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Total Cost of Ownership

5-year total cost — including the things people forget: depreciation, insurance jumps, scheduled servicing, registration variance.

What you get

✓Year-by-year depreciation curve (AU market data)
✓Real AU fuel cost based on your km/year + state prices
✓Insurance premium estimates (full comp, age-adjusted)
✓Scheduled service costs (capped servicing where applicable)
✓State registration + CTP cost
✓Side-by-side compare for up to 3 cars

For

Anyone keeping a car 3+ years (most people)

You provide

· Make/model/year (up to 3)
· Your annual km
· State
· Driver age band

vs alternatives: RedBook TCO data: B2B only. Calculating yourself: spreadsheet from hell.

📬 Coming soon

We're shipping reports one at a time, starting with Trade-In Reality Check. Add your email below — we'll let you know when Total Cost of Ownership ($9) is live. Higher signup count = higher priority for this report.

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