Ball park figure for running a 4x4 (am I close?!)

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STILL looking into buying a 4x4 and have been comparing costs...

Ive looked into fuel, insurance, servicing, replacement tyres, etc, based on 200 miles a week to work.

I have come up with my current car (corsa) costs about £120 per month (£1440 per year) to run.

A 4x4 (based on a 2005 2.5 diesel disco) looks like it would cost around £260 per month (£3120 per year) to run?

Does that sound about right or have I missed something?

Many thanks - pm me if you prefer not to admit how much your car costs!
 
Ive got an '06 Nissan x-trail 2.2 turbo diesel and to be honest, it doesnt use that much more fuel than my old cars ( 1999 meganne convertible 1.8 and 2001 puma 1.7 )

I dont know how old your corsa is but if it is old/high mileage it is a bit of a false economy in terms of servicing/mot's etc etc.

If you can, buy from a dealer and get an extended warranty as it will save on servicing costs in the long run.

Insurance. I have 4 years no claims and it was 30 quid more a year to insure the xtrail.

Tyres are more expensive though :/

Hope this is of use to you
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I do about 500 miles per week and I find the following costs (Kia Sorento, 30-32mpg, 55-plate 2.5 litre diesel) averaged out over a year:

Per month:
fuel: roughly £300
Tax: £17.50
Servicing: £70
Insurance: £50
Tyres: £10 (I am estimateing getting 30k miles from a set of tyres costing about £350 for 4)

Hope that helps
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My isuzu trooper costs as follows based on 200 miles p/w

Fuel ( Diesel) £150.00 p/m
Insurance £ 240 p/a
Road tax £ 180 p/a
breakdown cover £50.00 p/a
Misc exps ( mot, oil change etc £200.00p/a)

= £206.00 p/m ( £2470.00 p/a)

I have had my trooper for 9 years now and she will retire with me lol
 
I dread to think what mine costs me!!! 4 litre Jeep Grand Cherokee.... INsurance is about £235 a year, tyres I know I can get for £51.00 each..... It flew through its MOT in Jan.... tax was £185.00 for the year..... servicing done by other half! and fuel???? Probably about £60/£70 a week!!!
 
have you driven one of those tanks try a few out before you buy any 4x4 there is a lot of difference in fueland the actual drive, sorry have drivem a few, just try them through dealers
 
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