On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:52:27AM +0100, eckinator wrote: > John, remember to count in other mileage costs such as inspections, > repairs, maintenance, tyres (big maybe, I never manage to wear down > mine before they get too old),
Hah! Even at current US fuel prices, my tire (sic) costs are of the same order of magnitude as my fuel costs. I average around 22 mpg, so 1000 miles costs me around $175 at $3.85/gallon. I need fresh rubber maybe as often as once every 12,000 miles ($2100 in fuel costs). While a complete set of tyres isn't *quite* that expensive, it's well into four figures (performance run-flats don't come cheap). As there's only one manufacturer making approved tyres, I'm pretty much stuck unless I want to risk costly arguments with my insurance company. Fortunately I don't do a lot of miles, so a set of tyres lasts me around three years. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
