how to track expenses for for assets such as cars

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Chad Chenault wrote:
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> 
> 
> My question is: How do track expenses for 2 different cars ex: pickup95 &
> prius2007. I want to track gasoline, maintanence, inurance etc.
> In msmoney I had expense catergories (accounts) auto:gas, auto:
> maintenance
> etc.  ms money had an additional 'class' category that I have not seen in
> gnucash. In msmoney I would enter the expense category- auto:maintenance
> and
> then there would be a separate field that I could enter 'pickup95'. This
> allowed me to print reports that separated my auto:maintenance expenses
> for
> my two vehichles pickup95 and prius2007.
> 
> 
I think I would set it up like this:[I added the totals to illustrate how
the account summary could appear]
EXP:Auto:Truck:
                 gas    $40
                 parts  $30
                 etc    $80
Total truck               $150 
EXP:Auto:Car
                gas    $90
                parts  $20
                etc    $70
Total car               $180
Then in reports when you select the accounts you want listed, you end up
with two sections that look just like that instead of:

Expense:Auto:gasoline:prius2007        $140
                               pickup95          $30
Total Gas                                         $170

Expense:Auto:Insurance:pickup95       $15
                                  prius2007      $56
Total Insurance                                 $71

Expense:Auto:Maintenance:pickup95
                                     prius2007
If you want total spent in gas, total spent in insurance and total spent per
vehicle, I dunno
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