AUTO BUDGETING. BOTTOM LINES FOR YOU NON-ACCOUNTING TYPES
A guide is presented for devising a budget of monthly or yearly automobile expense estimates. Factors that influence the nature and size of auto-related cash outlays are examined. These factors include fixed costs such as actual loan payments, licensing fees, and insurance premiums; and variable costs such as expenditures on gasoline, oil, scheduled maintenance, unscheduled repairs, parking fees, tolls, and car washes. The pros and cons of buying a used car or leasing a car are examined. Suggestions for controlling variable costs include patronizing price-competitive, self-service gas stations; doing basic car maintenance oneself; buying replacement parts from discount supply houses; maintaining regular servicing intervals; and patronizing specialty shops and department store auto centers for car service. Also cited is the Department of Transportation's report, "The Cost of Owning and Operating Automobiles and Vans." A worksheet for annual auto expenses and a payment computation table are included.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
Petersen Publishing Company
8490 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA United States 90069 -
Authors:
- Nagy, B
- Publication Date: 1980-11
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 92-95
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Serial:
- Motor Trend
- Volume: 32
- Issue Number: 11
- Publisher: Petersen Publishing Company
- ISSN: 0027-2094
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Budgeting; Equipment replacement; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Rental cars; Service stations; Used vehicle industry; Vehicle maintenance
- Uncontrolled Terms: Replacement
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00371515
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-030 656
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM