurable savings that'll pay for insurance and then some.
Tire wear on my X-Runner is also very brutal. Even if I'm babying my drive (which I have for the last 27K miles due to transmission) the sheer weight is killing my tires and I don't go cheap on tires. Both of these cars will extend the life of good tires so much more than the X-Runner. My Pole Position S4 lasted maybe 22K miles. I just got Sport S4S on it today and I don't know if these will last past 25K. That's basically one year's worth of my commute.
So much money to be saved in both of these cars. I'm worried the next gen BRZ / 86 will improve on all of this though. So much so that this will be a worse value in a couple years.