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Old 29-07-2009, 12:54 PM
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Hi all, I was curious about what costs to own a cosworth in UK & other countries ; I mean insurance, taxes etc to compare it with the cost in Greece...

For example here in Greece you pay 440euro per year(for 2000cc car) for a tax so you can drive the car (and now they will increase it 150euro to every old car)
Insurance costs from 350 to 1000euro per year and if you make insurance to cover your own damages then a lot more...
The petrol price is 1.10euro per litre for 95ron and 1,30 for 100ron.
The basic (lower) sallary in Greece is about 700euro per month.
Similar costs to UK or no?
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Anyone?
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insurance depends on the person in question and the tune/ upgrades on the car

tax is £104.50 for 6 months or £190 for 12 months

fuel is expensive, around £1.10 per litre for Shell V power/ optimax.
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Thanks! So it is cheaper to own a cossie in UK! Lower (basic) sallary per month in UK if possible?
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Originally Posted by ybturbo
Thanks! So it is cheaper to own a cossie in UK! Lower (basic) sallary per month in UK if possible?
average UK salary is around £25,000 per year i think
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Insurance can be very expensive though with younger guys paying £2000 per year and the likes
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Sounds even worse there than here
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Average salary is 25000!!!??? Here in Greece is less than the half of UK salary!
And to own a car here in Greece is more expensive than in UK? Next year the cost for my car will be: 600 euro for tax, 500 euro for insurance, 60 euro for MOT so I will give almost one month's salary for my car... This country here is really just a mess... Thanks for the replies people!!!

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Ireland

insurance from e500 to e1500 plus
tax e670
fuel e1.15 95 ron , pricks dont sell 97 in Ireland
NCT test e 50
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Originally Posted by ybturbo
Average salary is 25000!!!??? Here in Greece is less than the half of UK salary!
And to own a car here in Greece is more expensive than in UK? Next year the cost for my car will be: 600 euro for tax, 500 euro for insurance, 60 euro for MOT so I will give almost one month's salary for my car... This country here is really just a mess... Thanks for the replies people!!!
try living in the UK
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Originally Posted by Rob Virgo
Ireland

insurance from e500 to e1500 plus
tax e670
fuel e1.15 95 ron , pricks dont sell 97 in Ireland
NCT test e 50

Jesus you get stung on tax, and we thought we had it bad!!
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Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
try living in the UK
Fair mate!!! I have been a couple of times in UK but the weather was allways cloudy or rainning... I like the sunshine!!!
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In Croatia insurance for 12 months is 722£ and other givings for that 12 months are 176£.
Petrol price for euro super 98 or omw 100 is about 1 £, and average salery is around 6000£ per year
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dont have road tax or MOT`s in jersey....
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Well if i used my cosworth every day it would cost less all round to run than our 260bhp Impreza.

Cosworths aren't expensive to put on the road it's the parts to repair them when they fail that costs the most.
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Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
average UK salary is around £25,000 per year i think

haha imagine being on that much..like lottery money that...
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