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Old 10-21-2016, 04:36 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 10-21-2016, 05:11 PM   #12 (permalink)
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$0.54 per mile. Geez, I get 19 cents a kilometer, need to buy my own gas, and here gas is sold like jewelry.
Still I do better than if I had my car as a company car, as company cars are seen as part of the wage so they do get taxed, and the tax raise cuts more than half the value out of the deal.
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You can rent a Passat, Cherokee, Grand Caravan, and Legacy from Enterprise or any of the rental companies to try out for a couple days but I'd say use your own car. FYI, the engine changed to the 3.6 Pentastar on the 2012+ Grand Caravan. More power and better mpg.
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If you like competitive driving, and are good at welding.... go with the Mazda. You could enter rallies and be driving 85mph on logging roads near Tillamook in the coast range at night, going sideways 98% of the time w no maintenance fees? Just don't crash!!!

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