Pay Per Mile to Drive?

[Quadrajet]

Knew a kid in High School whos dad owned a shell station and he said he made 11¢ on every gallon sold, the rest he sent away for tax[/QUOTE]


My former employer told me the same thing about the gas we sold as well.

Most of these schemes are dreamed up to cover the problem of poor planning and spending of the revenues from previous decades.

[CorvallisBMW]

A gallon of gas is like 10¢ but the rest is tax.

Um... no. The federal gas tax is $0.24 and the Oregon gas tax is $0.49. So unless gas is 83 cents/gal, your math is way, way off.

I some times drive 1000miles in 3-4 days. I wont be hapy if I have to pay by the mile.

You already do. It's called the gas tax.

Knew a kid in High School whos dad owned a shell station and he said he made 11¢ on every gallon sold, the rest he sent away for tax

No, the rest is what he paid for the gas from the refinery. Gas stations don't pump it out of the ground for free, they have to pay for it. SMH... It's true that most stations don't make much of a margin on the gas itself, and 11 cents/gal is probably about right. Their margins are usually padded by the store they also run with food/drinks/etc.

[HellzMindPlaya]

Simple: up the registration fees. We pay something line $85 every 2 years; make electric cars pay a higher rate to compensate for the (relatively small) road wear they incur and the gas taxes they avoid.

Still far more simple and far less intrusive.

They do. My main car these days is a Nissan Leaf and in Washington State these days there is $100 added to my yearly registration fees.

Looks like I need to update my sig... Sold the 330xi too, now my only BMW is an 1988 750il that isn't even in my name yet!