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darrylbo
By darrylbo | Community user | 1 Post | 5 February 2013 at 5:04pm

Hi Are you able to tell me what it costs per km to run a petrol:

1x 2002 Nissan Caravan van
1x 2009 Mitsubishi L300 Van

Really appreciate it.
thanks Heaps
Darryl

ABayliss
By ABayliss | AA Expert | 2169 Posts | 7 February 2013 at 8:46am

The AA running cost calculations are calculated on a range of similar type vehicles, so the running costs for these vehicles would be .79c per km. However, it must be realised that the biggest component of running a vehicle is depreciation. Therefore, the 2009 vehicle fits closer to the actual moddelling that we do. In reality, the older 2002 vehicle would be less due to the lower value.
Having said that, the IRD allowable rate for all vehicles is .77c per km, so it would place these 2 vehicles in a very similar category.