How Many Cars Does the Government Own? 642,233.

Is this more than you would have guessed, or less?

The average sized gas tank is 13 gallons and the average gas price as of 08/04/08 is 4.25. so if every car filled up their gas tank at the same time, that is $35,483,373 of gas every time they all fill up. And if they fill up three twice a mo. (assuming the gas stays similar--which it wont) that's $70,966,746 per mo. which means every year (on average) they spend $851,600,952 on gas for gov't vehicles alone. But some of their gas tanks are bigger, gas isn't going down anytime soon and most gov't vehicles drive in circles waiting for someone to commit a crime. dang.

Geez!!!!! What a great way to help pay down the American debt!!! Someone write this down to tell the next president... maybe if it's Obama, he'll replace all these cars with electric ones -- yay!!

According to the article, "Operating those vehicles – maintenance, leases and fuel – cost taxpayers a whopping $3.4 billion last year, according to General Services Administration data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press."

Wait, we lease the cars? Don't we have enough money to purchase them outright? What a waste of money.

Well, the government usually leases cars to different branches, such as the military. So the government still owns them, either way you look at it.

So are we paying for air fresheners too? What a waste of fresh pine scent.

@Kylie.. sorry! i apologize and am deleting my reply to you....

now, i've read the linked article and i'm wondering what the purpose/intent of it was in the first place....

government waste? yep. agencies that don't know what they have or what what they have costs [us] ... yep.

but i think the kicker is right at the end... yet another feather in the cap of each congressperson....

"All agencies are supposed to report their annual fleet numbers to the General Services Administration. However, the cost and inventory estimates in the GSA’s annual report do not include Congress, which isn’t required to report to GSA on its fleet."

they should all go fall on their swords in embarrassment.

most of the government cars that I see on the road are SUV's and pickup trucks...
Then when I watch the news, I see senators and congressmen getting in and out of huge SUV's..
I wonder what percentage those 600,000+ autos are suv's.
which, btw get terrible gas mileage.