well, lets see the gas is supposedly going to reach $4 a gallon this spring...I plan on making a skid plate for my gas tank as well and getting a locking cap from something in the junkyard...and for us 4.0 OHV's it's going to be a little over 70 dollars too fill a tank...WHAA! lol...
heres a bit of info...
X cost around $860 for a round trip from Raleigh, NC to LA, California according to a fuelcostcalculator.com...5,060 miles
and a toyota prius cost $300 and some change round trip from Raleigh, NC to LA, California 5,060 miles
I know what my next fuel car will be oh and the sedan not the ugly hatchback lol