GigWageTruth

Warning: Based on your stats

You are driving 500 miles per week. At the standard deduction rate, you are putting $362 of wear and tear on your car every single week!

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True Cost Per Mile

Stop treating your gas limit as your total cost.

Depreciation

$0.18

Invisible loss per mile

Maintenance

$0.09

Tires, brakes, oil

Gas & Oil

$0.15

Direct wallet hit

For most sedans, you are losing around 45 cents to 70 cents per mile driven. For 2026, the IRS standard mileage rate is 72.5ยข per mile. We use this as an estimation proxy, not tax advice. It is actually highly accurate to the real cost if you use a depreciating asset.

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