Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>> But you still have to pay insurance, even if you leave the car at home
>> so that cost is fixed. Unless you don't have a car at all.
> 
> That's true, there are fixed costs. This was just the ratio of costs I've
> experienced in the past year. The minimum I've seen over several years is
> maintenance and insurance being twice the cost of fuel. Some recent
> repairs have pushed that towards 3 times.

Maintenance is mostly km (miles) related, insurance and registration fees
aren't. So in an "I need a car anyway" scenario, the cost of the additional
ride doesn't include the insurance and registration part.

How you bend your numbers depends all on what you're asking for... :)

Gerhard

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