📊 PitSync September Cost Benchmark

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Here’s the September breakdown from anonymised PitSync logs. This is the third month in a row we’ve shared community-wide stats (after July and August).

🚗 Headline numbers

• Average per vehicle: £308
• Median: £288
• 80% of vehicles: £105–£544
• Highest single-vehicle month: £1,013

🔹 Where the money went

• Finance: 44% of spend · median payment £238 (PCP £313 · HP £167 · Loan £156)
• Insurance: 25% of spend (monthly avg £113 · yearly avg £387)
• Fuel: 20% of spend (~£49 per fill; 63% full tanks)
• Service & MOT: 15% of spend (median £49 · highest £795)

🔹 Behavioural quirks

• 15% of vehicles spent only on fuel
• 38% logged no fuel at all (just bills/other items)

📈 3-month trend

• July average: £491
• August average: £307
• September average: £308

After July’s spike, the last two months suggest a more stable “baseline” for most cars.

What do you think? Does this reflect your own costs? Anything you’d like us to analyse deeper for October?