Current per day: $5.88 (obviously, I don't have a car payment.)
Mustang per day: $28.47
Mazda 3 per day: $21.89
Forester per day: $24.05
It would cost me about $8 a day in gas to drive to work in the Mustang. My insurance would double. (It would almost double with about any new car, is the thing.)
It is good to balance dreaming with thinking during this process. In the meantime, I really hope my car keeps going for a little while longer, because I am going to miss fun money.
If you don't mind my asking, how much does it cost you a day to drive your car? I turned on anonymous posting if that makes you feel better.
- Current Mood:analytical
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this assumes current mileage (12k/year) and fuel costs ($3.25/gal for premium)
conclusion: i should ride my motorcycle more often.
My vote is go for the Forester. I'll be jealous of you, though.
i'm telling you. try a corolla or avalon. you won't be disappointed.
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The total:
$4.97
Here's the breakdown if you're interested:
I don't drive every day, so I'll do a monthly average of 2 trips to my job (150 miles round trip [no that is not a typo, that's why I telecommute]), plus a road trip (say 600 miles), plus a tiny bit of around-town driving (say 100 miles). That makes an even 1000 miles a month, about 35 miles a day (wow, that's high.)
Car is paid for.
Insurance + AAA+ is about $1.60 per day.
Maintenance is about $1.12 per day (and will be getting cheaper once I start doing my own oil changes.)
I'll say 45 mpg as a conservative fuel estimate - that gives me .75 gallons per day, at $3.00 gallon (diesel) we have...$2.25
It costs $1.62 a day to go to work- $3.25 a gallon of premium, 20 miles to the gallon, four mile each way commute.
Probably $1400 a year in maintence after you add in the insurance deductable- deceptively high this year as most of that was tires and a post collision deductable- not annual expenses. $3.83 a day.
Total: $16.40 a work day.
I have a 2002 Mazda Millenia, which I love. The only problem is 02 is the last year they made them. Also, my car has 80,000 miles- I bought it last year with almost 70,000 on it, because I wanted the lux.
I might begin to consider a slightly older car.
I'm really happy to make car payments for the car, as I like it.
$7.00 roughly (assuming $3/gallon)
But I don't have a car. That's for my bus pass - and I don't buy one every month.
To put this another way: will you enjoy a Mustang $4 a day more? Is the answer "yes, $4 is worth it to not drive a Forester", or "I'll never want to drive because it cost so much MUH-ney". Because either way, there you go.