How much does your car really cost you?
We love to complain about the price of gas. It’s up, it’s down, it’s doing the hokey pokey.
But according to data from insurancequotes.org, fuel only amounts to a quarter of the money associated with car ownership. Click on the graphic to take a closer look:
What drives your automobile costs up? Maintenance? Insurance?
For more, see “Small cars cost less to maintain.”
– By Lauren Davidson, Atlanta Bargain Hunter
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Jerry
June 21st, 2012
12:56 pm
Amazing how many lights, switches, sensors, wire harnesses, thrust arms and bushings, and motor mounts had to be replaced on my wife’s Mercedes E350 by 100K. My good’ol American truck about the same engine size (costing one half) went 177K in 10 years and had minor infrequent trouble and much less scheduled maintenance. Go figure. Luckily we choose the 100K warranty. It’’s hard to put a dollar figure on time taken and frustration experienced getting a car fixed. Is time spent and Advil taken calculated as a cost?
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