My Cost per Kilometer (4 Years Later)

2011 Tacoma is almost 4 years old and I have tracked costs from the day I bought it new:

In Canada these are my costs. Tracked since I have bought it new in Nov 2011 on my own spreadsheet.

Total km on truck is 61670

Cost of gas spent per km $0.13 (Based on actual Canadian gas price fill ups and avg of 19.1 mpg) (Total Spent $8215)

Cost of maintenance per km $0.03 (Total Spent $1563, includes oil changes, car washes, tires, etc)

Cost of Insurance per km $0.09 (Total $5611)

Cost of Depreciation per km $0.23 (Now Depreciation is pretty much based on a 16% depreciation rate but in reality it is a fixed rate and would depreciate if it stood still but this gives you an idea of the cost of depreciation Total Depreciation cost $13,887)

Total cost of operating vehicle around $29,343 or about $0.475 per km. This is a good estimate based on actual tracked costs over the lifetime of my Tacoma so far.

 

So basically your 4 year operating cost was about the same as the purchase price? (not sure how much you Canadians paid back in 2011).

 

Paid $28,500

 

Also should note the oil changes were free for the first couple of years so maybe another cent or so per kilometer would be more accurate.