Comments on: It’s all relative http://aaronmentele.com/2008/06/06/its-all-relative-or-something/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2008/06/06/its-all-relative-or-something/comment-page-1/#comment-33717 Aaron Mentele Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:18:31 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=496#comment-33717 @DJH - Scenario 1: $667 / mo for a 1,000 mi / mo lease. That's $0.67 / mile. Assume 12 mpg at $4 / gal. That's $0.33 / mile. Total: $1 / mile. Scenario 2: $750 / mo for a 1,000 mi / mo lease. That's $0.75 / mile. Assume 16 mpg at $4 / gal. That's $0.25 / mile. Total: $1 / mile. Scenario 3: $1,050 / mo for a purchased vehicle driven 1,000 mi / mo. That's $1.05 / mile. 12.7 mpg at $3.79 / gal. That's $0.30 / mile. Total: $1.35 / mile. The first two are hypothetical examples working backward from the $1 / mi I used. If you don't find them believable, feel free to reference the third [actual] scenario. That's the qx56 I bought shortly after becoming a parent. I sold it in April after driving it for 3 years. Any equity I had built up was lost because the rest of the world realized the stupidity of driving these things shortly before I did. Thanks for your question. ps: I left out insurance and repair / maintenance costs to keep it simple. @DJH –
Scenario 1: $667 / mo for a 1,000 mi / mo lease. That’s $0.67 / mile. Assume 12 mpg at $4 / gal. That’s $0.33 / mile. Total: $1 / mile.

Scenario 2: $750 / mo for a 1,000 mi / mo lease. That’s $0.75 / mile. Assume 16 mpg at $4 / gal. That’s $0.25 / mile. Total: $1 / mile.

Scenario 3: $1,050 / mo for a purchased vehicle driven 1,000 mi / mo. That’s $1.05 / mile. 12.7 mpg at $3.79 / gal. That’s $0.30 / mile. Total: $1.35 / mile.

The first two are hypothetical examples working backward from the $1 / mi I used. If you don’t find them believable, feel free to reference the third [actual] scenario. That’s the qx56 I bought shortly after becoming a parent. I sold it in April after driving it for 3 years. Any equity I had built up was lost because the rest of the world realized the stupidity of driving these things shortly before I did.

Thanks for your question.

ps: I left out insurance and repair / maintenance costs to keep it simple.

]]> By: Good on ya, NASA! : smartarded http://aaronmentele.com/2008/06/06/its-all-relative-or-something/comment-page-1/#comment-33710 Good on ya, NASA! : smartarded Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:17:07 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=496#comment-33710 [...] NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission gets the same mileage as an SUV (via) TAG'D: takeout [...] [...] NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission gets the same mileage as an SUV (via) TAG’D: takeout [...]

]]> By: DJH http://aaronmentele.com/2008/06/06/its-all-relative-or-something/comment-page-1/#comment-33708 DJH Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:17:38 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=496#comment-33708 What's the math involved in coming to a $1/mile cost for driving an SUV? Gas sure doesn't work out, and amortizing ownership costs doesn't seem to help much, unless we're assuming someone drives only a few thousands miles and then drives off a cliff. What’s the math involved in coming to a $1/mile cost for driving an SUV? Gas sure doesn’t work out, and amortizing ownership costs doesn’t seem to help much, unless we’re assuming someone drives only a few thousands miles and then drives off a cliff.

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