How much per mile does it cost to run an average car?

Question

Taking into consideration repairs, tax and insurance etc and the current cost of fuel.

Answer 1

Mines ina garage as I am to paranoid someone is gona steel my badges as they stole my tow bar covers last week the b----!

Answer 2

Depends on the car make , size , fuel type  , engine size , 4 /5 speed gearbox , if your doing miles in built up area or motorway

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/f*g/findacar....

This give you a rough idea

Answer 3

The tax office allows 40p/mile which seems about average.

I reckon double the cost of fuel is not far out with a mileage of about 10,000 /year.

RoyS

Answer 4

The IRS allow about 50 cents on the mile (considering all those factors).

So if you drive about 10k to 20k miles a year, it really cost you about $5K to $10K to drive that much.  And these figures were BEFORE the recent rise in gasoline price.

Good Luck...

Answer 5

It cost my dad last year around £550 for the year including everything.

It's cost me shy of £2000.

Completely depends, my car needed repairs and my insurance is high. My dads car was fine and he was over 30 years of NCD.

EDIT - Sorry, misread your question - I think I worked it out something like £1.10 a mile! But it would be a lot cheaper for my dad.

Answer 6

Small car e.g. Punto, Fiesta =25p/mile approx

Medium car e.g. Focus, Golf = 30p/mile approx

Family car e.g. Mondeo, Pug 407 = 45p/mile approx

Big car e.g. BMW 5 series, Jag XF = 70p/mile approx

Stupid big car e.g. Lamborghini = if you have to ask.....!

Figure don't include insurance as it can vary so much depending on the person, or the purchase price, but do allow for  depreciation.

Answer 7

Per mile? It varies widely, and how much road tax costs you per mile depends on how many miles you do a year...

The 'average' US car does 17 miles to the gallon. So you could look at petrol prices in your country (massively different between the US and the UK, for example) and work out the petrol cost per mile.

Then add up your annual insurance (which again varies widely depending on whether you're a 40-year-old in a Volvo with no claims or a 19-year-old in a sports car who keeps having accidents) and tax and divide that by your annual mileage.

Stick those two numbers together, get your answer.

Answer 8

The AA have good general information on ball park figures on this sort of thing

http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/advice...