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Are you planning on daily driving this car?

Exactly. Here, let me try a little table, on the fuel costs of driving 1000 miles:

...............10 mpg...15 mpg...20 mpg
$2.00/gal: $200.00..$133.33..$100.00
$2.50/gal: $250.00..$166.67..$125.00
$3.00/gal: $300.00..$199.99..$150.00

At $2.50/gal and 5000 miles per year, it costs $625 more per year to drive a gas guzzling 10/mpg monster than a gas sipping 20 mpg yawner ($1,250 vs. $625), or $416.67 more than an actually hi-po 15 mpg car ($833.33). The 15 mpg hi-po car costs only $208.33 more per 5000 miles than the gas sipper. To me, $208.33 per year is a non-factor.