Money Saving Tips 💰

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• Kaligalis@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you actually need a car, this one is the most important cost saving measure:

  • Drive a reasonably sized car which isn’t optimized to exploit laws made for trucks.

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fuel efficiency rules are idiotic now. The automakers used to classify everything as a truck to get around fuel efficiency regulations. The PT Cruiser being classified as a truck was the last straw, so the regs were changed beginning in 2012 to base fuel economy off of vehicle footprint to keep automakers from reclassifying vehicles. But that change had the consequence of effectively outlawing small trucks. Suddenly a sedan has less-strict economy standards than a compact van or truck.

    Notice how the small truck segment disappeared in 2012, and when the Ranger came back in like 2018-ish, there were models of it larger than older F150s? It’s because the manufacturers learned they could just make the trucks bigger to get around standards.

    It’s also why around 2021/2022 all the compact cargo vans (NV200, Transit Connect, ProMaste4 City) were discontinued. The regulations essentially outlawed small vans designed to haul heavy loads.

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• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cycle to work

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  • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And back home afterward.

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    • Kanda@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just stay there, no need for transport

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    • leagman1@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Smart

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  • cymbal_king@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And/or public transit!

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  • iamericandre@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How am I supposed to ride a bike into my basement?

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• PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s really good we are still talking about the Epstein files but I need to emphasise that THE WAR ISN’T TO DISTRACT FROM THEM, but is Israel’s plan to colonise the Middle East. This is a bigger deal imo.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “two things definitely can never be true at the same time” strikes again. Lemmy’s favorite take.

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But why did Trump agree to join Israel to join the war? Epstein files!

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• FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got my first car in my mid forties

  Before that, I lived somewhere with great public transport, which I used all the time

  My car is electric. A little BYD dolphin essential

  They’re coming to 'Murica eventually, and they’re great

  I’m extremely happy that I’m not paying for fuel, but yanks can eat dicks, because your fuel is still incredibly cheap and you choose stupid cars.

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Perhaps ironically, avoiding ‘stop and go traffic’ becomes easier as gas prices go higher.

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• Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @MTZ Darn it, they're right: I do need to check my tire pressure.

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• lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You were making sense to the Americans up until that last one

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  • KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Actually one time in a fuel saving measure memo Obama mentioned checking your tire pressure as a small footnote and they made a major talking point on at least 3 weeks of Fox News about how his fuel measures were entirely about checking tire pressure.

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• Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Obviate your need for owning a motor vehicle

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• lauha@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Last one saves on the cost of gas, but the war itself saves on the gas itself due to the increased price and on the long run saves on the gas by accelerating the green transition.

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• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can even overinflate your tires a little bit

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