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mo_focus,Dec 4 2007, 08:52 PM Wrote:I dont keep tracks of what I spend on the cars.  But i think its a great idea to do so. So do you have a spreadsheet or anything?
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yea. its nothing fancy. just an excel spreadsheet with 4 columns.. date, vehicle mileage, category, price, comment

for example, if i got gas i would put in 12/2/2007, 74,145, Fuel, $43.11, 24mpg mixed driving

or if i changed the oil i would put in 12/2/2007, 74,145, service, $20, changed oil with OE filter and 4qt shell rotella T 3550 mi change interval

there's really nothing more to it other than remembering to enter it in when you spend the money.

i keep track of every penny i spent, down to registration cost.

i did this with the focus and the integra (my other subaru and vw i didn't keep long enough to spend money on) and i found that the integra was much cheaper per mile than everything else, and the focus was similar in cost to the wrx (on a per mile basis) mostly because i was a moron and spent a bit of money trying to modify it

i plan to keep the wrx for around 2 more yr. when all is said and done i'm going to take that cost and compare it to leasing a 3 series for a comparable amount of time (3 series has free maintenance)... if the all in cost of keeping the wrx was the same as having a new 3 series, i'm running straight to the nearest bmw dealer..

EDIT: otherwise.. time for a lightly used STi