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Context: mastercard incorporated notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) ( in thousands , except percent and per share data ) note 17 . commitments at december 31 , 2008 , the company had the following future minimum payments due under non-cancelable agreements : capital leases operating leases sponsorship , licensing & .
||total|capital leases|operating leases|sponsorship licensing & other|
|2009|$ 372320|$ 8435|$ 40327|$ 323558|
|2010|140659|2758|18403|119498|
|2011|80823|1978|11555|67290|
|2012|50099|1819|9271|39009|
|2013|50012|36837|7062|6113|
|thereafter|21292|2014|19380|1912|
|total|$ 715205|$ 51827|$ 105998|$ 557380|
included in the table above are capital leases with imputed interest expense of $ 9483 and a net present value of minimum lease payments of $ 42343 . in addition , at december 31 , 2008 , $ 92300 of the future minimum payments in the table above for leases , sponsorship , licensing and other agreements was accrued . consolidated rental expense for the company 2019s office space , which is recognized on a straight line basis over the life of the lease , was approximately $ 42905 , $ 35614 and $ 31467 for the years ended december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively . consolidated lease expense for automobiles , computer equipment and office equipment was $ 7694 , $ 7679 and $ 8419 for the years ended december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively . in january 2003 , mastercard purchased a building in kansas city , missouri for approximately $ 23572 . the building is a co-processing data center which replaced a back-up data center in lake success , new york . during 2003 , mastercard entered into agreements with the city of kansas city for ( i ) the sale-leaseback of the building and related equipment which totaled $ 36382 and ( ii ) the purchase of municipal bonds for the same amount which have been classified as municipal bonds held-to-maturity . the agreements enabled mastercard to secure state and local financial benefits . no gain or loss was recorded in connection with the agreements . the leaseback has been accounted for as a capital lease as the agreement contains a bargain purchase option at the end of the ten-year lease term on april 1 , 2013 . the building and related equipment are being depreciated over their estimated economic life in accordance with the company 2019s policy . rent of $ 1819 is due annually and is equal to the interest due on the municipal bonds . the future minimum lease payments are $ 45781 and are included in the table above . a portion of the building was subleased to the original building owner for a five-year term with a renewal option . as of december 31 , 2008 , the future minimum sublease rental income is $ 4416 . note 18 . obligations under litigation settlements on october 27 , 2008 , mastercard and visa inc . ( 201cvisa 201d ) entered into a settlement agreement ( the 201cdiscover settlement 201d ) with discover financial services , inc . ( 201cdiscover 201d ) relating to the u.s . federal antitrust litigation amongst the parties . the discover settlement ended all litigation between the parties for a total of $ 2750000 . in july 2008 , mastercard and visa had entered into a judgment sharing agreement that allocated responsibility for any judgment or settlement of the discover action between the parties . accordingly , the mastercard share of the discover settlement was $ 862500 , which was paid to discover in november 2008 . in addition , in connection with the discover settlement , morgan stanley , discover 2019s former parent company , paid mastercard $ 35000 in november 2008 , pursuant to a separate agreement . the net impact of $ 827500 is included in litigation settlements for the year ended december 31 , 2008. .
Question: what was the average consolidated rental expense from 2006 to 2008


Answer: The answer is:54994.5