This is really a sibling or expansion to the [[furinkan/CarFuelConsumption]] page. This is long term thinking, about how much ownership will cost you over a few years.

= Assumptions =

 * Five year calculation
 * Driving 10,000km per year
 * Getting car serviced every 12 months
 * A full set of tyres, plus a spare-replacement every 45,000km (going by RACQ working), equating to one set in this 5yr period
 * You need to pay for 4.5yrs of rego (assume you buy it with a bit left)
 * You need to pay for 4.5yrs of CTP (assume you buy it with a bit left)

= Comparison =

||<rowbgcolor="lightblue">|| Merc C200K || Swift Sport || CLK500 || Comments ||
|| Purchase || 10,000 || 19,000 || 19,000 || - ||
|| Rego transfer etc || 332 || 602 || 602 || 3% stamp duty of purchase value, $32 for paperwork ||
|| Depreciation || 3,000 || 9,000 || 9,000 || The C200 value is real, wild guessing the others ||
|| Fuel || 7,850 || 5,300 || 9,980 || I did 11L/100km in the C200, higher than spec. Other values based on claimed consumption, then scaled. 867.77 x claimed consumption (1.22x scaling, $1.42/L, 50000km) ||
|| Tyres || 750 || 1,025 || 982 || Prices taken from Jax Tyres ||
|| Servicing || 7,500 || 2,225 || 7,500 || Guesswork here based on costs for a new Merc C200 and Audi A4, Swift is bare-minimum assuming you were to get their fixed-price servicing ||
|| Insurance || 5,940 || 4,905 || 7,850 || GIO thinks the Swift should only be worth $19,000, values the CLK at $26,740 ||
|| CTP || 3,308 || 3,375 || 2,637 || NRMA quotes (GIO is down): 3675 for C200, 3750 for CLK500, 2930 for Swift Sport or Mazda3 Maxx Sport ||
|| Rego || 1,584 || 1,345 || 2,268 || three different weight classes ||
||<rowbgcolor="lightgrey"> Total cost of ownership over 5yrs || 40,264 || 46,777 || 59,819 || - ||
||<rowbgcolor="lightgrey"> Ownership cost per week over 5yrs || 155 || 1820 || 230 || Divided over 260 weeks (5x52) ||