jlank / car_expenses_2013

what I spend on getting around in cars in 2013

In 2013 I spent a total of $4035.00 on auto transportation which includes services from:

• on demand car services (uber, car2go, zipcar)
• car rentals (thrifty, avis)

this breaks down to $336.25 a month.

According to USA Today:

The average owner of a sedan has to shell out nearly $10,000 a year to own and operate that car, according to auto club AAA. A new AAA reports shows, on average, the cost of driving 15,000 miles a year rose 1.17 cents to 60.8 cents per mile, or $9,122 per year. link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/16/aaa-car-ownership-costs/2070397/

so at 10k a year, that is about $833.33 a month.

I don't have to worry about:

• parking
• parking tickets
• putting gas in the cars
• insurance
• break ins

In addition to paying 2.5x less, I get much more convenience and more options.

The code:

To sum all numbers in the files use this perl one liner in a terminal.

cat *.txt | perl -nle '$sum += $_ } END { print $sum'