It's a 2015 Rav 4. I get close to 30mpg. $50 in insurance. $250 paymeny $160 in Gas I guess $500 would cover it.
The Oatmeal is on point as usual. The fact that symbols and emoticons weren't tolerated and you had to use real English partially drew me to TMMB in the first place, and is still appreciated here.
You can use Cars.com (well, at least around here - don't know about Canadia) and put in all your criteria, and answer that question. For instance, if I pick $20,000 as my budget, the payments are about $301: $20,000 (putting $3000 down) Financing $17,000 for 5 years at 2.5% $300 / mo, leaving $200 for gas + insurance Then, I put in these search filters: New or used between $15K and $20K <30K miles 2012 or newer within 200 miles of Atlanta That returns 6400 different vehicles, such as 2015 Honda Civic EX-L with 140 miles, 2014 Chevy Silverado with 6000 miles, and 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with 9,000 miles.
I get how the math works. I just think it's to a degree an American thing because; 1. Cars are way more expensive here. In 2008/9, when the dollar was at par, there was a big influx of people going to the States to buy a vehicle and bring it home, because it was tens of thousands cheaper. The government quashed that with new vehicle import rules, though. 2. Some provinces have public insurance, meaning you can't shop around. My vehicle insurance now is about 40% cheaper because I'm in a province with a private sector. In Manitoba, though, you're paying $150-200/mo for a new car to insure it, I don't care how clean your record is. 3. Gas is another huge one. I live in a border city now, and I worked out that even with the Canadian dollar at about 70% of the US dollar, and with gallons instead of litres, I'm saving something like $1/gallon (or $0.4/L), just by driving over the river to fill up. The other thing is that I don't know anyone who doesn't own a truck. I guess you can get cars way cheaper, but they aren't nearly as versatile. Particularly in the snow or for hauling construction material. The mileage on my new truck is better than on my old truck, but I'm still only getting 10-11 L/100km on the highway. EDIT: I just did the math with all the conversions and local pricing. I save 36% on fuel by driving 10 minutes over the river. Canadians are getting SCREWED on this.
Alaska runs out of snow. Train full of snow arrives in Alaska for Iditarod sled dog race http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/0...for-iditarod-sled-dog-race.html?intcmp=hplnws
I am not nearly that far north, I live very close to the very southern tip of the Alaska pan handle. We have had an extremely mild winter. Ski hills have been doing a lot better then last year, but snow has been non existent in most places.
I lived in Anchorage for a couple of years and it was always kind of iffy as to whether or not there would be enough snow for the race, so this isn't exactly a new development. I just found it funny that they actually did have to ship in snow this time.
A few years ago, a lot of sled-cam footage was just angry swearing and the bashing of insulated-in-a-coat human thumping the rocks and dirt.
THEY'RE TESTING THE OJ KNIFE AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!! Ok, follow along. Mitt Romney killed Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. He shook hands with Trump in 2012. He then put the knife on OJ's property. Then yesterday, he calls in an 'anonymous tip' to the cops. They'll find Trump's DNA. GOP SAVED!!!!!