expensive months, whats been your worst

[chowiekid]

just done a lil tally up on my 197, to find that last month alone i spent £600 on fuel...
£200 on tax
£200 on service
£248 on two tires
and paid my insurance of £400 for the year...
£1648 in one month on my car, mental
but then i guess next month will just be the 600...
i have to commute in the thing and im always late. and use high octain

meh i love the car tho i think tis well worth it, but then keep thinking to myself clio...

 

[Pasty]

£600 a month on fuel?! wowsers!

Mine was about £800 - cambelt etc, tyres and tax.

 

[EllD90]

Not really car related but Jan payday, phone bills of £60, petrol £60, insurance £800, TV £500. Think I went out as well...close on £1500 spent in one day LOL! Why the hell would you spunk £600 on fuel a month! Crazy!!

 

[lbrench]

Next month mine will be

300ish on fuel
425 on crash damage repair
250 for 2 new tyres
30 quid on show plates
180 on tax
260 on remap

 

[Blighty]

I'm going to have to get tax, service, belts done and bumper sorted all in the upcoming months

 

[chowiekid]

Not really car related but Jan payday, phone bills of £60, petrol £60, insurance £800, TV £500. Think I went out as well...close on £1500 spent in one day LOL! Why the hell would you spunk £600 on fuel a month! Crazy!!

drive alot for work etc, and just got a new job doin my fair share of repping as one of the reps no longer works for us and his area wernt that big so now im doing it to save some money, but then i can claim expensis... still gunna be closeer to 1k on fuel a month!!!!

 

[ben_p]

Mine is going to be a shitty march.

Got;
insurance - £2400
Oil service - £175
Two Rear tyres - £480

Non Essential items - H&R anti roll bars & Supersprint X-Pipe £760

 

[mark_182_54]

october 2004 229,000 lol

 

[swordjo]

Mine is going to be a s**tty march.

Got;
insurance - £2400
Oil service - £175
Two Rear tyres - £480

Non Essential items - H&R anti roll bars & Supersprint X-Pipe £760

Ooof thats more than I paid for my car AND insurance.

Edit: just under actually.

 

[edewer]

this month:
£400 on dephaser/service
£300 on fuel
£120 on tax
£undisclosed amount -on trendlines
£200 on refurb and tyres!

ouch

 

[withnick1]

probably when i got the clio:

clio 1.5 dci 80 £3200.00
insurance £919.00
full tank of juice £55.00
four tyres £200
quick service (air filter, oil filter and oil) £35.00 ish

total: £4409 :O

 

[Leeshez]

This month Feb / March. Tax £215 Cam belt etc £400ish and MOT.

 

[mark_182_54]

probably when i got the clio:

clio 1.5 dci 80 £3200.00
insurance £919.00
full tank of juice £55.00
four tyres £200
quick service (air filter, oil filter and oil) £35.00 ish

total: £4409 :O

how old are you thats a lot for insurance on that isnt it ??

 

[Tony Hunter]

Building a Race car=Every month atm

 

[Chili Red]

£28 insurance
£60 on fuel

 

[Revels]

£600 on fuel?!!

Based on 30MPG and £1.10 a litre.. That's 3600miles?!

 

[seb]

Next month mine will be

300ish on fuel
425 on crash damage repair
250 for 2 new tyres
30 quid on show plates
180 on tax
260 on remap

FLOL you only had your 200 since xmas have you not?

 

[ben_p]

FLOL you only had your 200 since xmas have you not?

LOL.

I bummed a set of brand new conti 3's on the rear of the M3 in 3500 miles

 

[Marv-C]

£600 on fuel?!!

Based on 30MPG and £1.10 a litre.. That's 3600miles?!

In London as well. You need to take this with a large dollop of salt if his previous posts are anything to go by

 

[jdh91]

last month, 400 on alloys, 100 odd on fuel. next month gonna be just as bad, bying springs and tyres.

 

[chowiekid]

In London as well. You need to take this with a large dollop of salt if his previous posts are anything to go by

i drive manchester 4 times a month. and to buckingham 4 times a week...

plus general driving, its hardly anything to be loud about, im complaining about it...

 

[Gally]

You Maz must be more expensive to maintain no?

 

[chowiekid]

You Maz must be more expensive to maintain no?

dont drive it any more awful weather recently

 

[swordjo]

You Maz must be more expensive to maintain no?

His eBay Executive Director wage pays for that.

 

[chowiekid]

His eBay Executive Director wage pays for that.

for a company on ebay, dont work for ebay, i wish, there going broke cuz of the wages there handing out...

 

[-Leigh-]

For January just gone I was looking at;

£300 insurance renewal
£200 service
£50 (or whatever they are) MOT
£190 two front tyres
£350 work for MOT

So I sold the damn car.

 

[withnick1]

how old are you thats a lot for insurance on that isnt it ??

i live about 1 mile out of hulls city centre and im 19. hulls got one of the worst car crime rates in the country (as i found out when my 206 got the lock put through for my cd player the day i uninsured it for bringing the clio back from chester).

the insurance is fully comp, with no voluntry excess with my old man on the policy

 

[.Ben.]

January.

Just car related >>

Clio:
£320 - To fix an oil leak (required new belts to get at the problem)
£170 - New brakes, fluid and lines
£218 - Tax
£120 - 2 new tyres
£90 - Fuel

Elise:
£600 - Respray
£340 - Cambelt service

Focus:
£260 - Cambelt
£200 - 4 tyres

Bad times.

 

[lbrench]

Actually change mine, December = £10000 deposit on Clio 200, 500 quid on fuel, 1995 insurance about a grand on Xmas presents, 1500 for me and my girlfriend to go to new York!! Ouch

 

[realnumber 1]

Next month mine will be

300ish on fuel
425 on crash damage repair
250 for 2 new tyres
30 quid on show plates
180 on tax
260 on remap

Surely that money would be better spent on some advanced driving lessons or something:S.

 

[VIICarCare]

My 1st service of vee ownership, 12k service 2b precise + 2 front tyres ....

£1,300!!

Cambelt due this summer!

 

[AD4M]

december i think..

belts, service and odd bits done - £600.
new disks and pads - £120 (rear).
new tyres all round - £120.
tax - £118 (6 month).
fuel - £100 n odd.
and then christmas presents - £300 ish.

 

[st3ve]

Can't remember tbh as I've been saving since October so just been buying essentials.

Next month will be pricey however, plans are:-

All estimates

172 Cup £4500
Coilovers £400
Custom exhaust and decat £600?
Full Service £100

£5600

That's just to begin with, I am selling the dynamique though.

 

[Sym0n]

I can say without doubt March will be. Gearbox recon.

 

[Da]

Insurance, cam & aux service, CAMS + remap = £2k ish

 

[Addz]

I spent that in a month!

1 x clio V6
1 x paid of mini cooper s
1 x insurance for the vee
2 x back tyres
1 x service and cambelt kit
1 x slr camera
? x lost count of blurry nights out on the lash!

i figured there not many chances i'll get to do it so went a bit mad and spent it all

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

ASTs = £1800
Fuel = £100

 

[rory182]

March 2008 cost me about £150,000 but on the plus side it's over 30 years

 

[Adz89]

Jan has been expensive for me:

Ferrari £90k
Insurance adjustment: £450
Special insurance on some bling: £1,200
Tax: £405
valentines card: £1.20

 

[Snails]

Mine was probably the month after i got mine. Service £190, Cambelt change £300 and a used set of alloys £250.