<div dir="ltr"><div>If your Dodge truck only gets 8 mpg, I would guess that it can handle a significantly larger payload than a VW Beatle flatbead.</div>
<div>Compared to your old Dodge truck, you will have hugh savings no doubt. But what would your ROI be compared to a gas powered </div>
<div>VW Beatle flatbead? I think that would be the question I would ask myself.</div>
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<div>Jerome Hansen</div>
<div>San Antonio, TX</div>
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<div>On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Joby Wieser <<a href="mailto:sleeper02_14_06@yahoo.com">sleeper02_14_06@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>> Rob, </div>
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<div>> Am I missing something in my calculations? I just paid $5,600 for a VW Beatle converted to a flatbed truck. </div>
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<div>> I am expecting that the driving costs for electricity and batteries will be around 10 cents per mile. </div>
<div>My doge truck gets 8 mpg which runs 40 cents per mile just for gas. I am spending 200 per month on gas, </div>
<div>I can pay for the truck in 3 years at roughly 150/month plus a 36 dollars for operational costs. </div>
<div>After that it will seem almost free. ROI seems obvious. </div>
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<div>> Joby</div>
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