Show OPERATION COST FOR automobile average of was spent by each automobile owner in 1928 an average of was spent by ea each c h flut olst in the united states during 1 in the operation and maintenance ma n of tits his car according to figures compiled by the Amerl eari moter motorists association in operation cooperation co with the automobile club of illinois of th this s sum elfin or 34 per cent was e ex pe 1 ded for fuel and lubricants this being the largest item in the annual operation and maintenance bill cost per day the figure does iloe snot not take into ino a depreciation the average avera ge life afi ofa a passenger automobile according to computation of the federal government ern ment Is approximately sei en years sears during 1028 the average aver agre retail price of passenger cars in the united states was whick based on u seven year life would mean ain an average depreciation of per year sear Z tol fl amr alz e up will be e seen the general average cost of operation ope atlon plus depreciation was vor pr year year or approximately per day TN the comparable figure for 1927 aws etious that the average cost of operation plus depreciation was for that year sear or 3 1 per day tile the second largest item on the theall nu toasts maintenance bill Is for tabor labor tab or incident ato repair work the expending in 1028 for this item an average of 82 ills replacement parts cost him 55 while tits his average tire bill during tile the year was 34 an ii average of 21 was expended for decess accessories ces ories which with the spent for gasoline arid nn d oil makeup make up th the total of ns as the average cot cost of maintenance for each motor vehicle for 1028 comparing cost am arl n tile cost cost of operation in 1028 and 1127 tile the associations figures show dhow that hint last year the cost was 28 per cent more inore than during 1127 ahen the average operation cost was comp figures between the two yea years r r however ho weer it Is po pointed anted out by SI mayer president of tile the automobile club of 1111 illinois noth and vice president of the A aai M A do not indicate tant operation aeration r coi costs is are n necessarily increasing the difference being explained primarily by the fact that with better highways available bach aitch year mhd he average uses ills his automobile proportionately more |