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The cost of motoring....

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  • 07-01-2003 9:34pm
    #1
    Mythago
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭


    Just curious as to everyones monthly motoring costs.....
    Mine are:
    Petrol: 260-280
    Insurance: 138
    Tax: 30 (I think, but 1.8 tax/12 whatever that is)
    Averaged out annual maintenance: 80

    So a grand total of approx 528 a month!!! Half the cost of my car:rolleyes:


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Petrol - €50
    Insurance - €230 (until May)
    Tax €6.50
    Maintenance - €35 (very roughly)


    So..around €320 in all

    /me wubs my bike :D


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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭ando


    petrol = €200
    insurance = €576 (FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX PER MONTH)
    Maintenance = €30
    tax = payed for till april


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    Borzoi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    Petrol - €75
    Insurance - €190
    Tax - €38
    Maintenance - €100


    So..around €400

    plus the repayments €380 /month

    OUCH


    :(


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    DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Insurance: €190
    Petrol: €140
    Tax: €22
    Bits and bobs... €20


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    Dampsquid
    Registered Users Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Dampsquid


    Petrol 140
    Insurance 190
    Tax 15
    Maintainence 25
    Car repayments 220

    Total €600

    Wondered where all my fecking money was going!!!


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    John2002
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭John2002


    Petrol €50 max

    Insurance €117

    Tax €15

    Maintenance ~€20

    Total ~€202

    Not nearly as much as the rest of you, but enough all the same.


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Petrol = €100
    Insurance = €256
    Tax = €20


    So about €375 a month.

    Ando,
    insurance = €576 (FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX PER MONTH)

    You expecting some penalty points or something? That would put you at over 6 grand a year. :eek:

    As a matter of interest, I wonder how much it is to rent a car for a month? Or a chauffer?:D


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    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Petrol €30 (short trip to work !)
    Insurance €196
    Tax €11
    Maintainence €10 (so far)
    Car repayments €0 (own car)

    total €247

    ando, €800 total a month...is it really worth the expense ? !


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    Chimaera
    Registered Users Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭Chimaera


    Gurramok: if you're only spending €30 a month on petrol for commuting, is it really worth having a car? I'm guessing you've only got 2-3miles max to travel to work, which is easily walked/cycled.


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    Korg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Korg


    Insurance: 91
    Tax: 15
    Petrol: 60
    Service, parts, carwashes etc, say 15

    180 odd/month, 'bout the same as the car loan


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Tax: €6.50
    Petrol: Roughly €20 :D
    Insurance: €78.30
    Repayments to the bank: roughly €120
    Maintenance: rarely, if you broke it up over the year i'd say about €20 a month

    So that's about 244 euros a month :eek:

    (Yamaha XV125 here)


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    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Originally posted by Chimaera
    Gurramok: if you're only spending €30 a month on petrol for commuting, is it really worth having a car? I'm guessing you've only got 2-3miles max to travel to work, which is easily walked/cycled.

    Correct nearly, about 2 miles :).
    It takes about 6 min drive on good days, 10 min max.
    I cycled for 9 years to and from college/work(last 3 to work) until last august when i gave it up for car.

    Reason?...its too friggin dangerous. 2 cyclists were killed near me last year plus i had many near misses. :mad:
    Walking is out of the question as there is no footpath for about two-thirds of way in.
    Bus service is unreliable and does not leave me in on time, many a time i was left waiting for 2 hrs for bus to come.
    Taxi's/cabs too expensive(10 euro a journey) and unreliable.

    By the way i live in dublin not in the middle of nowhere :):)


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    Pimp Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭Pimp Ninja


    Petrol €150 - 200
    Insurance: €422 (10 months paid, 2 free)
    Bank loan : About €250
    Maintenance: None Yet (New car 7 months)
    Alarm install: €300 once off


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    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,661 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    Petrol - €20 per month (the joys of not being able to find work)
    Tax - €12
    Insurance - €140
    Service/repairs - €20

    All in all it's probably not worth it.


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    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    I am in the unlucky position of being an unemployed Galway city dweller and hence not needing any transport.

    So: €200+ a year on good walking shoes

    less than €20 a month ;)

    5 or 6 miles a day on foot is good for you anyway.


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    Dr. Dre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Dr. Dre


    Petrol ~ €40
    Insurance ~ €72
    :mad: Tax ~ €25 :mad:
    Maintenance ~ €10

    Total ~ €147


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    tech
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭tech


    Diesel €520 monthly driving about 1200-1500 weekley
    Washing €20
    Servicing €250
    Tax €22
    Insurance ??

    Driving a company van all paid for but still its costing them alot of money to keep about 20 vechiele on the road


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    DivX
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭DivX


    Fuel ~€130
    Insurance ~€75
    Tax ~€75
    Maintainence ~€50


    total ~€330

    Approx ~ €4,000 year

    not counting depreciation!


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    Originally posted by tech
    Diesel €520 monthly driving about 1200-1500 weekley

    Driving a company van all paid for but still its costing them alot of money to keep about 20 vechiele on the road

    Err I'd say so if each vehicle does your claimed 65,000 miles a year... for the fleet that'd be around 75-80 required services... ouch :)


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    Mercury_Tilt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭Mercury_Tilt


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