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Whats the most amount of money you've lost on a car...
- Thread starter Daz_RT_04
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Bought an ek9 for £7800 sold it to my mate for £6500, then bought an S14a for £4000 and sold it for £4500. Then in my infinate knowledge I bought a renault, spent so far about 1300 on it which i'll never see again, not to count vehicle depreciation. My good fortune had to run out at some point!
Had a starlet gt turbo when i was 18, paid £2800 for it, done 30k in it over 2 years, replaced 2 CV joints and sold it for £2500. I loved that car
Had a starlet gt turbo when i was 18, paid £2800 for it, done 30k in it over 2 years, replaced 2 CV joints and sold it for £2500. I loved that car
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
6 clios probably lost about £20k id rather not count it up for a final figure lol
Short Norman
ClioSport Club Member
997 C4S
Bought a very clean 205 gti for £1200, did a trackday in it and big end bearings went.
Cost about £800 to rebuilt engine plus some other bits sold it two years later for £1150.
Most I've lost is probably £2k in six months on a brand new punto that we got at a heavily discounted price. If we had paid full price for it we would have lost over £5k on it....We are currently loosing £2.5k a year on our 500 abarth with pcp (not too bad I suppose).
Cost about £800 to rebuilt engine plus some other bits sold it two years later for £1150.
Most I've lost is probably £2k in six months on a brand new punto that we got at a heavily discounted price. If we had paid full price for it we would have lost over £5k on it....We are currently loosing £2.5k a year on our 500 abarth with pcp (not too bad I suppose).
Short Norman
ClioSport Club Member
997 C4S
My brother lost £13k in 3 years on a BMW X3.... 4x4's for the win when it comes to depreciation.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
i paid £3700 for my standard clio in jan this year and reckon ive spent another £5-6k on it to where it stands now. there's no way im getting that back lol.
An orange one
My dad bought his m3 brand new in April 08, £54k
He's still got it now, only done 13000 miles but I reckon it would be scary in terms of depreciation, fuel, tax and servicing what it's actually cost, it's probably worth about £25k trade in now....
He says he will never own another one these days, not worth the expense!
He's still got it now, only done 13000 miles but I reckon it would be scary in terms of depreciation, fuel, tax and servicing what it's actually cost, it's probably worth about £25k trade in now....
He says he will never own another one these days, not worth the expense!
BG 182
I had always made money on cars. Cat c 106 Diablo gti with 50k on clock. Paid £500, needed a head gasket which I done and service. Owed me £680. Sold for £2150. Sold it within 2 days to a local lad who had money To burn being in the army. Didn't care about being a cat and was over the moon with
It. Still see it today!
Although lost 3k on supercharged v6 in engine repairs!!!! The exhaust got
Blocked, caused detonation So was recommended it had the lump rebuild/changed.
It. Still see it today!
Although lost 3k on supercharged v6 in engine repairs!!!! The exhaust got
Blocked, caused detonation So was recommended it had the lump rebuild/changed.
totally agree! When i buy a car, in my eyes the money is already gone, i'm not planning on recouping at a later date TBH.
BG 182
For me I have always bought the car I want a the bottom of the pile. Ie the cheapest. Hence a £700cup with 155k on it!!! Regardless of service history and have owned a lot of cat cars. Although now I'm gettin older I have decided my most wanted affordable car is an e46 m3. I know there buyable or around 6500 but I will buy a good one of I do and won't mind spending 10-11k on 1. When I have the money that is!!
BG 182
Spelling/grammar fail!! Thanks iPhone
VIICarCare
ClioSport Club Member
255, 230, 172, R26
Sold my new 197 8 months later, 3k lighter
On my mk5 fiesta ZS...
Car £4500
Engines £6000? (1x replacement 1.6 lump then a FRP lump)
Modifications £5000
Maintenance £3000
All in the space of around 18months, the car was gonna get crushed due to an altercation with the boys in blue... So I swapped it for a Ibiza Cupra which I sold for £3k ... Worst decision ever getting rid of that car, but my hand was forced
Cost me a fortune, since then I haven't learnt and continue to throw money at cars- my current clio included
Car £4500
Engines £6000? (1x replacement 1.6 lump then a FRP lump)
Modifications £5000
Maintenance £3000
All in the space of around 18months, the car was gonna get crushed due to an altercation with the boys in blue... So I swapped it for a Ibiza Cupra which I sold for £3k ... Worst decision ever getting rid of that car, but my hand was forced
Cost me a fortune, since then I haven't learnt and continue to throw money at cars- my current clio included
BMW F21 125d
On my Pug 306 1.6 XS.
In 3 years, including purchase, repairs (Head Gasket, Valve Guide Oil Seals), Crash repairs (Rear Beam, Bumpers) and modifications (Christ, rear beam disc conversion, cams, exhaust, lower than your nan's tits, bodywork mods, spoiler, side skirts, etc etc it just goes on!) it cost me £9,000. It was written off by a moped when parked and I ended up with £2,500 pay out. TBH though it failed MOT the day before so I was happy to see the back of it as it was about to cost me another £500 or so to get it through. Then I was going to whack a 2.0T 405/6 Engine in it.
Said i'd never modify again, that lasted 2 cars, then the 182 came along.
In 3 years, including purchase, repairs (Head Gasket, Valve Guide Oil Seals), Crash repairs (Rear Beam, Bumpers) and modifications (Christ, rear beam disc conversion, cams, exhaust, lower than your nan's tits, bodywork mods, spoiler, side skirts, etc etc it just goes on!) it cost me £9,000. It was written off by a moped when parked and I ended up with £2,500 pay out. TBH though it failed MOT the day before so I was happy to see the back of it as it was about to cost me another £500 or so to get it through. Then I was going to whack a 2.0T 405/6 Engine in it.
Said i'd never modify again, that lasted 2 cars, then the 182 came along.
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
17k in 12 months on a 911. I did go in with my eyes open and knew I'd make a loss though, agree with other above, I'll never expect to make money off a car unless it's a classic, as long as I enjoy them while I have them I'm happy!
Trophy #392
Lost £1500ish on my 225 in about 6 months
I lost a fortune on my 182. Bought for 5k, sold for 3.5k 16 months later after spending probably 2k on unexpected repairs!
My personal favourite though was my first car in Korea. 1995 Hyundai shitebox, bought for 350 quid from a mate, had an accident after a month which cost 200 quid to put right, gearbox died 3 weeks later so scrapped the car and discovered my mate hadn't paid some of the taxes on it. Ended up getting about 15 quid for it after 7 weeks ownership!
My personal favourite though was my first car in Korea. 1995 Hyundai shitebox, bought for 350 quid from a mate, had an accident after a month which cost 200 quid to put right, gearbox died 3 weeks later so scrapped the car and discovered my mate hadn't paid some of the taxes on it. Ended up getting about 15 quid for it after 7 weeks ownership!
