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Offline scarr89

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How much your car costs you?
« on: 29 April 2012, 12:57 »
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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Offline JC

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #1 on: 29 April 2012, 12:59 »
£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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Offline Steve_PD

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #2 on: 29 April 2012, 13:04 »
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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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #3 on: 29 April 2012, 13:06 »
 :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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Offline jimbooboo

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #4 on: 29 April 2012, 13:07 »
Quote from: Steve_PD on 29 April 2012, 13:04
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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Offline luke

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #5 on: 29 April 2012, 13:08 »
car: £160
tax: £121
insurance: £130 per month
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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #6 on: 29 April 2012, 13:10 »
Quote from: jimbooboo on 29 April 2012, 13:07
Quote from: Steve_PD on 29 April 2012, 13:04
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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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #7 on: 29 April 2012, 13:12 »
 :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Offline bob23

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #8 on: 29 April 2012, 13:16 »
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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Offline R32UK

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Re: How much your car costs you?
« Reply #9 on: 29 April 2012, 13:23 »
£5k on petrol + insurance + road tax.

This has come down significantly recently  :smiley:
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