rob was here.

My neon is pretty good on gas.. It's getting upwards of 6 years old, and it gets around 11-12 kilometers per litre from my observations/calculations over the last few months.

I've always wondered how much savings I would have using a hybrid instead of my regular ol' fashioned compact car. Well, today on digg I noticed this article which provides some simple formula's to calculate your gas savings per month.

I introduced these values into the formula:

Current price of gas: $CDN1.16/Litre (or $4.39CDN/US gallon)
Distance I drive per month: approx 1250km (777 miles)
MPG (dodge neon): ~12 km/liter (28.225 mpg)
MPG (toyota prius): 60 city, 51 highway, so i'll say ~55.5.

4.39 * 777 * ((1 / 28.22500) - (1 / 55.5)) = 59.39

So.. there you have it.. i'd save about 60 canadian dollars a month (720 dollars a year) if I bumped up to a hybrid. Worth it? Not right now for me, but maybe in a few years :)