So how much did you spend on your car this year?

Voodoomelon

Out of interest, how much did you spend this year on maintaining your car (excluding petrol)? I totaled up my maintenance/mod costs for 2010, it ain't pretty. All OEM parts with discounts of about 30% included and zero labour costs.

2000 BMW 728i

€412 - x4 brake discs, x8 pads, screws and sensors
€85 - oil change and filter
€75 - thermostat
€850 - tyres installed and tracked
€1500 - boston acoustics audio install
€200 - roadhawk camera system
€50 - bm24 radio module
€175 - heated seat install
€700 - 16:9 display and MK4 navigation
€100 - miscellaneous tools

€1200 - motor tax
€1200 - insurance

Total: €6547

And I know i'm forgetting something! :pac:

MagicMarker

Voodoomelon wrote: »

And I know i'm forgetting something! :pac:

It's called a picture.

Voodoomelon

Theres plenty about on here, what did you spend?

Gary ITR

Are you trying to depress me?


I refuse to keep track of my spending because I'd probably hold back if I knew what it was really costing me. In a couple of weeks I go from mid to late 20's so I better do it while I'm still youngish!

Mr.Boots

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Out of interest, how much did you spend this year on maintaining your car (excluding petrol)? I totaled up my maintenance/mod costs for 2010, it ain't pretty. All OEM parts with discounts of about 30% included and zero labour costs.

2000 BMW 728i

€412 - x4 brake discs, x8 pads, screws and sensors
€85 - oil change and filter
€75 - thermostat
€850 - tyres installed and tracked
€1500 - boston acoustics audio install
€200 - roadhawk camera system
€50 - bm24 radio module
€175 - heated seat install
€700 - 16:9 display and MK4 navigation
€100 - miscellaneous tools

€1200 - motor tax
€1200 - insurance

Total: €6547

And I know i'm forgetting something! :pac:

But nearly 3k of that is spent on extras....not maitenence.
Your insurance is crazy money, what age are you? or have you had a crazy accident involving nuns and a Corola?

bmw535d

isn't yours on done deal now?

Voodoomelon

Well I mean extras, maintenance etc. Insurance has come down €350 this year, i'm not driving long. I only had mine for sale for a few weeks, UK seller sold the car I wanted to replace it with.

wonski

I usually don't answer these kind of post, but make an exception! Where did you get 6547E on maintenance/mod?
1200+1200??? motor tax and insurance are not car maintenance/mod payments...

€412 - x4 brake discs, x8 pads, screws and sensors
€85 - oil change and filter
€75 - thermostat

that is your maintenance...

€1500 - boston acoustics audio install
€200 - roadhawk camera system
€50 - bm24 radio module
€175 - heated seat install
€700 - 16:9 display and MK4 navigation
€100 - miscellaneous tools

mods, that are pretty! I would not say they're not, if I paid for them...
And for a/v mods it is not a lot of money, but for 00reg'd car, it is a lot!

Finally, if I hide 20000E worth swiss watch in my car, can I call it maintenance/mod charge?

No offence my friend, the questions/topic in the forum didn't match the expectations...

Midnight_EG

wonski wrote: »

I usually don't answer these kind of post, but make an exception! Where did you get 6547E on maintenance/mod?
1200+1200??? motor tax and insurance are not car maintenance/mod payments...

€412 - x4 brake discs, x8 pads, screws and sensors
€85 - oil change and filter
€75 - thermostat

that is your maintenance...

€1500 - boston acoustics audio install
€200 - roadhawk camera system
€50 - bm24 radio module
€175 - heated seat install
€700 - 16:9 display and MK4 navigation
€100 - miscellaneous tools

mods, that are pretty! I would not say they're not, if I paid for them...
And for a/v mods it is not a lot of money, but for 00reg'd car, it is a lot!

Finally, if I hide 20000E worth swiss watch in my car, can I call it maintenance/mod charge?

No offence my friend, the questions/topic in the forum didn't match the expectations...

The question was 'How much did you spend on your car this year', not 'What was your maintenance costs this year'!

wingnut

2000 Mk II Mondeo:

€760 Insurance
€420 Tax
€90 4 X Break Pads fitted
€60 Oil and filters for a DIY service
€65 New Battery (last one starting to go after 10 years of service)

Total: €1395

wonski

Midnight_EG wrote: »

The question was 'How much did you spend on your car this year', not 'What was your maintenance costs this year'!

