elf89

Here's some useless trivia. Does anyone else keep a spreadsheet to track cost per mile on their cars? I track everything but gas and insurance, and then divide by the miles since I bought it.

The 944 is sitting at $1.00 per mile after 2 years and about 10,000 miles. It was down to $0.96, but then I had a $600 service bill that bounced it back up. That includes purchase price and all service, but not gas, insurance or car washes. I have a shop do most of my service, so I bet anyone who does their own work could knock that down a good deal.

That compares to my wife's Acura MDX with about 48k at $0.85 per mile and my '92 Civic with 176k at $0.11

MDX is still coming down because most of the costs are in the purchase price so more miles in the denomenator really helps. Civic's been very flat for the last 5 years or so. And I hope the 944's continues to come down, but it's tricky because I don't put a lot of miles on it.

RMills944

Have you ever realized that you aparently like math way too much??

Luis de Prat

$0.18 per mile

This is for my daily driver 83 944, if I average out the miles over the 10 years I've owned it.

tifosiman

If you include all of the crap I have done to it because I wanted to, and not because it needed repair, I'm at a scary $1.50 per mile.

Porsche-O-Phile

Yes, I do this too - I've tabulated all the costs and have everything in a spreadsheet; still have to finish entering in my recent purchases and total it up though. It'll probably end up being about the same cost as a Beech King Air.

Tom R.

you have to subtract the residual value.

after the check from the insurance co it cost $11,100 to drive the red 89 S2 18,000 miles doesnt include gas or insurance. thats about .66 a mile

Paid about 12500 to drive the legend coupe 75000 miles doesnt include gas or insurance, includes timing belt/water pump at 60k, tires, brakes, radiator, and 125 for door handle. thats about .17 a mile

Dave

Tom, on the bright side you have what, ~100 miles on the new S2? You could probably sell it for a grand or two more than you paid for it so I figure your CPM is -$10-20!
I'm probably over $20K into my NA, unfortunately that's over 5.5 years/19K miles, I was ~.50/mile until that $10,000 motor! I try not to think about the residual value doesn't matter since I'm not selling.

pete944

If I figure everything I've done to the car since I bought it I'm looking at a horrifying $3.97 per mile! If I just figure the things that had to be done it would be around $1.65 per mile. Bottom line is that I have to drive it more! I've only put around 3500 miles on it since I bought it but it will be driven a lot more now since it's all finished.

Luis de Prat

Yeah, it helps to drive it, if you care about utility.

I've put 124K miles on the 83 and counting, since I bought it in 1994.

bloodraven

ouchy...mine comes out too a staggering $5.19...of course, i have only driven mine around 150 miles in my year of ownership...if that!

Tom R.

if we dont take into account the residual, i am at $1.38 before sales tax for tne new S2.

i just paid sales tax on the new one. that kills the profit. on the bright side, i bought a 1:24 die cast of a 951 when i got the red S2.

i was bummed the only color i could get it in was gray with a burgandy interior. Now it proudly sits in the display case next to the 1:24 red Z28.

Just gotta get a set of D90s, and a set of Firbird rims for the cars.

visualpascal

I couldn't give you an exact number, but its very close to zero at the moment. However, in the next 3 weeks or so, new clutch, engine, shocks, struts, and a bunch of bushings are going in.

Every thousand miles I'm amazed at how bulletproof these cars can be.

--Chris

tomc_85.5_944

Not counting gas or insurance, I got everyone beat so far. $11.67 per mile since I took ownership in October. Can't wait till I get everything worked out, although I probalby will be at about $15/ mile by then.

the NSX is at about $.95 a mile, and the bike is at about $1.10.
My sunbird, OTOH, is at about $.30....

xsboost90

at about 11,000miles since purchase and $10,000 total, i am awfully close to $1.00 a mile.

UDPride

The 944T is about $3.60/mile over 4yrs.

The 930, well so far Im at $38.96/mile after almost exactly one year. Dont cringe though. Its dropping like an anchor. When I first got it I was at $32,000/mile so theres been an 821 fold improvement.