The Most Unexpected Vehicle Repairs
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to keep your car well maintained, an unexpected repair still happens. Here are the most common:
- Flat or blown tire
- Transmission issue
- Hail damage
- Collision or fender bender
- Overheated engine
- Dead battery
- Failed starter motor
Keep in mind if you are on a budget, that the luxury models will always be more expensive than a standard vehicle to fix when these unexpected repairs are needed. Even a domestic luxury vehicle costs less to repair than a foreign luxury vehicle.
Cost of ownership per mile on average:
- Small sedan – 59.24 cents
- Medium sedan – 70.38 cents
- Subcompact SUV – 67.51 cents
- Compact SUV – 71.04 cents
- Medium SUV – 83.84 cents
- Midsize pickup – 82.44 cents
- Half-ton pickup – $1.10 cents
- Hybrid – 66 cents
- Electric – 84.69 cents
Vehicles always cost more than a monthly payment. The cost of fuel, insurance, licenses, taxes, routine maintenance, repairs and tires need to be taken into consideration when you decide which car meets your needs and your budget. Also keep in mind that they depreciate rapidly.
