Foto 1: ALLE Kosten für den Autobesitz, Kilometerstand usw. für jedes Jahr, in dem ich das Auto besitze (Toyota Camry 2007)
Foto 2: Überall, wo ich im Auto gewesen bin
Foto 3: Mein neues Auto! (2026 Toyota Crown Signia Limited).
Ungelöste Probleme mit dem Camry zu dem Zeitpunkt, als ich ihn losgeworden bin:
– Verbrennt Motoröl (letzte ca. 6 Jahre, 100.000 Meilen). Normalerweise füge ich alle 2.000 Meilen ein oder zwei zusätzliche Liter hinzu. Ich habe alle 4 km einen Ölwechsel durchgeführt.
– Defekter Katalysator (in den letzten ca. 2 Jahren). Überprüfen Sie, ob die Motorleuchte auf 6 verschiedene EVAP-Codes leuchtet. Lautes Leerlauf-/Auspuffrasseln.
– Fehlzündung des Motors (letzte ca. 2 Wochen). Überprüfen Sie, ob die Motorleuchte an ist, aber nur einmal blinkt. Ich habe das ignoriert und bin vor Ort gefahren, da ich gerade dabei war, ein neues Auto zu kaufen.
– Defekter ABS-Sensor (letztes ~1 Jahr). ABS scheint im Test gut zu funktionieren.
– 4 defekte TPMS-Sensoren (letzte ca. 3 Jahre). Ich habe den Reifendruck nur gelegentlich manuell überprüft.
– Mäßiger Rost, einschließlich unbrauchbarer Quetschnähte. Mäßiger kosmetischer Verschleiß. Einige Aufhängungskomponenten waren stark abgenutzt und mussten ausgetauscht werden. Ich musste auch Reifen und Bremsen wechseln
Insgesamt denke ich, dass ich aus dem Auto ein tolles Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und viel Leben gemacht habe, wenn man bedenkt, wie viel und wie weit ich damit gefahren bin. Aufgeregt und dankbar, endlich etwas viel Neueres und Schöneres zu fahren.
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I created and used an Excel spreadsheet for the first graphic, and used mapchart.net and Google Maps for the second graphic.
nice, but shouldn’t the (purchase cost – sell price) be averaged over all years for a more realistic per mile average?
Jeez, reaching 20-30k annual mileage on a car seems insane to me. I’ve barely hit 5k on mine
great breakdown of costs and excellent record keeping. Maybe I missed it but how much did you sell the car for in 2024?
Your numbers align pretty well with my experience with a Toyota Sienna which I owned for 20 years and around 230k miles as well. I put another $1500 into a similar engine misfiring problem which kept it on the road for another 15,000 miles. TPMS sensors had been bad for the past 50k miles and it had been overheating for about 10k miles. The $200 temp sensor replacement would have been fine, but the $750-$1000 to replace the radiator wasn’t fine for a vehicle worth $1k at that point, which is what I traded it in for.
CarMax and Carvana each offered around $850 at the time, CoPart offered $1k. Once I mentioned that to the dealer, they stopped negotiating on trade in value and said fine. The vehicle was going to auction anyway.
You’re doing the car salesman move.
Hiding the important numbers behind ratios.
I can see the cost per mile… hard to tell how much it costs in $/year
Glad you added the context it was 4000mi oil change intervals. Otherwise this must’ve been running like a 2 stroke motor to have gone through $2000 in oil in 150k miles.
That seems to be the most unreliable Toyota I’ve ever seen lol
Combining fuel and tolls into one number seems pretty strange. Why?
I didn’t see registration renewal listed. Did I miss it?
It’s great the data is highlighting how much fuel cost in the lifecycle of a car. I had never given it a second thought and put it in the „cost of life“ bracket (e.g. hosing, food, etc.) until I got an EV recently.
Thank you for posting this. For ages I’ve been a fan of renting a car instead of buying one – I don’t need to commute to work so it’s usually just sporadic. Whenever there’s a need – bigger shopping, travel, holidays, etc. – I’d just rent. Super cool to be able to look at your data and get:
$44012 (total spent) / 103 (months owned) = $427.30
Showing how much I’d need to spend on rental monthly before buying would be a better choice for me – at least comparing to your „milage“. An average rental where I live including gas comes down to around $50-$150 depending on the days/need/distance, plus $100 per year for liability insurance.
I know this isn’t precise by any means and that maintenance/repairs would be less frequent with my low usage, but at least it’s some useful ballpark. Plus renting has a huge benefit never having to worry about repairs, getting it scratched, and always getting a relatively modern car.
Yeah, anyway – very cool data, thank you for sharing 🙌
Ok I gotta ask where you live that you were pulling only $54 monthly insurance
Wonderful data. Thanks for that.
This is fun. You could calculate the avg $/mile. With a few simple assumptions, you could also compare the costs to purchasing/owning a new Camry
Wow, cars and motoring is cheap af in the US
That’s… A lot of repairs
No car washes? Seems like the $6/week would be money well spent if you live in an area that salts heavily and you are getting rust damage. Plus, it looks and smells better.
Good for you. Hope you get a million miles out of this one.
so you spent almost $5k/year on personal vehicle ownership! how come cities with decent public transit are all crime ridden hellholes??