[V8] OT ( only slightly) - Cost of car ownership

[Coleman, David]

Interesting article.  For those interested in my personal finances, year-to-date as of October 1 '04, it's costed me $7753.34 to own/run two cars in Delaware.  That's one under-warranty '99 Infiniti G20t and one '91 V8.  That includes insurance ($2636), maintenance (mostly parts, $2340), gas ($2601) and tolls (~$175).  Not included is the monthly payment on the G20 or the odd non-driveway carwash... or any ITC racecar expenses.

Come to think of it, I don't recall if the V8 has full coverage or not... hope not to find out.

-Dave



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:v8-bounces+david.coleman=blackrock.com at audifans.com]On
>  Behalf Of
> Ingo Rautenberg
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:12 PM
> To: V8 List; UrqList; 200q20v List
> Subject: [V8] OT ( only slightly) - Cost of car ownership
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> 
> Just had to share -- no wonder I can't afford full insurance 
> coverage on my cars (even without any tickets).  And let's 
> not even talk about Detroit roads:
> 
> http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/16/pf/autos/newcarcosts/index.htm
> 
> -Ingo
> '91 200q20v...Slightly modified (soon F/S)
> '84 Tornado Red Urquattro Euro spec
> '91 v8 quattro 5-Speed (not exactly stock) :-)
> '91 V8 pearl (new addition) - mom's new ride
> http://hometown.aol.com/quattringo/index.html
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