I normally drive anywhere between 3-4k miles per month... 90% in town... gas mileage sucks (I knew that when I bought it, I just didn't realize it would be this expensive)!!! Exxon bill sucks worse!!! I love my X, but at this rate I can hardly make a profit... Hey Ian, where'd ya get 4500 per month? Dssherod... I was prepared to take a $3k hit on my truck, simply because that was my rollover from my last trade... sounds kinda dumb, I know... and as for $ difference between trade and gas, I was shooting for lower payments, also... I was looking at a 00 Civic with 27k miles for $10.9k... not a bad deal... unless you try to roll $9k negative equity into it...