Car Running Costs: Kia Sedona

Below are our fuel costs for the 2002 Kia Sedona (2.9L diesel), showing the miles per gallon and cost per mile (fuel only). Read more about the mismatch between published and real mpg figures.

Date	Mileage	Litres	Cost	MPG	Cost/Mile (£)
2010-02-02	101953	62	70.58	-	-
2010-03-08	102446	61.53	66.42	36	0.135
2010-05-08	102881	62.45	76.76	31	0.176
2010-07-04	103388	60.88	73	37	0.144
2010-08-30	103874	63.44	76.7	34	0.158
2010-11-10	104334	54.98	63.77	38	0.139
2010-12-24	104672	42.56	52.73	36	0.156
2011-01-28	105152	59.1	70.01	37	0.146
2011-03-26	105619	59.2	81.64	35	0.175
2011-05-09	106165	65.14	92.44	38	0.169
2011-06-18	106685	60.16	82.24	39	0.158
2011-07-16	107161	64.48	89.56	33	0.188
2011-08-05	107685	60.88	84.56	39	0.161
2011-08-10	108026	50.04	70.01	31	0.205
2011-08-14	108524	66.37	91.52	34	0.184
2011-09-24	109081	61.49	87.26	41	0.157
2011-10-09	109515	57.38	77.98	34	0.180
2011-10-27	110055	61.86	84.56	39	0.157
2011-11-22	110562	68.86	97.02	33	0.191
2011-12-18	111138	70.35	99.13	37	0.172
2012-01-21	111700	68.64	98.5	37	0.175
2012-02-10	112028	39.85	55.75	37	0.170
2012-04-08	112529	56.93	83.63	40	0.167
2012-05-02	113100	70.04	100.79	37	0.177
2012-05-23	113652	60.39	84.49	41	0.153
2012-06-09	114077	59.92	68.25	32	0.161
2012-06-27	114601	63.57	85.76	37	0.164
2012-07-25	115182	68.12	92.58	38	0.159
2012-08-12	115712	57.6	80.58	41	0.152
2012-08-29	116237	67.63	95.29	35	0.182
2012-09-22	116793	63.85	91.88	39	0.165
2012-10-09	117247	56.54	80.23	36	0.177
2012-11-11	117796	64.62	91.06	38	0.166
2012-12-24	118309	62.03	85.54	37	0.167

Total running costs (fuel+repairs, services). The second column "Cum p/mile all costs" tells us what we spent (on average so far since purchase, per mile) to use our car.

Miles post purchase	Cum p/mile all costs	cum p/mile repairs	cum p/mile fuel	All Cum. costs £	fuel cum. costs £	Repairs cum. costs £
460	126.3	126.3	0	581	0	581
493	131.32	117.8	13.47	647	66.42	581
700	93.14	93.1	0	652	0	652
900	77.56	77.6	0	698	0	698
928	90.64	75.2	15.43	841.18	143.18	698
1387	64.82	64.8	0	899	0	899
1435	77.71	62.6	15.06	1115.18	216.18	899
1921	62.04	46.8	15.25	1191.88	292.88	899
2381	52.74	37.8	14.98	1255.65	356.65	899
2719	48.12	33.1	15.06	1308.38	409.38	899
3199	43.09	28.1	14.99	1378.39	479.39	899
3600	25.25	25.2	0	909	0	899
3666	40.1	24.8	15.3	1470.03	561.03	909
4212	37.1	21.6	15.5	1562.47	653.47	909
4732	34.76	19.2	15.5	1644.71	735.71	909
4767	40	40	0	1907	0	909
5208	52.46	36.62	15.85	2732.27	825.27	1907
5732	49.14	33.27	15.87	2816.83	909.83	1907
6073	47.54	31.4	16.13	2886.84	979.84	1907
6571	45.33	29.0	16.3	2978.36	1071.36	1907
7128	43.01	26.7	16.25	3065.62	1158.62	1907
7350	44.01	28.2	0	3234.7	1158.62	2076.08
7543	43.15	27.8	0	3254.7	1158.62	2096.08
7642	43.72	27.4	16.29	3341.3	1245.26	2096.08
8182	41.87	25.6	16.29	3425.9	1329.82	2096.08
8689	40.54	24.1	16.29	3522.9	1426.84	2096.08
Miles post purchase	Cum p/mile all costs	cum p/mile repairs	cum p/mile fuel	All Cum. costs £	fuel cum. costs £	Repairs cum. costs £

I find it quite interesting that our actual figures correspond so well to the estimates used and that I cited by Willis & Garrod research 15-20 years ago; ie, the actual running costs are 2.5x the fuel costs.

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