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General => General discussion => Topic started by: scarr89 on 29 April 2012, 12:57
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Only really thought about this now the price of fuel is soaring. I wodnered how much I'd spent on my car since owning it now for almost a year...
£3k initial cost
£800 PA insurance
£300 alloys & tyres - after selling the ones that were on there
£250 remap
£250 springs/shocks/engine mount
£200~ detailing products/machine
£100 bigger brakes
£60 boost gauge and other interior bits n pieces
£80~ servicing parts/aerial/oils/sprays/new nuts & gaskets/ancillary parts
£50~ EGR delete
£120~ tools to work on the damn thing
£200 new ARBs
£100 avg P/month diesel = £1200
Total = £6,610...This works out at nearly 1/3 of my salary?! :shocked: I'm going to stop modding my car :lipsrsealed:
Dare some of you to do the same :lipsrsealed:
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£475 - car
£101 - Insurance :smug:
£400 - wheels and tyres
£20 - spares off here.
£150 - suspension and another set of wheels
almost as much as your insurance :grin:
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ummm am not even going to list everything Ive spent in the last 4 years :lipsrsealed: Id be here all day :grin:
Including buying the car its most properly over 22k :lipsrsealed:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: wuss
but £ per mile steve yours would work out better than a fair few on here :wink:
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ummm am not even going to list everything Ive spent in the last 4 years :lipsrsealed: Id be here all day :grin:
Including buying the car its most properly over 22k :lipsrsealed:
How do you sleep at night?
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car: £160
tax: £121
insurance: £130 per month
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ummm am not even going to list everything Ive spent in the last 4 years :lipsrsealed: Id be here all day :grin:
Including buying the car its most properly over 22k :lipsrsealed:
How do you sleep at night?
Strongbow . . . . . . . .
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This is all for 1 year
My car £1400
Petrol £4900
Insurance with interest for paying monthly £980
service parts, oil, spark plugs, filters ect £150 ish
Tyre £25
Mot £40 no work needed to pass :smiley:
Road tax £230
There willbe other things I can't remember, but this is close enough.
So that's £7,725 just to run a car for a year, no modifying, that is over half my yearly wage! :cry: :cry: :cry:
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£5k on petrol + insurance + road tax.
This has come down significantly recently :smiley:
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£5k on petrol + insurance + road tax.
This has come down significantly recently :smiley:
I forgot all about road tax...that's another 140squid!
5k on petrol? Oh my god...I feel sorry for you :sad:
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I spend that on diesel a year plus £1300 on the severn brigade tolls
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I spend that on diesel a year plus £1300 on the severn brigade tolls
I just threw up in my mouth.
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I might moan about my cars, but they've cost a lot less than what most of the cars listed so far have :grin: Not had any reason to moan about the Passat thus far and doubt I would, I just don't think of the £50 I use on my weekly commute of 150 miles :laugh:
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£5k on petrol + insurance + road tax.
This has come down significantly recently :smiley:
I forgot all about road tax...that's another 140squid!
5k on petrol? Oh my god...I feel sorry for you :sad:
oops that was meant to read £5k inc petrol insurance and tax :grin:
Although during the R32 days it probably was 5k
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Car £150
Tax £106
Insurance £300 PA
fuel £30 pw
WIN
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Car...£10.500 (not gonna say anymore so don't ask)
Insurance....£0
Tax....0
Fuel....£140 - £160 monthly
Wheels....£1100ish
Think that's about it!!
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I still spend roughly £700 a month on fuel
Painful
Also if i roughly add up what ive spent on cars in my life it goes over £100k very quickly and i stop!
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Car =£1000
Petrol =£2100
Insurance =£175
Servicing =£80 (twice a year)
tyres =£0 so far
MOT =£40
misc parts/bulbs etc £50
Tax =£230
Total =£3755
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It is a scary amount really...only one thing I could think that people spend more money on, a house :lipsrsealed:
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I'm about £5k a year on petrol... but I bought a GTI for one reason. To drive it! I know I could save money by getting a diesel or by cutting down my mileage (or by simply not using the power) but I absolutely love driving the car so I don't grudge what I spend on it. My car is my one big passion and it's also my daily transport so I'd rather be paying for something I love than paying less for something I don't.
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I don't want to cry so Im nOt gonna ever start to add it up
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I don't want to work it out but no one has included depreciation...some very cheap cars so won't apply for some...expensive bits of kit...we all have a choice so could buy a 1L car for little money but I know I'd be miserable driving it so I'll stick with my Cupra r..
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Oh i don't know, quite like those little 1L Glanza's..
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Car 1600
Petrol 4k this year 5-6k for thr last two
tax 200ish per year
mots 50ish
servicing stuff i.e oils filters ect 40-50 per service x4
alloys/valance/flocked bits/carbon bits/coilovers/other mods 700ish
iinsurance 3k first year 2k second year 1 k this year
tyres 1k
little things like bulbs ect proberbly 100ish
Over 22k over the last almost 3 years :lipsrsealed:
that is seriously depressing
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From December 11,,
Car 2k
Cambelt + water pump £250
Insurance £1200
Fuel £50 a week
New clutch £450
Intercooler, turbo, fuel pump and all the rest modding, £1000+
R32 body kit £600
Wheels + tyres £700
That's all for now but got map ontop of all that :( sounds bad best start doing overtime
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Car 1600
Petrol 4k this year 5-6k for thr last two
tax 200ish per year
mots 50ish
servicing stuff i.e oils filters ect 40-50 per service x4
alloys/valance/flocked bits/carbon bits/coilovers/other mods 700ish
iinsurance 3k first year 2k second year 1 k this year
tyres 1k
little things like bulbs ect proberbly 100ish
Over 22k over the last almost 3 years :lipsrsealed:
that is seriously depressing
I didn't mean to cause upset and dismay my friend...Chin up. Atleast you are a cooler cat than 90% of other road users in a quicker than a quick thing mk4 :laugh: :grin:
But I am going to seriously curb my addiction to modding as of immediately.
