Well, actually because until about 15 days ago I owned a farm, the pickup truck is just one of the (now former) vehicles. So it only gets driven when it's needed. Probably another form of extravagance but there it is. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On 11/7/07, E Sullivan <sullied33_at_hotmail.com> wrote: > > Regarding the calculations vis-`-vis rent vs. buy, one pernicous thing > about > the American Lifestyle is we buy a truck big enough to pull our stuff > around > on vacation, then we drive it to work alone. So one might factor in the > extra > cost of 10 mpg the other 98% of the time, or of maintaining a extra towing > vehicle. > > I want to get an Aptera (200+ mpg) to drive to work and garage my old > civic > for carrying boats. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 10 2007 - 23:01:15 PST
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