I did some bare estimates and it was around $2800 all up when you included rego, green slip, third party insurance, regular servicing and maybe something like nrma insurance.
If I added petrol it was about an extra $800 I think which totalled about $3600.
I may have gotten something wrong but in case I got it right that works out to around $10/day to own, operate, maintain, service, insure and fuel up a car which is not bad when you consider the benefits.
This is for a light or small hatchback or sedan car aiming for something with really low aka good fuel economy.
$70/week for a car was my rough vague estimate but yeah how much does your car cost both the luxury and gas guzzling ones as well as the economic I am guessing just for work ones aka A to B primary usage vehicles.
I'm curious what others vehicle expenses including everything might be.
You can either put it in per year or per week or per day your choice.
This does not have to include the initial purchase price of the car just the annual registration, servicing and other compulsory costs like fuel costs and maybe any repairs to keep it street legal and operating.
You may include the purchase price and depreciation price if you wish but mainly I am just trying to get a sense of how much cars cost to own and operate legally.
Obviously anyone can just use some beat up box car or go kart and put fuel in it and ride it around on their farm with no rego or ctp or anything as long as the cops don't find out but that isn't what I am trying to find out here just to give a sense of what this thread is about.
Obviously purchase price is important but I didn't initially add it as I thought for some reason it might be private but I realised that this is ozbargain and sharing is caring and we are all friends and safe here.. I hope.
Nobody be mean to others keep it nice and friendly or at least above the belt ;)
Thanks I am very interested to hear your comments.
Edit: Wow this has blown up quite a lot thanks everybody for your data and information some great insights in this thread.
Looks like the cheapest car to own so far is a 2000 Prado coming in at $4.29 per day not taking into account purchase price.
Cheapest vehicle over all is a motorbike at even lower at $3.23 per day.
That honestly blew my mind as I didn't think it was possible to get below $5 per day for a vehicle.
Lots of cars in the $6 per day range.. that is more realistic I think so.
Keen to hear more information and details about how much it costs to own, run, maintain, service and if you want insure/buy your vehicles I feel like this thread might help some people who want to either buy a new car or change their current one if they have been hit bad by the corona virus epidemic financially.
I know for me it still makes sense to just use public transport but every now and then I find myself wishing for a car so if I can figure out one that will cost me below $5 per day to have basically everything besides purchase price then I might actually consider it.
Might be a fun experience also.
Who cares
Some people spend a lot more than $10 a day on smokes and or booze.