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
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 |
Total cost of ownership over 5yrs |
40,264 |
46,777 |
59,819 |
- |
Ownership cost per week over 5yrs |
155 |
1820 |
230 |
Divided over 260 weeks (5x52) |