What do people spend on their cars ?

[Rojer]

Not been pointless for me I have enjoyed chatting to people and hearing people’s views and experiences 🤷‍♀️

I wasn't aiming that at you if you thought i was, also im on your side. I'm saying spend the money and enjoy it

 

[BaileyWolves]

No mate wasn’t targeted sorry it was just said the thread is pointless mate no offence meant i was just saying it’s good to hear different views from all sides after all we’re all different and it’s good to hear people’s experiences 👍

 

[AdDaMan]

I'm assuming this is directed at me?

Correct me if I'm wrong?

You sound like the type of guy who is going to leave a lot of money in his will.

 

[Gouldy]

You sound like the type of guy who is going to spend a lot of money on holidays

Edited for you.

 

[AdDaMan]

Edited for you.

Fairs.

 

[MarkCup]

Statistically you're more like to be killed as a pedestrian than you are riding a motorcycle on the road.

You missed out chart 7 which kind of disproves this point by quite a margin...

 

[imprezaworks]

Never gonna win against mark when its graph time.

 

[MLB]

Mines booked in Friday for a service and a few bits and bobs just to keep it right, now I am thinking what else can I get done 🙈 clearly I haven’t spent enough 😂

Time for that diff..

 

[BaileyWolves]

Don’t mate 🙈 I don’t drive it hard enough to benefit one to be honest but would be class !!! I think 182 manifold will be next on the New Years list

 

[Gouldy]

You missed out chart 7 which kind of disproves this point by quite a margin...

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Not it doesnt. Chart 7 shows fatalities for passengers / miles.

 

[Krarl]

Speaking of spending money on cars. Does anyone else just buy things because they're a good price and it might come in handy one day?😂

 

[jenic]

The Herald, which I own with a friend, was purchased for £300 and we gave ourselves a budget of £3000 to fix it up. In the 2 years we spent restoring it we spent £12k, and that includes no bodywork and all labour was done ourselves except a couple of hundred quid of machine shop time. We did end up with the most sound Herald chassis and engine on the road today, but with a rusty shell on top, then we ruined the sound chassis and engine driving it half way around the world and back

 

[Craigy69k]

Since buying car three months ago...
£550 timing belt, dephaser,wp change.
£50 injector
£70 lambda sensors
£150 service parts, oil, filter, coilpack, plugs

£300 lighter today after a new starter motor after it decided to die at the fuel pump yesterday

 

[AdDaMan]

I bought my most recent 'project' car for about £1800 approx 2.5years ago. Since then spent about 21k on it. 😂

 

[stonejedi]

It gets whatever it needs.

This! and my cars always turn Into projects so they end up needing quite a lot Lol....As my dear Dad use to say to me "he is going to be the poorest man in the graveyard" You can't spend money when your dead thats for sure.

 

[dann2707]

You missed out chart 7 which kind of disproves this point by quite a margin...

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Contrary to popular belief, the casualty rate being high for cyclists is actually from each others dicks they smash after each ride.

 

[hipwell]

Since buying my civic I've spent about 1500 quid on it to get it to a standard I wanted.

Mugen grill
Mugen spoiler
Double din head unit with a decent amp and door speakers
Cobra sport cat back

Luckily it already came modded with an ecutec remap, mfactory LSD, fresh wheel refurb and a hks induction kit

My plan now is just to keep it in great condition and maintain anything which needs doing, hopefully as it's a mega rare colour (sapphire blue) I'll not loose too much when the time comes.

 

[MLB]

Ow I've seen a sapphire blue civic just yesterday, didn't know it was so rare, stunning colour!

 

[adamlstr]

I'm over here with the other Evo owners laughing/crying in the corner.

 

[frayz]

Oddly i've spent more on the Clio in the last 6 months than i have on the Cayman R in 3 years.
Now resembling something akin to "Triggers Broom".

However i do have to buy tyres for the Cayman in the spring and that's a grand, so the Clio is cheap to run and play with

 

[hipwell]

Ow I've seen a sapphire blue civic just yesterday, didn't know it was so rare, stunning colour!

Yeh beautiful colour, I paid over the odds for it but there was only 112 made so I wanted the exclusivity of it.

I believe they did a similar colour in the type S for a longer run, but they look nowhere near as good as the R

 

[BaileyWolves]

I loved my civic and on subject spent a fortune on it had the benefit of it being a 1 owner low mileage ep3 so did get a decent return back , sapphire blue is a lovely car and rare too

 

[Rystar]

Bought the car nearly 4 years ago for £1500.
Not wanting to count up too much, it's had three replacement gearboxes (current one with quaife) so thats around £5-6K before I even think about any of the other mods I've done.

Don't ever count up, it'll make you financially invested to the point you won't let go 'because money' rather than emotionally invested in a car you enjoy owning

 

[stonejedi]

Since buying my civic I've spent about 1500 quid on it to get it to a standard I wanted.

