If you purchased the car in Alaska or Hawaii would probably cost more than you expect if you buy, say, Michigan or Ohio, due to the additional transport costs to participate. Natural gas prices are higher in these distant States, so you'd expect a car worth more in the long term.
But why would it cost $ 9,000 more to own and drive a car in Connecticut than in New Hampshire, only 100 or so miles down the road?
The answer is, because New Hampshire has no sales tax, and the cost of everything from fuel and insurance maintenance is lower. So the car will cost $ 29 000 $ 49,890 for five years if you live in Connecticut, but only $ 40,602, if you are in New Hampshire.
Forbes.com slide show: best and worst States to own a car
Where do you live in a big difference in the cost of vehicle ownership – a lesson to remember, next time you buy a new car. The price may vary State to State, thanks to the regional incentives, such as, freight or destination and may vary depending on the distance that the car must be delivered. In addition, it is necessary to consider more than just the sticker price or monthly payment of the lease. The need to ensure it, finance, maintain and keep the tank shall be filled.
Automotive web site Edmunds.com Research allows car customers big picture with its proprietary "real cost of their own" formula, which takes note of where you live for the calculation of your average of five years, depreciation costs, financing, taxes, fees, insurance, fuel costs, maintenance and repair of new and used vehicles.
Forbes, Edmunds ' analysts to come up with the sale of the weighted average of the State, which revealed that New Hampshire, South Dakota, and South Carolina are the best States to own the vehicle, while Hawaii, California and Alaska are the most expensive. The gap between the State, New Hampshire, the cheapest and most expensive, Hawaii, is nearly $ 29.
Forbes.com: 13 common mistakes car purchase
The two biggest factors tend to be taxes and fees and insurance costs. In Oregon, for example, a car buyer pays an average of only $ 129 for the charges, but in Arizona, will pay an average $ 4,346. Insurance is the cheapest in South Dakota ($ 4,723), and the most expensive in Alaska ($ 11,481). In West Virginia and Louisiana, the insurance will run about $ 11,000 more than five years, but pay half that if you live in Georgia or North Dakota.
The cost of maintenance and repair may also affect how much your car will cost over time. Work rates of service technicians in status may vary, for example. And if your State has no sales tax, spare parts will be less. Maintenance and repair will cost on average $ 1 350 more in Maryland than in nearby New Jersey, for example.
You are not likely to go to New Jersey to your car in for service, so if you're in one of these central costs on its own, you can at least compare the total cost of ownership for other vehicle on your shopping list. Remember that buying a more expensive vehicle means that probably pay higher VAT and greater interest in your car loan, which would eventually you more than you.
Forbes.com: Anatomy of a solar car
Forbes.com: the next wave of green cars
Forbes.com: 20 ways you very much
Forbes.com: 12 warning means for investment fraud
© 2011, Forbes.com
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar