Car Cost Calculator? - Canada

[kfire20]

I found this car cost calculator provided by CAA. http://caa.ca/car_costs/

Was wondering if others could:

- - plug in your numbers to determine whether they match other estimate calculators you know
- - recommend other car cost calculators

thanks..

[Filliteracy]

MFW I plugged in the numbers, got .32$/km, converted to miles and realized that MMM was bang on in calculating the cost of commuting.

[2Birds1Stone]

Converting to US I got $.23/mile which is not bad!

$2760/yr including maintenance/depreciation/insurance/gas/registration

[Goldielocks]

Taking the depreciation over only 5 years skews it a bit compared to real costs.   

I would use this calculation, but use a different number for depreciation and maintenance:
--Adjust it to reflect 5 years of usage, starting with a used 3 year old car, and calculate your own depreciation and maintenance
e.g., (purchase price - sell price)/5 years + annual maintenance of $2,500 (conservative).