I track my cost per mile. Anyone else do the same? I don't include cost that would exist for any car, regardless of if I drove it much or not, like insurance and annual inspections/registration. I calculate just repairs, mileage based maintenance, gas, purchase price/sales tax and financing. Purchase price and financing cost per mile are assuming the car makes it to 200K miles. Basically my goal is to know that each mile I put on the car cost me X amount of money that I wouldn't have otherwise spent. I bought the car at 65K miles and have driven it for 13K miles now.
So far, my cost has been 22 cents per mile which is great but if I keep the car past 150K miles, repairs could definitely bring up the average cost per mile.
I've done the below unscheduled maintenance but I've done it all myself so it's much cheaper than at a mechanic's shop:
ATF drain and fill
Replacing the rotors and front brake pads.
So far, my cost has been 22 cents per mile which is great but if I keep the car past 150K miles, repairs could definitely bring up the average cost per mile.
I've done the below unscheduled maintenance but I've done it all myself so it's much cheaper than at a mechanic's shop:
ATF drain and fill
Replacing the rotors and front brake pads.