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Commuting, gas mileage- actual miles vs. time taken ????

marys1000
15 years ago

Ok - this may be a totally stupid question but I read an article about how these drivers that drive slow, start slow and stop slow were causing traffic problems and some say not really saving on gas though others claim they have upped their mileage significantly. Which got me thinking, because I keep ending up looking at houses that are either close mileage wise but take just as long in commute time as houses farther away.

If you were looking at buying a home, how do you figure which would cost you more in gas

a house that was say, 10 miles away but 25 minutes on a variety of back roads

or

a house that was 25 miles away but also 25 minutes

How is this figured? Or is it even dumb to wonder?

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