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Default Difficult Average Calculation <HELP

This is what I'm trying to do. Hopefully simple to you, but tough for me....
Calculate averages while skipping certain rows and all zero values...

(Example)

MILEAGE TOTAL
A1 100
A2 200
A3 300
A4 TOTAL: 600 (ignore this row)
A5 100
A6 0
A7 200
A8 TOTAL: 300 (ignore this row)
etc.. (down)

All of these cells are linked to another workbook. For some reason it
inserts a zero by default (even if the cells in the other workbook are
blank). The goal is to calculate the averge miles traveled. I'm trying to
have the function ignore all of the zero values. I've tried two suggested
formulas, but it looks like I have too many arguments?

=Average(If(G12:G15=0,"",G12:G15))
=(SUM(G12:G15))/(COUNTIF(G12:G15, "<0"))

Any help would be much appreciated...

Thx!
Jason K.