[MarkL]

One off-shoot of higher mileage vehicles is that the states are taking in fewer dollars in gasoline taxes, and they've been talking about basing taxes on the number of miles driven, rather than the amount of gasoline consumed. And of course, there would be a higher surcharge on vehicles that got lower gas mileage numbers.

So any thought of saving some money on gasoline to offset the higher cost of a new vehicle is out the window, as you'll be paying more in "mileage taxes."

Mark

[DivaDelMar]

Yup. Pre-zactly.

They’ve already got a resolution on that subject in Pennsylvania. They want to install GPS’s in every car to track miles driven within the state. George Orwell, Paging George Orwell.....

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billnbr=0352&pn=2084