Just to make it clear, the question was:

Out of interest, how much did you spend this year on maintaining your car (excluding petrol)? I totaled up my maintenance/mod costs for 2010, it ain't pretty. All OEM parts with discounts of about 30% included and zero labour costs.

So, OEM parts for me means servicing/engine/body parts. Alpine audio system is not oem part, is it?

Midnight_EG

wonski wrote: »

Just to make it clear, the question was:

Out of interest, how much did you spend this year on maintaining your car (excluding petrol)? I totaled up my maintenance/mod costs for 2010, it ain't pretty. All OEM parts with discounts of about 30% included and zero labour costs.

So, OEM parts for me means servicing/engine/body parts. Alpine audio system is not oem part, is it?

Read the thread title.



Also. I see OEM as anything offered as standard by a manufacturer. So an Alpine audio system could very well be!

wonski

If OP separated brake pads/oil costs etc I wouldn't say a word. But you were right that what we spent on the car was more important, so let it be:

Fiat Bravo, 1.2, 2000:

full service (incl. spark plugs) + brake pads = 249E
brake lines (incl. fresh fluid) = 170E
gearbox, 2nd hand from UK - 70E + 100E labour (cheapest option)
Sony cd/radio - 99E
4x new tyres( Barum) - 170E
Some suspension work - 120E total
Tracking - 45E

Sold in December to family member for 300E - bought 14 months before for 1100E... don't even want to do the Math...

Bought the 2000 Scenic for 1600, did full service, no issues at all. And who said french cars are bad?

Senna

Sold a car mid year, so i had two NCT's and a good bit of work to be done on the new car.
I'd say about 1k on maintenance and parts. Considering the new car cost €500, thats a lot for one year:D

Max Power1

1996 Mk IV Fiesta

€40 - New passenger side mirror
€100 annual service
€330 Motor Tax
€1200 Insurance
€95 2 new tires

OldmanMondeo

2008 1.8TDCi Mondeo

Tax €275, done 3 x 3months @ €95
Insurance€ 420
Service €180

Due 4 new tyres, wheel aligment, new rear pads. Reckon €400 should sort all that. Oh and insurance is due again soon, another €400 - €450.

Bill2673

I find this question interesting as I don't think its something people give much time to.

The question is: how much did you spend on your car this year? I see it as being: how much did your car cost you this year?

For me, this should include

Depreciation
Insurance
Tax
Petrol
Maintenance
Extras

Particularly.....i don't know why you guys don't include depreciation? Its a a huge part of the cost.

Obviously I'm not the OP though.

In total, i reckon I spent about €1000, seeing as I got my car scrapped midway through the year and never replaced it. It was worth feck all anyway, given that it needed a lot of work....hence my decision to scrap it.

rugbyman

Bill, from most of the above examples,and from your own ,depreciation is not really a factor.


Mine Matiz,(brilliant wee car)

depreciation ; very little
insurance 500
tax 175 or so
tyres ,two 30 (wheels off a scrappy)
tyres two 80 new
battery 85 (two years ago)
nct 50 (fail, will cost 250 to sort)
diagnosis 20
weld exhaust 30.


have had car 5 years, not much more costs than above over that period.

regards Rugbyman

Bill2673

Hi there

in my own case, to be specific i bought my car in 2003 and scrapped in March 2010. I bought it for €13k. Thats depreciation of €1900 per year, more or less, on a straight line basis. Thats more than petrol, tax, insurance put together.

Gary ITR

Bill2673 wrote: »

Hi there

in my own case, to be specific i bought my car in 2003 and scrapped in March 2010. I bought it for €13k. Thats depreciation of €1900 per year, more or less, on a straight line basis. Thats more than petrol, tax, insurance put together.

Yes but depreciation isn't money you've spent every year, plus it takes the fun out of this little exercise.

Bill2673

Onkle wrote: »

Yes but depreciation isn't money you've spent every year, plus it takes the fun out of this little exercise.

fair enough.....

but I think if you ignore it, you're kidding yourself a little bit.

Gary ITR

Bill2673 wrote: »

fair enough.....

but I think if you ignore it, you're kidding yourself a little bit.

