The Sarcasm Report v.84

Looking for Cheaper Gasoline, Without the Drive

Years ago, I stopped driving around in search of better gasoline prices because the treks cost more money in wasted gas than they were worth.

Years from now he might even realize that the most expensive part of vehicle ownership is not the money spent on gasoline.

Car maintenance is something that should not be ignored. It is easy to spend 1 cent per mile just on the tires alone (assuming $400 tires with 40,000 miles of life).

There's also the increased risk that comes with driving more. There were 6.5 million auto accidents in this country in 2005 at a cost of $230 billion. That was roughly $1,150 per registered driver. I won't mention the death every 12 minutes and disabling injuries every 14 seconds statistics. Oops. I did.

The IRS allows businesses to deduct 50 cents per mile. They do not do it out of the goodness of their hearts. That's not even counting what a person's time is worth as they drive out of their way to find "cheaper" gasoline.

Thankfully, I did a little math before heading out.

Indeed. Very little math. None of this was factored in. Only the price of gasoline was deemed worthy for consideration.



The best journalists in the world work for The Times and there's no debating that.

That sure is a bummer. I love a good debate! ;)