help! total driving newbie - what are the costs?!

carinska

Hi! I am about to sit my test (3rd time lucky hopefully!) and am trying to calculate whether or not I can afford to run a car. I am adding up - loan repayments, tax, insurance, petrol - is there anything else I should be taking into account? Have never ever owned a car before so am extremely clueless, just trying to read up and research as much as I can - any info gratefully received!

xlt_hunter

Yes, set aside for £10-15 a month for maintance as well. ie, car tyres - plan for a complete change everyyear (not needed, but it may help pending on amount of miles you do) so any extras for pay for the unexpect should it break down.

And Mot of £45 per test,

strimmerstarter1234

Hi there, completely new to all of this, but have just trawled the internet looking for something that I thought was quite simple ha ha!! Looking at the cost of car and caravan ferry crossing to Isle of Wight and the cheapest route possible from Dorset ie; Lymington to Cowes, or Southampton etc. Anyone got any suggestions please?

Cumbrian_Male

strimmerstarter1234 wrote:

Hi there, completely new to all of this, but have just trawled the internet looking for something that I thought was quite simple ha ha!! Looking at the cost of car and caravan ferry crossing to Isle of Wight and the cheapest route possible from Dorset ie; Lymington to Cowes, or Southampton etc. Anyone got any suggestions please?

Post over on Travel tips and holidays board and someone will answer.

Bokken_2

strimmerstarter1234

I have posted a new thread on the holiday forum with the link you were looking for,titled Isle of Wight ferry.

trigger_mike

And remember to included the price of fuel at the moment, roughly 96.9p petrol and 99.9p diesel, to fill a tank in a small car like a fiesta is roughly £27 and that lasts about 230 miles, roughly.