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Re: Another Gollum classic

BrianW wrote:

> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.transport/msg/366fb5da74e627ea?hl=en
>
> Gollum, once again, shoots himself in the foot by destroying his own
> argument.  He says "... if you cost your car use honestly, including
> those charges when the car is standing idle and for repairs", and
> avoid "Cherry picking individual journeys here and there", the average
> annual running cost "is typically 5000 quid per car".
>
> He then posts a link to an AA site which shows that the average
> running cost, for a car with average mileage is ...  just over £2,000.
>
> How does he do it?
How did you get that from the AA page?
If you take the median from that list (I don't know what the average car
and average mileage are) then you get:
total standing charge and "running cost" per mile at 20,000 miles per
year D.43 pence per mile  = £8,886 per year.
lower bound cheapest car lowest mileage
total standing charge and "running cost" per mile at 20,000 miles per
year `.43 pence per mile  = £3,2021 per year.

It confuses matters (I think) that the AA here calls the mileage cost
"running costs" and that the costs Doug refers to are the total
costs.
Are you using a different definition of "running costs" ? or have I
missed something?

Roger Thorpe

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