DSK wrote:
John H wrote:

The increase hurts a little, but it amounts to only a couple dollars
for a trip.


Agreed. We see the effect of higher prices more in driving to the boat
than in use of the boat. Fuel is a very small cost of ownership; unless
you have a real gas-guzzler of a fast boat and use it at high speed a lot.

That's sort of the same thing as with a car though. Fuel is maybe only
1/3rd the cost per mile of driving an average car. The latest increases
of maybe 0.20 per gal in the the last few weeks are around a 10%
increase. 1/3rd of that is around a 3% increase in the total cost per
mile of driving your car in the last few weeks. You just notice the
fuel costs more than the other costs (maintenance, insurance,
depreciation, cost of money tied up in the car, loan interest, etc.)
because it's coming out of your pocket at the pump every time you fill up.

Steve