Mugen grill
Mugen spoiler
Double din head unit with a decent amp and door speakers
Cobra sport cat back

Luckily it already came modded with an ecutec remap, mfactory LSD, fresh wheel refurb and a hks induction kit

My plan now is just to keep it in great condition and maintain anything which needs doing, hopefully as it's a mega rare colour (sapphire blue) I'll not loose too much when the time comes.

.

 

[GrahamS]

I keep sum on the cup, it's large, too much.

 

[Jaff.]

in the 12 years and 30k miles ive owned it, including purchase cost (£4k) this thing has me at over £30k.

and it still doesnt work. probably needs another £1k spent on it to get it working properly again.

do i regret it? sometimes, but then i look at what i learned whilst building it and the knowledge is invaluable and leads me to doing things like this...

total money spent on this is less than £5k including buying both cars and related bits
Again - time spent learning out the garage on this is priceless as well as having something to get out of the house for and away fromt he family a few times a week.

both of these over 6 years of ownership cost me easy £30k from brand new. so thats the "buying a new car to save money" argument down the pan, total milage in these 2 was about 45k so not great value for money.

I actually used to keep a cost app for the blue one until it just got too much - >£1.50 per mile was demoralising. and that was the cheaper one of the two over the 3 years if you consider cost per mile.
both werent modified apart form a £100 splitter on the red one and they only had money spent on them when they needed something like servicing etc.
I regret these 2 a little more as thats £350 a month for circa.72 months that wasnt really good value for money despite the cars both being fantastic.

which leads me onto my current daily driver which cost £5k and doesnt get modified and barely moves so provides suitable value for money so far, although i have a potentially expensive repair on it soon.

V8 noises will forever keep me happy though
plus its not really my daily driver, i'm chauffeur driven to work these days
normally in one of these...

I didnt pay for the stickers


I started this post as a bit of a joke but its actually made me realise where ive wasted money over the years even when i thought I wasnt wasting money.

but as has been said you cant spend it when your 6 feet under so no point taking it with you - never get into any debt with mods though, thats a slippery slope. I have other hobbies that cost me money these days too so cars have just become another one of them. if theres money to be spent it will go on one or the other. as long as i get some snowboarding in a few times a year then the car will have money spent on it. the mortgage will be paid when its paid, itl be done before im 40 anyway.


10 years to go!


Edit - f**k me i just added up roughly how much ive spent on cars over the last 12 years and i missed out about £7k's worth of cars in this post and the total comes to about £75k.

Mental!... cant take it with you

 

[BaileyWolves]

Love it !! At least your trains run !!! They are the bain if my life I work on the railway and it’s more than challenging in the Midlands at present

 

[Jaff.]

Love it !! At least your trains run !!! They are the bain if my life I work on the railway and it’s more than challenging in the Midlands at present

yeah theyre fairly reliable. not really travelled with this new timetable yet though so im sure that has some fun in store. when it goes bad thats your day ruined though.
nothing more humbling than a 2 hour commute on a good day on one of those shitboxes!

 

[Sash]

If it makes anyone feel better I’ve spent over £4,500 just in fuel since April. 😳🔫

Roughly 4-5 services - £175
6 tyres - £490
Wishbones - £176
Brakes - £250
Aux belt kit - £58

It’s a bloody good job I do 99% of the labour myself too!!

not to mention insurance of which Adrian Flux have me over a barrel for and there’s bound to be things I’ve forgotten


*before anyone pipes up* yes I know I do a lot of miles for work.

 

[Pep]

Bought my M3 in May, spent probably £3k on it, and needs another couple early part of next year to get it perfect body and mechanically.

Actually just worked it out, I've spent £3800 on small modifications, servicing and maintenance in 8 months.
My M2 was costing £500 a month on the PCP payments so interestingly over the same period I would have only 'paid' an extra £200!

Once I have spent another £2k however it will have had all of the big jobs done and be in great condition so it should actually be pretty cheap motoring after that. However the problem being if I keep it long enough to be on the right side of the value put into it!

If I add up what the M3 and my bike have cost me over the last 8 months, every single cost including trackdays but excluding original purchase prices it's north of £20k......I've had 8 euro bike trackdays, a nurburgring trip and 14 UK trackdays of fun, plus the normal commuting etc, tough question to say if it's worth it......ouch.

 

[Starlet_gt]

My van I've not spent much other than 2.2k on an electric bed and servicing bits and Bob's.

Started trackdays on my motorbike last year. Bought a track bike and various other bits like a trailer and including the trackdays it's probably cost over 7k last year!

 

[GrahamS]

Ironically even before I started my current "build" on the cup I decided enough is enough, so once it's done in Feb I'm calling it a day on modifying. As much as I love cars more than anything, the modifying is my one and only major burden, both financially and as a tax on my spare time. Knowing this is the last chance I'll probably ever get to do something like this it's the last hurrah but I'm excited for the financial relief when it's done!

