Crossposted at Just Plain Folk
These estimates are based on the assumptions of gasoline at $3.00 per gallon, and using the CAFE goal of 27mpg. The actual average fuel economy for cars and light trucks in the United States is approximately 21mpg. This is also assuming that you're not sitting in rush hour traffic, and that you drive more like Granny Gert than Rusty Wallace, which lets out a lot of people.
Let's get to work and spend your windfall.
EDIT - The numbers were calculated using the CAFE standard rather than the acutal average mpg which is a pipedream.
One hundred dollars will buy you about 33.33 gallons of regular gasoline. Put that in a car that achieves the CAFE standard, and you can go about 900 miles.
- Live in Joliet, Illinois and work in Chicago? You'll be able to make that trip about 13 times. Same if you're driving from Irvine, CA to Los Angeles.
- Plano, TX to Dallas - you'll get about 22 trips. Woohoo.
- Easton, WA to Seattle - 7 trips
- Holly Springs, GA to Atlanta - 16 trips
Do you live around Detroit and want to blow your "please vote for me" money on a trip to Disney World for the family? You'll get about 60 miles away. That's close enough to hitchike, or, you can sit on the side of the road and wait for your next hundred to get you home. Say hi to Mickey for me.
Any Bostonites have a burning desire to see the Grand Canyon? The cornfields in Illinois are fabulous this time of year. Maybe Willie will wave at you as he drives by in his biodiesel bus.
So, how far will $100 get you?