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Originally Posted by shertex
Bought the 92 with 138,000 miles six years ago, now have 218,000 miles. Over those 80,000 miles I have spent $15,722 (shhhh, don't tell my wife), or 19.7 cents per mile. Higher than I would like, but oh well.
This includes everything other than fuel. Other than changing my oil, air filter, light bulbs, and power steering fluid, I don't do my own work. Labor rate ranges from 75-100/hr. I am often able to buy the parts from buymbparts, so that helps some.
Hoping to do better with my recently-acquired 91, but we'll see.
What have you found to be the cost per mile with yours?
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Eliminating:
* Purchase price
* Fuel
* Oil changes
My average MB diesel maintenance cost is between:
$3000 divided by 150000 = 0.02 cent per mile.
$4077 divided by 150000 = 0.02718 cent per mile.
There are many factors that do not impact my cost, due to scrapping corroded vehicles = spare parts on the shelf, engines, transmissions, etc, etc...
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