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Show Annual Automobile Cost Is Estimated at $418 An average of $203 was spent by each motorist In the United States during 1028 In the operation and maintenance of his car, according to figures compiled by the American Motorists Mo-torists association. Of this sum $101, or 84 per cent wns exended for fuel and lubricants, this being the largest item In the motorist's annual opera tion and maintenance bill. ' - The $2!)8 figure does not take Into account depreciation. The average life of a passenger ' automobile, according ac-cording to computation" of the federal government Is approximately seven years. During 1028 the average retail price of passenger cars In the United States whs $875, which, bused on a j seven. vear life expectancy, would mean an average depreciation of $125 per year. From this figure, plus the average maintenance of $293, It will be seen that the general overage cost of operation, oper-ation, plus depreciation, was $418 per year, or approximately $1.14 per day. The comparable figure for 1027 show that the average cost of operation, plus depreciation, was $305 for that year, or $1 per day- |