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Old Jun 30, 2001 | 9:10 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by FOH:
I would be interested to know how they calculate driving cost. What assumptions have they made about fuel economy and depreciation of the vehicle? I agree with SEA-Flyer that the SEA-GEG drive cost seems very out of line with reality.</font>
If you set gasoline cost to zero on the maps you see that driving round-trip Austin - Dallas (400 miles) costs $80.

Raising gas cost to $2.00 per gallon will increase indicated driving cost to $100.

Therefore, Dream Maps is based upon 20 cents per mile for depreciation and maintenance, and 40 miles / gallon fuel economy.

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