True Cost to Own® (TCO®) Edmunds True Cost to Own ® shows hidden costs of car ownership. The least expensive vehicle to buy isn't always the least expensive to own.

Aug 29, 2018 · Maintenance cost is about $600 a year usually, but add around $1200 when a brake pad and rotor change is needed. The repairs cost is weird because it should be under warranty for 5 years/50k. So for the first 5 years, all cost for repairs would be covered.

May 20, 2023 · True Cost to Own: Without factoring in depreciation I'm positive $3396 for the first year of ownership factoring in tax credits. Reply reply CombinationFew5086

Tires: maybe $300/year on average, assuming they cost 900 to replace every 3 years? energy costs: variable based on what your local electric rate is and how much you’re driving. Car gets about 3-4 ish miles per kwh give or take so you can calculate it out for your 1k miles per month figure you gave. 1000miles / 3.5 mi/kwh x __cents per kWh in ...

Mar 6, 2020 · Third row would be nice, but not a must. Out of curiosity, I put in a Toyota 4Runner into Edmunds true cost to own and compared it to the other options I was looking at. The 4Runner came out thousands of dollars cheaper over a five year period due mainly to the resale value. My goal is to own for at the least 10 years.

The nice thing about the cost to own is that it puts the fuel, insurance, maintenance, and predicted depreciation together in one place. It really lets you see the cost to own something, of which the upfront purchase price, over 5 years or so, is actually a pretty small part.

It's very common to want to fit in and just have cars that most other people drive in the area. BMWs biggest vehicles like the 7 series and the X7 are known for having the most up to date tech and the most issues. I'm sure if you get a new one chances are you can drive for like a few years without crazy repairs but the cost is the cost.

Nov 25, 2014 · I was just looking at Edmunds "true cost to own", but it simply doesn't seem based in reality to me. In fact, the numbers are so absurd I'm convinced I must be missing something or grossly miscalculating. Take a 2009 Subaru Impreza for example. (I own a 2008 but Edmunds doesn't go back that far for true cost to own).

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Jan 16, 2023 · The capital cost of the car is also less relevant than you might think- I've got a Toyota I've put 110k miles on in 10 years, and it cost me 4k for the car, about 15k in gas, about 3k for suspension (a wear item), 1500 in clutch replacements, 500 in windshields, 2k-ish in tires, 4k in insurance, 2k in annual registration, and maybe 500 in ...