You Forget So Easy

According to the RAC's 2008 Report On Motoring, in real terms, the cost of motoring has fallen significantly across 20 years. So although costs (buying a car, running a car and the cost of fuel) have risen, after inflation has been taken into account, it is still:

* 18% cheaper to buy and run a car, including fuel costs, in 2008 than 1988
* 28% cheaper to buy and run a car, excluding fuel costs, in 2008 than 1988.
* Over the period the Retail Price Index - inflation - increased by 102%

The RAC analysis also looked at buying a car, running a car and the cost of fuel in turn, and found that, in real terms, compared with 1988:

* It is 24% cheaper to buy a car
* It is 57% cheaper to run a car
* But it costs more than twice as much to fill it up


http://www.rac.co.uk/web/report-on-motoring/report-one/