 

[BaileyWolves]

I had a full service today and a few jobs done , my arb bushes have perished so in true Bailey fashion I am polybushing everything on Tuesday 🙈 is there a counselling line I can call there could be a divorce on the cards 😂

 

[MarkCup]

At least the 140 is a little cheaper than the RS...

 

[Ianboom]

I'm sad. I have a similar list for the Clio 197 and 200 we have, and as for the Westfield I built, I itemised every penny!!
I used to have a PCP Ford (had Focus, Fiesta etc) but after they tried to steal my Fiesta ST, I've stuck to old cars. The 182 has cost me £50 a month, whereas my Fiesta was £250.

I'm not getting into the bike discussion, but for those know their 80's bikes, I'm rebuilding an RD350LC, this is currently up to £7500 an not near finishing.

Clio 182
Number	Date	Item	Price	Total
	23/12/2017	Clio 182	1200.00	1200.00
1	21/10/2587	Tailgate solenoid	11.25	1211.25
2	25/07/2018	Clutch kit	99.00	1310.25
3	25/07/2018	Tyreweld 400ml	5.98	1316.23
4	10/12/2018	Aux belt kit	51.23	1367.46
5	13/09/2018	Steering boot	6.93	1374.39
6	29/01/2018	Fir tree clips	0.99	1375.38
7	16/06/2018	3M wet or dry	2.86	1378.24
8	16/06/2018	Polishing pads	3.49	1381.73
9	04/08/2018	Tailgate solenoid	9.00	1390.73
10	21/12/2018	Reg plate	11.99	1402.72
11	28/06/2018	Trim clips	2.49	1405.21
12	25/11/0218	Tailgate struts	12.55	1417.76
13	18/02/2018	DAB	59.00	1476.76
14	21/02/2018	Wipers 2x24"	16.99	1493.75
15	17/02/2018	DAB aerial conns	3.98	1497.73
16	27/03/2018	Tyres	240.00	1737.73
17	08/05/2018	Tailgate solenoid	12.50	1750.23
18	31/05/2018	Clutch cable	68.09	1818.32
19	05/06/2018	Brembo frt brakes	65.24	1883.56
20	20/06/2018	Hazard switch	6.99	1890.55
21	15/03/2019	Exhaust clamp	6.00	1896.55
22	15/03/2019	oil and filter	31.99	1928.54
23	15/03/2019	springs	25.00	1953.54
24	20/04/2019	injectors	26.00	1979.54
25	15/07/2019	plugs	28.76	2008.30
26	15/07/2019	cam belt kit	103.29	2111.59
27	15/07/2019	gearbox mount	16.99	2128.58
28	23/07/2019	service parts	27.85	2156.43
29	23/07/2019	aux pulley	140.11	2296.54
	18/07/2019	dog bone mount	36.00	2332.54
	01/08/2019	air con recharge	37.99	2370.53
	01/08/2019	exhaust mounts	37.54	2408.07
	18/09/2001	MOT	0	2408.07
	18/09/2019	rear pads	13.99	2422.06
	21/09/2019	MOT retest	14.99	2437.05

 

[BaileyWolves]

No way mate I had a rd350 when I was 18 my all time favourite bike !!! I was like Tom cruise round lympstone barracks !!!! Would love to see some pics of your restoration!!!

 

[Mr Underhill]

Bought my Clio 182 in 2017 for £1,275, spent £600 on service, cambelt, dephaser, water pump and aux belts. Drove it for 6 months then sold it to a mate for £1,275. So I’m £600 down.

My mate then sold it back to my son for £1,000 12 mths later. My son got bored of it and sold it back to me for £500 a few months ago 😂

So by my calculations the car owes me £1,100 which isn’t a bad place to be in given the market for these is still going strong.

On saying that, I’ve just bought some 16” Turini’s for £350 and i’m about to get the paintwork done and the exhaust is on it’s last legs. 🙈

Still , it’s cheap motoring given the tens of thousands I’ve blown buying modern high performance cars over the last decade.

Now if I compare that to my Clio 182 Track Car, that’s a totally different story 🙈

 

[imprezaworks]

Just replaced the panel filter, £8.

 

[Usr117063]

Just replaced the panel filter, £8.

Should of just scraped it, waste of money

 

[Hyperhatch]

Just about to spend more on a LSD and gearbox refresh than I did on buying the Clio. That’s the cheap track car I don’t use often. I know how much I’ve spent on it in total and it’s embarrassing.

But today i’m annoyed as I spent £32 on a heater fan resister for the Mrs 2015 Mini Countryman. FFS that’s £32 away from the Clio fund! Anyone would think she drives the children around in it or something.....