I was thinking the same thing. The average driver drives about 12k mi/year, and the average price of gas is about $3.50/gal. If the average car gets about 30 mpg, then the average driver spends about (12000 mi/yr)($3.50/gal)(1/30 gal/mi) = $1400/yr. Figure 3 drivers per family, and the $4155 figure is about the total cost. However, the assertion above is in BOLD ALL CAPS, so it must be true.
So you are assuming people only drive on “average” 33 miles a day?. I cannot even begin to tell you how many people I know that 33 miles is ONE WAY to work for them.
Sorry, I did misstate...the fact is still bad; gas prices cost more in 2011 than any time in recent history. Here is the exact quote from the article:
The average American household will have spent,a record, $4,155 filling up this year.
Sorry, I did misstate...the fact is still bad; gas prices cost more in 2011 than any time in recent history. Here is the exact quote from the article:
The average American household will have spent,a record, $4,155 filling up this year.