Car service time
Wilfried serviced my Fusion today. Parts prices have gone up a bit - it was R1613 from Ford for air filter, oil filter, pollen filter, and sump plug and washer (Wilfried reckoned it was time for a new one - that was over R500!). It's at 127000 or so km, so it's just under 15000km since the last service last year. That means I'm driving around 15000km per year, much less than the 25000km per year before Covid (and that extra 10000km would have all been short distance rush-hour traffic, much higher in running cost).
Some stats from Acar/Fuelly, which I use to track all of my car expenses, over the 2 years and 9 months I've owned the car. These include fuel, services, repairs, insurance, and other expenses.
Total running costs: R141731
Running cost/day: R138.14
Running cost/km: R3.99 (lower than the South African reimbursable AA rate, which is R4.18/km)
Fuel cost/km: R1.66
Total distance: 35512km
Average distance per day: 35km
Fuel-ups: 69
Min l/100km: 6 l/100km
Max l/100km: 11.6 l/100km
Total fuel cost: R58672
Total fuel: 3231 litres
Lowest fuel price: R12.86 per litre
Highest fuel price: R27.23 per litre (ouch!!!)