plynchy

Quiet at work tonight, so going through the huge file of receipts and history I have for my Saff. I've had it nearly 11 years, so plenty of work in that time.
Anyone want to have a guess what the grand total will be....heres a starter, in 2002 I spent £4645.05 on the bastard.


This is turning into a very bad idea...

89xr2

25k

plynchy

I fookin hope not!!
There was a post on here last week about someone asking about the running costs....fookin scary.

89xr2

Its only £2300 a year so I wouldnt be suprised if you've spent that or more in 11 years

plynchy

Right, done it! These are the costs, not including fuel/tax/MOT or insurance. This car was used daily from 95-97 then only from May-October after that. Done about a dozen track days in all and was standard power until 2002.
1995- £276.57
1996- £930.54
1997- £466.14
1998- £385.22
1999- £423.98
2000- £188.66
2001- £1010.70
2002- £4645.05
2003- £462.87
2004- £1307.83
2005- £833.67
2006- £188.96 so far.

Works out at £11,120.19. Fookin hell. Most of the maintenance was done by me as well, would be a lot higher with labour on top.
Shit.

stevenebm

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ive spent 9000 on my rst since september.didnt know it was that much till i put it in the passionford garage and counted up the modifications.just about kacked ma pants

plynchy

Fuck! Looks like i've been running a cheapy then!

stevenebm

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nah mate.i just got the rst in september and had just startde a good job and got carried away with having a good pay.wish i hadnt tho as il never get any of my money back

cossie4i+

iTrader: (15)

Did you have a engine rebuild in 2002 ?
the rest of the years don't seem that bad

I don't want to add mine up

Steve.

MONSTER

That doesn't seem too bad mate, I added up what i've spent on the escoss since i bought it last april and it came to just shy of 7K
fookin e-bay!!!

stonehavencossie

that really doesnt seem bad at all

including the cost of my saff ive spent 9k in 3 years

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

That is EXACTLY why I removed the costs from my PF garage, as it started to frighten me. What I don't know, I can't worry about .

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

I wondered why there were no costs associated with your car in the garage. Would be interersting for the rest of us though how much YOU have spent

Andreas

As of last friday its 13 years since I bought it. I added up the costs once some five years ago and will never do that again.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

There was on the first day, but once it got above X amount, I thought "FUCK THAT!" and deleted all the costs before I finished adding the rest of the items and REALLY scaring myself .

Anyway, you forgot to rate alot of your items (I'm only interested in the ones you bought off me ).

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

Yep, it's when you realise that you could have bought a second hand GT3 for just the costs of the mods that you shit yourself .

RichardPON

30k in 6 years.

Mostly Mike's fault

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

I will rate each and every item once i have had a chance to actually see what they are like. I only put the shims on Saturday so i have no idea if they make any difference yet.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

And your excuse for the following is

ACT Gauge
Vernier pullies

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

For once you can have one of these back Mark is setting up my car with the BD14 cam and Vernier pulleys THIS coming friday and i installed the ACT gauge yesterday in the pissing rain, but havent driven it yet. Clicked the ignition on to make sure it lit up and that was all. in fact have another

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

So stop adding mods not fitted then - you don't see my Mountune roller barrel inlet listed do you?

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

Mike, i have bought the parts which is why i have listed them but not RATED them becuase they havent been used yet.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

I better add the T6, Mountune roller barrel intake, custom rods, custom pistons, custom turbo etc etc then . On second thoughts, I'll do that when they are fitted .

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

Yes you should list them. they have cost you money and are a mod. You cant rate them though until you have tested them

Richie Russ

I've spent 18.5k in 18 months on my Esc Cos ! cripes...

Staffi

iTrader: (1)

what have you done for that? could of bought 2 a grand a month how much do you earn

Richie Russ

Engine, wheels, gearbox, clutch comes to 11k on its own, without all the other bits i have bought for it and without buying the car for 17k

Note to self, must find a new hobby

plynchy

2. In 2 months, long story.