tcollins wrote:

OK, it's been changed to 38 cents. This seems to be the majority opinion.

kudos for taking the initiative to address this issue and then being so open to opinions and flexible to adjust it.

I propose the following formula.

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Ben T.
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That is funny and scary at the same time.

Why not just rent vans for the trips and divide the cost for transportation evenly among each passenger.

A little late getting into this topic but.....

I think at this time, the re-imbursement costs should be monitored weekly. Gas costs has climbed to $3.79 since this topic was posted.

If we drove my Ford Dually today, with diesel at $4.39, my costs just for fuel would be close to $0.30 per mile, not even counting the other vehicle expenese already discussed here.

But then I could carry six people and all their gear in that monster truck.

Personally I'd not care about anything but a split with gas expenses. I'd not even care about wet seats and muddy boots.

Heck... after a few JD's, you could talk me into driving that Dually to the top of Blood Mtn on the AT... LOL

I've been meaning to do just that actually.

The vehicle cost is $.24 / mile and isn't likely to change unless the whole country switches how expensive their cars are.

The average nationwide MPG is 20. I see that the average gas price in Atlanta right now is $3.76 (http://www.atlantagasprices.com/mediaideas.aspx), which is $.19 / mile.

I have adjusted the carpool price to $.43 / mile.

For every $.20 that gas goes up, that equals $.01 more per mile. Unless there's a radical change in prices, I'll probably only adjust the prices every month or so.