Running Costs for Diesel Cars

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**Diesel car running costs – basic guide for 2009**

	Cost new (£s)
	up to 12000	12000 to 16000	16000 to 24000	24000 to 32000	over 32000
Standing charges per annum (£s)
Road tax	120.0	120.0	150.0	215.0	405.0
Insurance	379.0	397.0	485.0	619.0	892.0
Cost of capital	371.0	477.0	629.0	922.0	1622.0
Depreciation (at 10,000 miles/annum)	1441.0	2284.0	3152.0	4114.0	8313.0
Breakdown cover	42.0	42.0	42.0	42.0	42.0

Total (£s)	2353.00	3320.00	4458.00	5912.00	11274.00
Standing charges per mile (pence)
5,000	46.48	65.48	87.90	116.60	222.16
10,000	23.53	33.20	44.58	59.12	112.74
15,000	16.07	22.74	30.56	40.51	77.38
20,000	12.48	17.74	23.86	31.62	60.52
25,000	10.10	14.38	19.34	25.62	49.09
30,000	8.47	12.06	16.23	21.49	41.18
Running costs per mile (pence)
Diesel*	7.85	8.60	10.25	11.98	15.18
Tyres	0.78	0.8	0.86	1.19	2.03
Service labour costs	2.79	2.82	2.69	2.99	3.12
Replacement parts	2.29	2.3	2.37	2.46	3.01
Parking and tolls	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8

Total (pence)	15.51	16.32	17.97	20.42	25.14
* Diesel @ 106.2p/litre. For every penny more or less, add or subtract	0.07	0.08	0.1	0.11	0.14
Total of standing charges and running costs (in pence) based on annual mileage of
5,000 miles	61.99	81.80	105.87	137.02	247.30
10,000 miles	39.04	49.52	62.55	79.54	137.88
15,000 miles	31.58	39.06	48.53	60.93	102.52
20,000 miles	27.99	34.06	41.83	52.03	85.67
25,000 miles	25.61	30.70	37.31	46.04	74.23
30,000 miles	23.98	28.38	34.20	41.91	66.32

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