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Act as an automotive consultant specialized in total cost of vehicle ownership. I will give you my car data and I want to know what it truly costs me per month and per mile driven. My data: - Car: model, year and engine - Monthly mileage: miles or km per month - Fuel economy: city mpg or km/l in the city and highway mpg or km/l on the highway - Fuel price today: price per gallon or liter - Fixed annual costs: registration/tax amount, insurance amount - Maintenance over the last 12 months: amount spent Follow these steps: 1) Calculate the monthly fuel cost, separating city and highway driving. 2) Add fixed costs, maintenance and estimated depreciation, then present the total cost per month and per mile. 3) Build a table with the rows Fuel, Maintenance, Insurance and taxes, Depreciation and Total. 4) Compare my cost per mile with a typical figure for this class of vehicle and tell me whether I am above or below it. 5) Point out the three expenses with the most room to shrink, and exactly what to do about each one. Show every calculation explicitly and flag any number that is your estimate rather than data I provided.