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Old 07-09-14 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by noglider
@acidfast7, I looked back at some randomly sampled posts in this thread, and not surprisingly, I see the cost/mile dropping, since the bike is so new. Mr. Money Mustache claims that the cost of owning a car is $0.50/mile. You're still above that. Any guesses as to how long this bike will last before it gets stolen or totaled or something?
To be fair to Acidfast7, I doubt that MMM's car cost/mile estimate is based on only driving a total of 1340 miles. If it MMM's estimate is anything like the commonly cited AAA estimates it is based on costs being spread over 75,000 miles or so.
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