So what are all the costs associated with owning a car?

[Kaido]

AFAIK -

1. Monthly car payment
2. Insurance (monthly, bi-annually, or annually)
3. Property tax (annually)
4. Repairs
5. Gas
6. Regular maintenance (fluids like windshield wiper fluild, car washes, etc.)

Any others I'm missing out on?

 

[pyonir]

By property tax do you mean tabs/tags, or license plate renewals?

 

[AStar617]

property tax as in annual excise tax, most likely. And your #4 is a very large umbrella that should cover most of the incurred costs, except...

7. Annual emissions/safety inspection sticker

 

[Colt45]

insurance, gas, repairs, is all i pay

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: AStar617
property tax as in annual excise tax, most likely. And your #4 is a very large umbrella that should cover most of the incurred costs, except...

7. Annual emissions/safety inspection sticker

Ooh dang, forgot about emissions 😛

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: pyonir
By property tax do you mean tabs/tags, or license plate renewals?

I don't know, I haven't owned a car for more than a year yet. I think in Connecticut you have to pay around $50 - $150 a year in property taxes for each car. I don't know if that's associated with plates or not.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

in MA we have excise tax which meants that they charge you $25 per $1000 of the car. This year they got me for $300 on top of registration and inspection costs. Luckily they appraise your car for less than its really worth.

 

[spanky]

8. removal of love stains in back seat.

 

[IronWing]

8.) Tires

To give you some ball park figures:
Total O/M cost for my 1988 brady wagon ~ $0.31/ mile
- includes gas
- no purchase cost included
- 8,000 miles/yr
- Annual emissions tune up is a significant portion of repair/maintenance
- Married male over 25

Total O/M cost for my 1986 Toyota 1/2 ton, 2WD ~ $0.24/mile
- includes gas
- no purchase cost included
- 10,000 miles/yr
- Annual emissions tune up is a significant portion of repair/maintenance
- Married male over 25

The figures are based on ~3 years of extremely anal cost tracking. With gas costs going up you could add maybe 15% to the above to determine current per mile cost.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

registration fees every year

property tax is something different (some states dont have it). in VA you get charged a tax on a percentage of what your car is worth every year. this is on top of what you pay to have your car registered (ie license plate and tags)

 

[GasX]

In case of accident:

Deductible
Rental car (if needed)

 

[spacejamz]

some other miscellaneous stuff that may not apply to everyone:

tolls
monthly XM/Sirius radio fees
upgrades (stereo, wheels, etc)...