Why doesn't everyone drive a Boxster?

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

p.s.
regarding gas consumption from your list, the Escalade gets 18mpg highway. My Boxster does about 21 mpg.
The Ford Edge crossover/SUV thing gets 30 mpg higwhay.

Escalade gets 18mpg highway driving cross-country if you fill up, immediately get on the highway, cruise at 60 mph for 400 miles, get off highway and fill up again. By that comparison we get 30mpg

Proof from the mouth of owners:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=escalade%20mpg&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CE4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftownhall-talk.edmunds.com%2Fdirect%2Fview%2F.f0da912&ei=yYzdTtqvKYKL2AXil9mVBQ&usg=AFQjCNFJyqiME2qTUWsVfv4pyju15z4q3A&sig2=NQ-Wi3l2hCW8x9QOBtwfXA

I recently got 19MPG on a trip from Boston to Charleston, SC. I average around 14 around town (13-15).

I love my 06 Escalade. 15.1 MPG but am looking to get one of the new Hybrids.

Drive it as I am drving a 5000lb vehicle. I can get 14.6 average and 17 highway on Y2005 ESV.

I just purchased a 2007 Escalade. A year old vehicle but almost new. It only had 221 km. on it. On my first tank of fuel it used 61.7 lt to go 234.8 km. That is 10.75 mpg (Imperial) so even less per US gallon.

And I know "oh we only average 6mpg better". That 6mpg is 40% more (15mpg vs 21mpg). That's actually pretty huge, 40% more than our 21mpg would be 29.4mpg. Only very modern (2008+) 4-cylinder cars or hybrids can even touch an average of 29.4mpg, so a 40% improvement is nothing to sneeze at.

Also improving gas mileage is an exercise in diminishing gains. Average person drives ~15,000 miles a year. It comes to a point in mpg that it doesn't make much sense to keep improving. 100mpg would only use 150 gallons instead of 300 gallons a year used by a 50mpg vehicle, but what vehicle gets 100mpg? A 50cc scooter? 50mpg vs 25mpg uses only 300 gallons instead of 600 gallons, but the only vehicle that could average 50mpg is a brand new Pruis. Sure that extra 300 gallons the 25mpg vehicle uses a year is $1000 more per year (averaging $3.33/gal), but if the new hybrid costs $10,000 more than the vehicle that averages 25mpg (which I'm sure it does) then you might as well get the 25mpg vehicle, and look at all the options you have for 25mpg vehicles?

Boxster 2.5/2.7 manual seem to offer reasonable mileage (low 20s) while still looking great and performing well.