cruiser647 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 My first 6 months miles were some 13k - a 4l V8 is not the car to do that sort of mileage in. Feck it! Course it is, you might as well enjoy those miles and smiles when you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Thought you may be interested in an update in the running costs on the M3 - see below. Some comments: : My mileage is high at about 27k/year : Holy crap thank funk I don't pay for fuel : Warranty is included in service costs : Other includes improvements such as luggage net, alarm upgrade, couple of other bits : Am very intolerant of anything being wrong, so I tend to get absolutely everything sorted whenever it goes in for service, so my service costs may be slightly elevated. :All service costs are BMW Main Dealer. Now the average speed cameras have gone from my usual M25/M4 run, fuel usage has shot up. Overall it's costing about 47p/mile, not including insurance. I don't think that's as bad as it sounds for a car of this nature, it's only really my mileage that's killing it. Imagine for example if you were only doing 12k miles - about 3.5k/pa on fuel? Edited August 22, 2012 by Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 God almighty. Mine is completely the other end of the scale but of course cost per mile on mine must be much more. Average about £40 a month in fuel but that only takes me about 100 miles. Servicing - did the big one this year for about £900 but that will be it until a small one in 2014 (£300) and then another biger one in 2016. Warranty was about £700 with a £100 excess. Mine is cheaper motoring but of course it is only doing about 4k miles a year. Sometimes I think that is a waste, but then I drive it for a bit, or wash it, and realise I couldn't care less - I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Mac, what app is that? Looks good. I can never be bothered to write things into a spread sheet, but that looks easy. Secondly, how much does a private limo service charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 RoadTrip by Darren Stone. I have to record all my fuel as it's paid for by a client, so it's no big deal to enter the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I know it doesn't really matter but what's the annual depreciation with that sort of mileage? Fuel costs looks high but surely depreciation is more than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I'm currently running about even. I tend to go for lower than average miles, and then change after a year when it's near back to average. Cost me 25k, if I sell for 18k after a year and 27k miles I'll be ok with that but only because the per mile cost is eradicated by my lack of a fuel bill. I dunno really. If I was that bothered I think with the right choice of car it could be relatively cost neutral, just haven't worked it out in that detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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