Rent or buy the car?
A rideshare rental against owning: weekly cost with fuel, insurance, servicing and what the car loses in value.
Buy
$354
a week
Rent
—
Add the weekly rent
Renting also means no deposit, a replacement car in repairs, and walking away when you stop. Buying means the car is yours at the end. Check what the rental contract includes, and any bond or excess.
The thinking behind it
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More free tools
- What driving really pays
Your weekly pay, less fuel, wear, car costs, GST and income tax. The hourly rate the apps never show.
- Cents per km or logbook?
Cents per kilometre stops at 5,000 km. See what the logbook method could be worth for the kilometres you really drive.
- What insurance really costs
A premium is a yearly number and you earn by the hour. See it per hour and per kilometre, compare two quotes on excess as well as price, and price what a write-off would actually cost you.
Track it for real.
DriveWise AI works this out from every shift you log, whichever apps you drive for, and builds your car logbook, BAS figures and year-end file as you go.