My Contour cost $0.30/mile over 65,000 miles/3 years.
so about $6500 year.
That included gas, insurance, i set of brakes/rotors, 2 sets of tires, oil changes, etc.
I was reimbursed by my company at $0.38 mile for 50k miles over the same time. A total of $19,000/3 years= $6,333.00 year.
I also received 3500 from the insurance company and sold the car for $225.
So $19,500 cost
$22,725 back
I made $3,200.00 after 3 years of ownership.
What makes this work for me is that the Contour is economical to own compared to other similar size/performance cars. It hellped that I had 25 miles to the gallon average with the automatic trans and V6 with a high of 34 and a low of 15.
It's a good car.
My pickup is suffering a little because my average so far is 20MPG, but that may be offset somewhat as the irs reimbursement rate I get is now $0.455 a mile.
