The conflict in the tire industry, after weeks of uncertainty, ended up generating a serious lack of stock in the market. Therefore, even up to now change the four covers in one van or car became an impossible issue to solve, both due to lack of inventory and prices.
The situation is more complex when taking into account two specific situations: trucks are work tools, many kilometers are covered per month and tire wear is greater and faster. To this is added that keeping them in good condition is essential to ensure safetyand you can not take risks behind the wheel.
That is why this situation that the sector is experiencing reached homes and there is a lot of concern in people when thinking about how much it costs to maintain a vehicle and how much they will have to save to change the tires. In more, when that moment arrives, if they will find the measure they need.
we went out to find out how much does it cost to maintain a toyota hilux van per month, the most sold in the segment of 0 km and usedand also, we did a review of how much it will take to change the tires.
Maintaining a Toyota Hilux: more than $1 million a year
To contemplate the basic expenses of having a Toyota Hilux in the garage at home, we consider the patent, insurance and service. Only in patent (there may be changes by province as it is a work vehicle), the expense will be $321,600, that is, $26,800 a month.
To this must be added the safe, which comes out for a full third about $17,000 per month, plus the service, which is $39,700 at 10,000 kilometers.
Maintaining a van costs more than $70,000 per month
In addition to these expenses, there are other monthly costs to consider such as combustiblewhich depends on the use that users give it and the number of kilometers traveled per month, in addition to the garage (if you do not have private) and washing.
In fuel, a minimum calculation that is made is how much is spent to circulate 15,000 kilometers a year, which in the case of the entry-level Hilux, with a smaller engine, implies spending $16,000 per month on common diesel or $21,000 in the Premium (which is recommended).
In this way, the cost will be as follows:
- Patent: $26,800
- Insurance: $17,000
- Service: $3.308 – $39.700
- Combustible: $16.000 / $21.000
- Garage: $13,000
- Washes: $3,000 (two per month)
The total of these expenses adds up to $79,108 a month with the cheapest fuel or $84,100 with the most expensive, that is, about $949,000 or $1,009,000 a year depending on the chosen one.
Top-of-the-range Toyota Hilux: up to $1.4 million a year
In the case of choosing a Hilux 4X4 SRX 2.8 TDI, with an automatic gearbox, which is one of the most equipped (follows the sports version), the price is $11.571.000, which implies paying $578,000 in patent, that is, about $48,000 per month.
To this must be added the safe, That comes out about $26,000 for an all-risk, plus fuel costs, which amounts to the type of 2.8 engine in this version. In this case, $24,480 or $27,750 will be spent for the Premium.
Changing the tires of a truck can cost $1 million
With the rest of the expenses, the total cost per month will be as follows:
- Patent: $48,000
- Insurance: $26,000
- Service: $3.308 – $39.700
- Combustible: $24.480 / $27.750
- Garage: $13,000
- Washes: $3,000 (two per month)
This implies spending up to $117,780 or $120,000 per month depending on the chosen fuel, which rises to $1,400,000 per year.
Tire costs: up to $1 million
Every 50,000 kilometers, vehicle users are recommended to change the tires, since they wear out and increase insecurity. Right now, it’s a key issue, as not only are there no models, but prices have skyrocketed.
In the case of a truck, it is likely that 50,000 km will arrive much faster because they usually drive more than 15,000 km per month, more if they are for work.
In this sense, considering the cheapest products on the marketthe value to change the 4 tires will be $600,000 averagewhile the most expensive and of good quality, have a cost of $1 million .
In this way, if about 50,000 km are done in 3 years, it will be necessary to save about $27,000 per month to be able to change them when the time comes (not counting the increase due to inflation).