Check here what your car costs you to run

Post by **Welly** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:48 am

Found this neat car cost calculator, was surprised just how much money my car is costing me

I could get a taxi cheaper

Linky

Post by **DaiRees** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:34 am

Wow - scary man!

47p a mile, so why do I only get 30p a mile in expenses then?:evil:

Actually I worked it out years ago and came up with about 50p a mile so I'm quite pleased with those calculations, makes me think twice about driving 20 miles just to send the nipper off to sleep though!

Post by **Welly** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:57 am

Mine said 28p/mile

Mind you it's difficult to decide how much your car will be worth in the end, and how much you will spend on repairs (being a Peugeot).

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:18 pm

I put my car down as £8k bought last year, keep for 5 years, then worth £3k.

43p per mile.

I find it hard to believe though that if I hadn't borrowed £6500 over 2 years (5.9%), then that would drop to 23p per mile.

I'd only needed £4000 loan, but still had £2,500 owing on the 206 loan, so combined the both. Still can't see how the loan makes such a difference.

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:08 pm

some how its only costing me 34p a mile?

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:11 pm

15p/mile according to that

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:12 pm

how can you get less than everyone else mjb?

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:51 pm

jameslxdt wrote:how can you get less than everyone else mjb?

High miles driven economically, and a very reliable car bought for peanuts off ebay

Purchase cost £1250
Plan to change it after 3 years - probably won't last much longer than that!
Resale value after 5 years £0 - it's going to be dead!

Annual mileage 40,000
Miles per gallon 38
Petrol price per litre 86.9
Annual road tax £170
Annual service £100
Insurance premium £500 3rd party f&t
Breakdown insurance £30
Maintenance costs £500

How many days a week on average do you use your car? 6

Your car is costing you:
A year: £5875.06
A month: £489.59
A mile: £0.15
Per day of use: £18.83

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:57 pm

this was mine:

Purchase cost £700
Plan to change it after 1 year
Resale value after 1 year £500

Annual mileage
14,000 miles
Miles per gallon
20 mpg
Petrol price per litre
96.9 p
Annual road tax
£175
Annual service
£150 (do my own servicing)
Insurance premium
£1000
Breakdown insurance
£0 (dont believe in it)
Maintenance costs
(eg Emergency repairs) £200 a year (thats a guess)
Other (eg Congestion charge, parking permits, fines, garage hire) £0 a month

How many days a week on average do you use your car? 7

Monthly loan repayment
£0
OR
Loan amount
£0
RESULT
Your car is costing you:
A year: £4808.55
A month: £400.71
A mile: £0.34
Per day of use: £13.21

LXHDi110 · Post by **LXHDi110** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:41 pm

0.16 mile @ £9.49 day

darrenwall · Post by **darrenwall** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:41 pm

Purchase cost £ 0 ( had it given to me after my father passed away

Plan to change it after 4 years (if it lasts that long)
Resale value after years £ 500 ( hopefully lol )
Running costs
Annual mileage
30000 miles
Miles per gallon
40 mpg
Petrol price per litre
89 p
Annual road tax
£ 190
Annual service
£ 50 ( do it myself)
Insurance premium
£ 350
Breakdown insurance
£ 90
Maintenance costs
(eg Emergency repairs) £ 200 a year
Other
(eg Congestion charge, parking permits, fines, garage hire) £ 0 a month
Usage
How many days a week on average do you use your car? 7

RESULT Calculate
Your car is costing you:
A year: £ 3814.46
A month: £ 317.87
A mile: £ 0.13
Per day of use: £ 10.48