What your car actually costs you per mile

Fuel is a third. The rest never shows up on a bank statement.

Purchase price

Resale value at the end

Years you keep it

Miles per yearFHWA, Highway Statistics 2023, Tabelle VM-1: 11.026 Meilen je Fahrzeug und Jahr (Light Duty, kurzer Radstand)

Consumption per 100 miles (gallons or kWh)FHWA, Highway Statistics 2023, Tabelle VM-1: 24,7 Meilen je Gallone, also 4,05 Gallonen je 100 Meilen

Price per gallon or kWhEIA, U.S. Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices: Mittel der 52 Wochen bis 17.08.2026 (Spanne 2,78 bis 4,50)

Insurance per yearNAIC, Auto Insurance Database Report: 1.281 USD Durchschnittsausgabe je versichertem Fahrzeug (2023)

Registration and fees per yearBLS, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2024: 148 USD Zulassung plus 63 USD Kfz-Vermoegensteuer je Haushalt, bei 1,8 Fahrzeugen

Maintenance and repairs per yearBLS, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2024: 984 USD Wartung und Reparatur je Haushalt abzueglich 217 USD Reifen, bei 1,8 Fahrzeugen

Tyres per yearBLS, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2024, Posten 480110: 217 USD je Haushalt bei 1,8 Fahrzeugen

Inspection

Parking per month

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