How much does your car cost to run?

elektra-2007

Well i set my clock when i put petrol in and i can get 100 miles for £10, if i drive nice! So thats 10p a mile! If i fill up[ locally (higher petorl cost) That would prob be 13-15p per mile.

hieveryone

I've never worked this out either...

Insurance - £150 a year (ish) / £12.50 a month / £3.12 a week / 44p a day
Petrol - £1,920 a year / £160 a month / £40 a week / £5.71 a day
Road Tax - £200 a year / £16.66 a month / £4.16 a week / £0.59 a day
MOT - £120 a year / £12 a month / £4 a week / £0.57 a day
Servicing/Parts etc - allowed £300 a year / £25 a month / £6.25 a week / £0.89 a day
AA - £20 a year / £1.66 a month / £0.41 a week / 5p a day


All in all, works out about £8.22 a day. Pretty shocked actually!

lefalconbleu

Insurance: £650 per year
Service, MOT, Tyres etc: roughly £400 per year
Tax: £200
Petrol: £2600 (£50 per week if I use it daily)

Total: £3850

£10.54 per day....ouch!

hothothot_3

If you think that a bus ticket costs on average round about £3 a day.

£6.81 a day for the convenience of a car is excellent.

tomstickland

I've just done a quick calculation:
Ins + tax: £37pcm, £1.20 per day
Fuel: £170pcm, £5.80 per day (20,000 per year, 45mpg, Diesel £1.05/litre)

recent MOT: £41 pcm, £1.36 per day

original purchase price + getting it into shape, assuming I keep it for 1 year: £167 pcm, £5.50 per day.
If I keep it for 2 years that'll halve.
Do that, it's £11 per day, of which £6 is fuel.

eschaton

elektra-2007 wrote: »

Well i set my clock when i put petrol in and i can get 100 miles for £10, if i drive nice! So thats 10p a mile! If i fill up[ locally (higher petorl cost) That would prob be 13-15p per mile.

So what you are saying is if normal priced petrol 100p per litre then buying locally would cost between 130p per litre and 150p per litre ?

Bollox.....

aqueoushumour01

i'd hate to think what I spend on mine - I'd rather live in ignorance!

maniac886

aqueoushumour01 wrote: »

i'd hate to think what I spend on mine - I'd rather live in ignorance!

Same here lol ...my Focus ST is one thirsty beast..but very fun!:beer:

goldspanners

maniac886 wrote: »

Same here lol ...my Focus ST is one thirsty beast..but very fun!:beer:

as a matter of interest (and jeously) what are you getting mpg driving normally? ive hear they are around 20 mpg. is this true? how bad does it get when you drive frivolously enjoying it?

maniac886

goldspanners wrote: »

as a matter of interest (and jeously) what are you getting mpg driving normally? ive hear they are around 20 mpg. is this true? how bad does it get when you drive frivolously enjoying it?

Had the car for three weeks now and I have reset the MPG counter each time I have filled up. I am getting around 26-28mpg at the moment and that's with the odd blast on the motorway. If I thrash it then it can drop to 20mpg-23mpg. Getting a dreamscience remap next week so that may improve things.