. . . . . . . "Taking into account license and registration fees, depreciation, insurance, finance charges, fuel, maintenance and other costs, AAA found that ???owning and operating a typical sedan??? climbed to about 56.60 cents per mile, or $8,487 per year, in 2009, based on 15,000 miles of driving in the year and gas priced at $2.60 per gallon." .