Show It Tal es to toyn to Run yn local Loca Automobiles Special to the Clipper What price car ownership in Davis County According to the American j Association Association As As- upkeep is a bigger item Hern than initial cost in the thelong thelong long run For the average driver running running run run- ning nine an priced average-priced car carand carand carand and traveling an In average amount miles a year the cost of op operation ration and maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- com comes s to 1004 says the AAA This covers everything everything everything every every- thing including depreciation insurance repairs and fuel rating op-rating Applying these normal op- op rating conditions to Davis County bounty the annual outlay for forthe forthe forthe the passenger cars registered locally was in the past year Of the fixed expenses depreciation depreciation depreciation de de- de- de is the heaviest The AAA sets it at a year per car Next in line is insurance which costs for property properly damage and liability coverage together with fire and theft protection Th The remaining fixed expenses are for license and registration Charges No allowance is made for collision insurance which many carry It adds up to a year or a day This is the amount an owner must pay whether or not he uses his car But as soon as he starts driving driving driving ing it he has in variable variable variable var var- costs represented by gasoline gasoline gasoline gas gas- oline and oil tires and main main- For our typical driver t amounts to or cents a mile Adapting these AAA finding finding finding find find- ing to mile operation in Davis County the fixed charges remain at but the variable costs become The rhe total 1396 is equivalent to nearly seven cents a mile This compares with wilh the less efficient operation at miles a year which comes to toan toan toan an even ten cents a mile More l limited use of the car on the other hand means still higher mileage costs it is cents a mile No provision is made for the added expense incurred where most of the driving is in congested congested congested con con- urban traffic This it has las been shown can boost costs 15 per cent or more In Davis County the in increase increase increase in- in crease in car usage in recent years has benefited the local gas jas stations Their gross last year according to Sales Management Management Man Ian was |