- To buy or not to buy? That is the question!
Um. For $22,000, $9,000 more than Toyota’s entry-level Yaris, you get 22 more mpg in the city and 12 more on the highway. That is a lot better gas mileage, for sure. After the average 200,000 miles the cars will survive, you will have used about 2,113 more gallons of fuel in the Yaris.
If I were a pirate, I would by the Yaris for the name. The YAAAAARis!
Keep your granny panties on. That’s more Arnold Palmer than I can chug in a a single sitting, but if we are purely going on the price of the car plus the price of gas (at today’s gas prices), we would be paying $3,738 for the privilege of owning the Prius versus the Yaris.
“I don’t care about money,” you bellow, “I only want to save the environment!” Those who truly only care about the environment should off themselves now; it seems like humans contribute greatly to greenhouse emissions no matter what they do. Those who can comprimise slightly by not killing themselves, listen up.
Buy the Yaris. Take that $3,738 and get some energy-efficient appliances, caulk your crevices, and get a digital thermostat. Buy a cat from the shelter.
Sure, the Yaris will not have electric windows standard, heated mirrors, front and rear parking assist, standard in-dash CD, standard AM/FM radio (!), 2 more speakers, rear disc brakes, telescoping wheel, audio and cruise control on the wheel, standard remote power door locks, powered adjustable mirrors, or a rear wiper (like the Prius does).
But, that is stuff that will eventually end up in a landfill. And you care about the environment more than seeing while your backing up in cold weather while listening to a CD and looking out your clean rear window, right?
Right?