<human>: The company policy is not the same as the IRS standard of 55.5 cents/mile. Instead, they require you drive the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes on your own dime and they reimburse you $4 for every 15 minutes you drive. In addition, you have to pay for this yourself and it gets reimbursed on your paycheck (bimonthly). After I pay bills, it becomes very difficult to take a 1,000 mile trip.

First of all, I drive a 2008 F150 that gets 13/17 mpg. Yes, I know this is a terrible vehicle to have if your job consists of a lot of travel but it was given to me as a graduation present and beggars can't be choosers. My job demands a ridiculous amount of travel. Sometimes I get lucky and only have to drive around my city but more so than not, I'm traveling all over the Midwest. For example, I have driven 6 hours and well over 200 miles today. That's $80 in reimbursement. 

Isn't travel reimbursement supposed to cover maintenance, fuel, insurance, taxes, repairs and registration fees? What can I do other than buy a more fuel efficient vehicle or switching jobs?

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<bot>: first hour on me then $4 every 15 min. I get 13/17 mpg. What can I do?