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Old 11-02-2019, 04:29 PM   #152 (permalink)
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pickup capacity factor

I calculated the capacity factor for my Toyota for the last two years.I drove two days a week.One hour on each driving day.For 104-days,that's 104-hours,out of 8760-hours for each year,for a capacity factor of 1.18%.
So I paid for registration,inspection,insurance,fuel,and maintenance on an 'asset' which was 98.81% useless.
It's more time than I spend at the laundromat,but I'm beginning to look at my vehicle the way I look at a washing machine in town.And I'm beginning to understand that while I do need mobility,I may not really need to own transport.
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