Running Costs for Diesel Cars

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**Diesel car running costs – basic guide for 2010**

	Cost new (£s)
	up to 12000	12000 to 17000	17000 to 20000	20000 to 32000	over 32000
Standing charges per annum (£s)
Road tax	90.0	155.0	155.0	180.0	245.0
Insurance	433.0	454.0	554.0	708.0	1020.0
Cost of capital	391.0	565.0	637.0	855.0	1381.0
Depreciation (at 10,000 miles/annum)	1228.0	2154.0	2601.0	2686.0	4737.0
Breakdown cover	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0

Total (£s)	2192.00	3378.00	3997.00	4479.00	7433.00
Standing charges per mile (pence)
5,000	43.34	66.70	78.90	88.50	146.76
10,000	21.92	33.78	39.97	44.79	74.33
15,000	14.94	23.09	27.34	30.57	50.81
20,000	11.58	17.96	21.28	23.74	39.54
25,000	9.36	14.54	17.24	19.20	32.00
30,000	7.84	12.19	14.45	16.09	26.83
Running costs per mile (pence)
Diesel*	10.33	12.95	12.79	14.07	18.45
Tyres	0.81	0.83	0.89	1.23	2.1
Service labour costs	2.89	2.92	2.78	3.09	3.23
Replacement parts	2.37	2.38	2.45	2.55	3.12
Parking and tolls	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8

Total (pence)	18.20	20.88	20.71	22.74	28.70
* Diesel @ 139.6p/litre. For every penny more or less, add or subtract	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.13
Total of standing charges and running costs (in pence) based on annual mileage of
5,000 miles	61.54	87.58	99.61	111.24	175.46
10,000 miles	40.12	54.66	60.68	67.53	103.03
15,000 miles	33.14	43.97	48.05	53.31	79.51
20,000 miles	29.78	38.84	42.00	46.48	68.23
25,000 miles	27.56	35.42	37.95	41.94	60.70
30,000 miles	26.04	33.07	35.16	38.83	55.53

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