Posted 07/03/2008 5:30 PM by Gerry
Filed under: Driving, Fourth of july, Gas, GTA IV, Ps3, Xbox 360
There are two certainties every time summer rolls around: your fat Aunt Maude setting up shop near the barbecue grill and downing all the hot dogs and gas prices hitting all-time highs. I've gone through certain notable areas and counted up how much gas would cost (
currently at $4.28 per gallon in NY) to traverse the hooker-infested universe of
Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Car Used: Marbelle
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Looks Like: 1987 Ford LTD
FuelEconomy.gov Miles Per Gallon: 18
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Bottom of Middle Park (Point No. 10) to Top of Middle Park (Point No. 8)
Distance: .48 miles
Cost of gas (one way): $0.11
Cost to commute there to work and back for a year (230 days): $52.50
Algonquin safehouse (9) to Bohan safehouse (5)
Distance: 1.12 miles
Cost: $0.27
Cost to commute there to work and back for a year (230 days): $122.50
Broker safehouse (1) to Francis International Airport (3)
Distance: 1.26 miles
Cost: $0.30
Cost to commute: $138
Broker safehouse (1) to Trump Tower (11) (Manganese Street and Columbs Ave. in the Hatton Gardens)
Distance: 1.38 miles
Cost: $0.33
Cost to commute: $150.94
Alderney safehouse (15) to Algonquin safehouse (9)
Distance: 1.68 miles
Cost: $0.40
Cost to commute: $183.75
Broker safehouse (1) to Alderney State Correctional Facility (18)
Distance: 2.20 miles
Cost: $0.52
Cost to commute: $240.63
Monoglobe (2) to XXX-store (12) (Lorimer Street and Burlesque)
Distance: 2.36 miles
Cost: $0.56
Cost to commute: $258.13
Broker safehouse (1) to Asbury Park Casino (14)Distance: 2.76 miles
Cost: $0.66
Cost to commute to work: $303.60
Top most part of Algonquin (7) (Grummer Road in Northwood) to Bottom most part of Algonquin (13) (Castle Tunnel, Castle Gardens)
Distance: 3.10 miles
Cost: $0.74
Cost to commute to work: $339.07
Western most point (16) (Hardtack Ave. in Tudor) to Eastern most point (4)
Distance: 3.79 miles
Cost: $0.90
Cost to commute to work: $414.54
Bottom right of Alderney (17) (Trinity Road in Acter Industrial Park) to Top left of Bohan (6) (Nothern Expressway in Little Bay)
Distance: 4.47 miles
Cost: $1.06
Cost to commute to work: $488.92
No. of car miles for 100 percent game completion
Miles by car: 593.05
Miles as taxi passenger: 549.65
1142.7 TOTAL MILES = $271.71
