My car is old, white, and I do not drive it every day. It seems to me that I notice the gas meter dropping over time even if I haven’t driven for several weeks.

I say I will save significanty in gasoline this summer if I have enclosed, covered parking. The Other Who Mans the Checkgbook says no way could I be using up Sixty dollars a month for gas. It costs me forty to fill the tank.

Can anyone estimate how much gasoline evaporates from a white car with a good gas cap sitting in the bright sun in ninety degree weather in a semi arid climate?

My next car will be a bike, but until I’m in shape for that…I’d rather not pay for gas that floats up into the atmosphere.

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OK. My car is twenty years old. It’s an Acura Integra. It still does everything I need a car to do *(obviously I don’t need a car to symbolize my status) and I love it. It’s practically free to insure and register. So far, it’s been worth every penny spent on maintaining it.

So…am I imagining that in the hot sun it evaporates five dollars worth of gas a day? That’s a gallon and a half where I live.

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