The state budget crunch has been hard on North Carolina's car dealers this year.
Normally the state of North Carolina buys 2,000 new automobiles each year, says Britt Cobb, the secretary of administration. But because of the fiscal crisis no new cars were purchased in 2009, saving the state between $10 million and $15 million, Rob Christensen reports.
State cars are typically sold after 110,000 miles, but they are now being kept in service. So far, Cobb says, the state has not had any major problems with keeping the state cars on the road longer. Cobb said the state cars are well-maintained. The oil is changed every 4,000 miles.
Comments
Re: State didn't buy new cars in '09
December 29, 2009 - 4:59pm — taylorAs usual, Britt Cobb uses good, common sense when making decisions. What a great savings for the State. The sacrifices go down a little better when they are shared sacrifices.
Charles Malone
Raleigh
Re: State didn't buy new cars in '09
December 29, 2009 - 3:36pm — ryeishActually oil is done every 5k. The tires on my vehicle were bald and they didn't replace them. I got it inspected...they passed it. After I complained of bad wobbles at 50mph they replaced them.
110k isn't much....I'd let them go to 150 or so if they've been good at 110k.