Cost of keeping family car soars to €30,000

MOTORISTS spend almost €30,000 to keep a family car on the road for 10 years, the Automobile Association (AA) revealed yesterday.

A family will pay €21,785 in car taxes over 10 years of driving, but when the average 10-year insurance bill of €7,000 is included, the cost rises to €28,785.

"This is an enormous amount of money and it's way over the top," AA public affairs manager, Conor Faughnan said.