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Old Fri Nov 30, 2007, 07:26pm
Mark Padgett Mark Padgett is offline
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Oh, please.

At $3.00 / gallon at 30 MPG, your gas costs $0.10 / mile. Even if you pay $4.50 / gallon, that's still only $0.15 / mile. There's a lot to cover "wear and tear" and insurance and depreciation.

(I'm not saying that $0.505 covers it all; but it covers more than just gas)
In my car (a Rolls Canardly), the mileage is so poor, I measure it in gallons per mile!

BTW - a Rolls Canardly got that name because it rolls down one hill and canardly get up the next.
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