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I kept a record for my Golf but haven't really done one for the Aldi
It goes something like this off the top of my head
Car: £15K
Remap: £200.00
Rear lights: £350.00
Wheels: £250.00
Dension: £120.00
New headlight bulbs: £40
Interior LED's: £40
Servicing - under £250 in 20 months - that's two services and a set of brake pads
Tax: £165.00 a year
Insurance: £500 per year
New injectors: FOC - thank you Audi
Carbon wrapping bits:£35.00
Headlight tint: £40.00
Fuel: Dare not add it up :cry:
Probably missed out a few things but I haven't spent no where near as much on this car as the Golf
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Car: £3.5k
Wheels: £200 (kept old set)
New interior £80
Tax £140 a year (?)
Rear discs and pads £50
Fuel: Over £3k if i carry on how I am.
Bought the car about 10 months ago and have done 20k in it!
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Car: £3.5k
Wheels: £200 (kept old set)
New interior £80
Tax £140 a year (?)
Rear discs and pads £50
Fuel: Over £3k if i carry on how I am.
Bought the car about 10 months ago and have done 20k in it!
At least you will be getting your monies worth!
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Yeah although I'm significantly poorer swapping my 30 mile round trip commute to a 100 mile round trip :(
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I actually keep two spreadsheets for both cars, and put in all monies spent on everything, from fuel to purchase price to service,tax, insurance etc... I also put in the miles every time i spend, and for the two cars i then can work out the MPG each time i fill up (can be useful for diagnosing probs too like when the brakes were binding, the mpg went down by 10mpg so i looked into it!) .
For the Golf i have spent 33p every mile i have covered, and since 2005 when i started i have averaged 32mpg, in 2009 average price per mile was 12p, now it is 19p.
For the Fox, i have spent £1.80 every mile, but that does include the cost of the csr too, and it is coming down very quickly. Average 43mpg
I can provide a copy of the excel if anyone wants to be as sad as me and keep track of everything?!
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^ That sounds like a really sensible thing to do...I may consider this. Could still do with the the mileage off the V5 and then some rough guesstimates on the fuel costs...
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I think if i owned a new car i might be interested in doing this over a year or 2 to see how it goes but my car is 16 years old now and i can't be bothered.
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I bought a Mk3 Gti in September for £235......
My spending on it since has topped £2k and it ain't even seen the road yet :sick:
Don't dare ask me to make a list of purchases..... :cry:
I really should be in a straight jacket!!
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i just stick in the go go juice and be done with it.
Drive the 1.3 ibiza like a little old lady
Drive the 8v Gti like i stole it
it all evens its self out :laugh:
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This year so far the Octavia in fuel, insurance and repairs etc has cost me £552.01, miles covered so far 995 this is up todate @ the end of April.
As for money spent since buying it, giving up keeping a record now.
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995 is two weeks driving for me!
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My first golf cost 3800 sold for 1300, got 1.8t for 2700 then insure 900 and that's were I'm going to stop :grin:
All I know is its cos me ££££££££££ but puts a smile on my face every time I get init and it's not even mapped yet :evil:
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My current ABF Cordoba
£425 Purchasing
£55 MOT
£55 Servicing
£0 Tax
£640 Insurance P/A
£3000 Fuel P/A
£4175
The New Cordoba VR6
£750 Purchase
Tax'd and MOT'd already.
Insurance covered under above cost as it's trade policy.
£1,000,000,000,000,000,000 FUEL Per Month LOL :laugh:
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My current ABF Cordoba
£425 Purchasing
£55 MOT
£55 Servicing
£0 Tax
£640 Insurance P/A
£3000 Fuel P/A
£4175
The New Cordoba VR6
£750 Purchase
Tax'd and MOT'd already.
Insurance covered under above cost as it's trade policy.
£1,000,000,000,000,000,000 FUEL Per Month LOL :laugh:
you must be driving the vr6 like miss daisy :grin: :grin: :grin:
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My current ABF Cordoba
£425 Purchasing
£55 MOT
£55 Servicing
£0 Tax
£640 Insurance P/A
£3000 Fuel P/A
£4175
The New Cordoba VR6
£750 Purchase
Tax'd and MOT'd already.
Insurance covered under above cost as it's trade policy.
£1,000,000,000,000,000,000 FUEL Per Month LOL :laugh:
157604412923561859 gallons per month? I think your being a bit optimistic there! surely you use more than that? or do you only do 15 miles per month in it? :grin:
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I can provide a copy of the excel if anyone wants to be as sad as me and keep track of everything?!
Yes please mate, I'll send you a PM with my Email :wink:
GT TDI..
£2650 Purchase price
£0 MOT (due next month)
£249 Full Service
£268 Supply and fit new rear door lock unit/motor
£500 Leather recaros
£300 Parts/mods
£350 Tyres, set of 4
£71.50 Tax (needs re-taxing end of this month too)
£476 Insurance P/A
No idea on fuel costs
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You lot are mental totting everything up. I think I'd rather not know, ignorance is bliss and all that :sick: