How much does your car cost to run?

goldspanners

maniac886 wrote: »

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.

let us know how it goes.

milan_ns

I just sold mine BMW 320i E90 2006!

It has cost me £257 pcm (inc depreciation & £50 worth of petrol per month). Not bad eh?

But, I drove it on weekends only so it works out to £59 per day

Since it's cheaper to rent, I got rid of it. Was a nice car though.

alwaysonthego_2

58 Corsa
- eco life
£35 tax per year
It does 70 mpg diesel, I do not have to fill it up much, probably about £40 per month.

Insurance is £250 per year

Auto aid £39.00

JustKeepSwimming_2

Thanks to everyone for the replies - my non-MSE friends look at me as if I'm nuts when I question them about such things . I'm not even going to mention the frugal challenge to anyone

I don't feel so bad now, after reading these posts, although my Scenic doesn't really compare to some of your cars! The amount I spend on running my car isn't too bad when it's compared to public transport, which sadly isn't an option most of the time for me.

mark5

2005 Mini Cooper

£170 per year tax (soon to be £175)
£300 car insurance(approx)
£40 MOT
Servicing free with Mini TLC so far
£20 per week petrol
£25 per year wiper blades
£50 per year (approx) autoglym products and screen wash
£100 per tyre (fronts last 12-15 months, rears last maybe 3 years or longer)

I've also replaced the front brake pads once at a cost of about £60

Malky

Fuel, road tax, insurance, breakdown cover, MOT, servicing and depreciation works out about £1500 per year for my 54 plate C-Max 2.0TDCi.
All in all, about £4.10 per day.

atwitsend_2

I am so shocked with this, I worked it out with my car.
Monthly payments for car - £306.20 x 12 = 3674.40
Insurance for car - £762.70
Tax - £190
Petrol £40 per week - £2080

= 6707.10 :eek: thats scary! £128.63 per week!

and that doesn't include any repairs or servicing

boyse7en

Insurance £98 pa
Mileage 10k @ 55mpg = 182gallons = £892
1.5 sets of tyres per year = £150
Servicing = £300
Tax = £60
MOT = £28

So that works out at about £4.18 per day

Not too bad, but more than i thought.

boyse7en

Malky wrote: »

Fuel, road tax, insurance, breakdown cover, MOT, servicing and depreciation works out about £1500 per year for my 54 plate C-Max 2.0TDCi.
All in all, about £4.10 per day.

How?

Road tax = £125
depreciation (On Autotrader the value for an 2005 is £4000ish, and the value of a 2004 is approx £3500 - so £500 seems a reasonable estimate) = £500
Breakdown cover (assuming basic AA cover) = £28
MoT = £40
Servicing, repairs and parts = £300ish (if you are lucky)
Insurance (could vary wildly so I assumed 40 year old, full no claims, rural area) = £250

That lot comes to £1243, leaving just £257 for fuel for the year. So either you are doing an incredibly low annual mileage (it's enough to buy about 50 gallons of diesel - so about 2000 miles per year) or you aren't including all the figures.

Or one of my assumptions is out (very likely) and it makes a major difference to the sums involved.

Mids_Costcutter

No one seems to have factored in the costs of parking or road tolls either?