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Originally Posted by RabidRat
Someone should build a website that lets you project the total cost of ownership of a vehicle, over years & kms of ownership as inputs:
-MSRP minus the residual resale value
-typical aggregate maintenance cost (including replacement tire or oil cost because maybe this particular model is using something weird)
-typical aggregate repair cost
-typical insurance cost
-typical fueling cost
All this data is available, just nobody's slapped it all together yet.
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I do this for my cars, but in a spreadsheet instead of a website.
I imagine the hardest part for most people is consistent and accurate data entry, which is a very difficult standard for most people to meet without at least some gamification or reward. Plus, the resale value is quite dependent on so many factors and takes years to determine for any one vehicle (unless you find a niche group of people that flips cars often).