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Old 03-24-2011, 07:04 PM   #42 (permalink)
instarx
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NC
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Volvo - '00 Volvo V70 XC AWD SE
90 day: 27.7 mpg (US)
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This is an easy calculation for me. I have logged everything I've spent on this car from the day I bought it, including tolls, car washes, taxes, tags, repairs and insurance. From March 2008 until today it has cost me $0.51 per mile. If I leave out vehicle cost depreciation it was $0.28 per mile.

Fuel comprised $0.133 of the cost per mile, or ~27%. For pure operating costs (excluding purchase price/depreciation) fuel was 47% of my cost.

By buying a used car I saved the cost of mining the minerals to make it, smelting the steel, assembly, and shipping a new car.

The tool I use is online at www.spritmonitor.de/en/ that calculates all this for me. It also tells me my per-tank and total fuel mileage, emitted CO2, and my average fuel cost per mile (13.27 cents).

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