Chris, that's exactly why when my wife and I bought the new car last year, I wanted ONE that was great on gas. So we bought a Mazda 3. It's over 40 MPG and I drive about 35 min. each way to the shop. Tell your buddy I haven't been able to find the high priced gas yet, but what was .98 cents a litre here 3 days ago is now 104.5 today. Will be back on "THE REZ" for the cheap indian gas, .77 cents a litre. 8)