So for the last 19 years, I've been using Microsoft Money and entering all my expenses for pretty much everything we buy. So I ran some reports and made a graph showing my annual car maintenance expenses.
Then I realized that I am too much of a geek as I also record all the odometer readings for each of my vehicles at the end of the year. So I calculated the total annual miles driven and took the average odometer reading for all the vehicles at the end of the year. I put these on the secondary y axis. Note that I divided the average odometer by 10 so it would fit the scale better.
Too bad all years can't be like 2003 & 2004 where I spent less than $500 per year but we drove 30k miles. Of course this was back when my vehicles were less worn out; average odometer of 125k miles or so. Today's average is in excess of 175k miles.
Then I realized that I am too much of a geek as I also record all the odometer readings for each of my vehicles at the end of the year. So I calculated the total annual miles driven and took the average odometer reading for all the vehicles at the end of the year. I put these on the secondary y axis. Note that I divided the average odometer by 10 so it would fit the scale better.
Too bad all years can't be like 2003 & 2004 where I spent less than $500 per year but we drove 30k miles. Of course this was back when my vehicles were less worn out; average odometer of 125k miles or so. Today's average is in excess of 175k miles.
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