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Old 05-19-09 | 12:43 PM
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I'm not saying you should divide by time rather than miles. I'm saying that the result (cost per mile) is a function of the time at which you do the measurement. To me, that seems useless. Furthermore, you are taking the measurement at different times for the car and the bike. That's why the car comes out ahead. If you did analogous measurements, your comparison would be entirely different.
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