Total Costs for Matts E280

[mattsurf]

Following on from Blobcat's post about the cost of running a Mercedes. I took a different approach, buying an 9 year old E280 Estate. The car looked smart in the company car park, was big enough to accomodate 3 kids, bikes etc, above all was nice to drive.

Now after nearly 2 1/2 years and 38,634 miles, I have changed the car for a 7 year old E320CDI - I hope that this provides the same positive experience as my old E280

I have shamelessly copied Blobcats format for costs:

38,634 Miles in a W124 E280 Estate

This is the final breakdown of all costs associated with my W124 E280 Estate over 2 yrs and 4 months of ownership.

Servicing and Repairs

n.b. All servicing at WDM

4 Services (~5,000 miles to next Service)

£323
£187
£116
£349

Exhaust replacement
£350

Water Pump replacement
£382

Brake lights
£5

Wiper Blade
£15

1 Battery
£60

Tow Bar fitted
£140

Radio
£290

Total Cost for Servicing and Repairs £2217

£0.06 Per Mile for Servicing / Repairs

Tyres

1 set of tyres
£209

£0.01 per mile for tyres

Fuel Costs

6986 litres of Petrol £6268
£0.16 per mile for Fuel

25.1 MPG


Vehicle Excise Duty

(Road Tax) £507.5
Insurance

Business use Insurance £1007

£0.04 Per mile for Road Tax and Insurance


A total cost of £0.264 per mile excluding depreciation

Depreciation

£5,710 purchase price, sale value £3,700, therefore depreciation of £2,010

£0.05 per mile for Depreciation

Total cost of £0.3161 per mile

Who says Mercedes are expensive to run and that they are unreliable? Not in my experience

 

[Blobcat]

Nice breakdown, one slight issue, did you really fill it with 6,986 ltrs of Diesel? If not I can edit that bit for you

 

[mattsurf]

Ooops

That should teach me for copying someone else's thread. I filled the car up with Petrol, not diesel as stated