Which would you rather own for a year: a private jet or a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport?
如果都可以開一年，你愿意開私人飛機，還是布加迪威龍的“Grand Sport”跑車？
Most might say the jet, since it is much more expensive than Bugatti, a car that retails for a mere $2,128,230. After all, despite its top speed of 253 miles an hour, the Veyron won't get you to Paris.
多數人可能會選擇私人飛機，因為它比零售價2,128,230美元的布加迪威龍跑車貴多了。而且，雖然這款跑車最高時速達253英里，但你無法把它開到巴黎去。
Now one reviewer says the cost of owning a Veyron may approach $300,000 a year-a sum one blogger said may be akin to running a private jet.
一位測評人士說，一輛威龍跑車一年的保有費用可能接近30萬美元。一位博客寫手說，這可能跟開私人飛機差不多。
布加迪威龍的新款“Grand Sport”跑車
The costs include:
各種成本包括：
? $10,000 tires, which the manufacturer recommends changing every 2,500 miles
─ 1萬美元的輪胎，生產商建議每開2,500英里就要換一次。
? $60,000 for changing the wheels with every three tire changes.
─ 每換三次輪胎就要換一次車輪，花費6萬美元。
? Scheduled maintenance, insurance for a 40-year-old male with a clean driving record, fuel (around 8 MPG in the city, 14 MPG on the highway).
─ 定期保養費用，沒有不良駕駛記錄的40歲男性車主的保險，燃料（市區8英里/加侖，高速公路14英里/加侖）。
Add in other assorted costs and the total approaches $300,000.
加上其他雜七雜八的費用，總數接近30萬美元。
Running the car is so expensive that, according to a blogger on Autocar, one Veyronite loads his car on a trailer for long trips and follows behind on a private jet. The arrangement "works out to be cheaper than driving the Bugatti several hundred miles to reach the dream Tarmac."
Autocar網站上的一位博主介紹說，由于開跑車太貴，一位威龍車主在遠程旅行時會讓人用拖車把跑車運到目的地，然后自己坐著私人飛機過去。這一安排“證明要比開著跑車奔馳數百英里過去更省”。
A midsize private jet, meantime, can cost $2,200 to $2,700 an hour--including catering, fuel, pilots and maintenance. Some jet-management companies put the expense of all the operations at $200,000 a year or less. (Of course, those per-hour trip costs don't include the purchase price nor depreciation.)
與此同時，一架中型私人飛機的每小時成本在2200到2700美元，包括餐飲、燃料、駕駛員和保養。如果委托一些飛機管理公司，所有這些運營費用一年只有20萬美元或更少。（當年，這里說的每小時旅行成本并不包括購機價，也不包括折舊費。）
Perhaps on a per-mile basis, the jet is more efficient. But what about annually? Do you think a jet is cheaper than a Veyron to run?
如果按單位旅程計算，飛機是要更劃算一些。但如果看年度費用呢？你覺得開飛機是不是比開威龍跑車更便宜？
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（來源：愛詞霸 編輯：Julie）