Don't we all kid ourselves a little every day

TBH I wouldn't have lost on my car, it's far ahead where it was when I bought it so can I factor in appreciation?

Mena

02 5 series

490 Insurance
50 NCT
400 New Radiator
550 Set of Winter Tyres
900 or so tax

+/- €2390

99 CLK Conv

700 Repairing something or other that was flooding the floor of the car
400 New Tyres
400 Repair Roof motor
100 New Tyre (damn potholes)
300 for service
500 (if I recall) for new MAF
600 or so for tax
500 for insurance

+/- €3500

Voodoomelon

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Out of interest, how much did you spend this year on maintaining your car

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Read the thread title.

Midnight_EG wrote: »

The question was 'How much did you spend on your car this year', not 'What was your maintenance costs this year'!

The thread title and the opening question don't agree

quad_red

2002 Astra 1.4 Petrol

Tax: €333
Insurance: €520

NCT: €50
One Tyre: €50
Radio Head Unit Replacement: €80
Service: €420

(Service incl. timing belt, oil filter, front brake pads, water pump)

Total: €1,453

Depreciation: Bought for €7,500 in 2007. Worth *maybe* €2,400 now. That's €1,600 a year. Ouch

Cionád

1998 2.0d Almera, 189,000 miles (~12k in 2010)

Tax - €614
Insurance - €436
Oil Filter + oil - €30

total: €1,080

mickdw

tax 460
insurance 750
tyres 600
window regulator (part funded by audi) 100
front pads genuine 75
service parts 90 approx

€2075 08 Audi A5.

This really gives no idea of total running costs. Depreciation €20k+ over 2 years & petrol & €4k per year on fuel.

ottostreet

92 BMW 318is-900 euro
M3 alcantara interior-400 euro
Water pump & service-150

Total 1450 - what I got back for it 600 = 850 cost

99 Lexus IS200 - 2700 euro
Tyre (18 inch) - 100 euro
Sold-3200 400 profit

95 Mitsubishi FTO GPX -1600 euro
Front tyres-200 euro
Losing keys-250 euro
Sold 1300 euro

98 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD LX - 700 euro
Glow plugs-60 quid
BAM TIMING BELT
Sold for parts 200 euro

96 Audi A4 1.9TDI - 850 euro
Tyres-360 euro

christ I need to cop on

mickdw

OSI wrote: »

Why was the window regulator only part funded? Surely a 2 year old Audi should still be under warranty, and a regulator isn't exactly a wear and tear item...

It was 2 years & 4 months. 2 year warranty only. Covered half as good will gesture. Fitted it myself. I think they are doing them now more or less free as failures are very common now.

Gary ITR

Wait.. it says this year!

4 Tyres ordered @ €169
Front pads and discs ordered @ circa €650

:pac:

itarumaa

I spent about 50 cents for text messages to buyers asking about the car and since I sold it at 80e I actually got profit having a car.

Good thing you did not ask how much I spent on the car previous year:)

But seriously this topic have been here before, and I think I have spend about 4k for car per year including everything. Also for both my previous cars, Matiz and S40 Volvo the depreciation was about 50e / month. Matiz was bought for 2300, sold 170e, Volvo bought 850e, sold 80e .

colm_mcm

Avensis 2.0 TD. over 26000 miles

Service x 3 €120
Starter motor off carina €60
Wheel trims €45
2 shocks €160
Roof aerial €10
2 tyres €90
Lidl Bluetooth radio €30
ISO cables for radio €20 :-(

That's it apart from tax (600 odd) insurance, (450) and diesel (3000)

So about 535 on maintanance and 4000 on everything else.

18 cent per mile. Or €87 a week. Work well covers it with mileage though.

paddysaab

Saab 9000 1993

Just tax and insurance.

2011 is going to be slightly different though
4 new tyres
Exhaust repair (hopefully another weld)
Ventilaton fan repair
NCT and possible list
Oil & filter
and thats just January!!

Cookie_Monster

Servicing: 42 (free servicing, just paid for new wiper blades)
Cleaning: 400 (inc detailer.ie job cos of idiot friends scratching car)
Insurance: 1000
Fuel: 1000 or so
Loan: 8200
tax 249
alloy repair: 100

nearly 11k without depreciation included

doOh

hah probably civic or starlet :P I hope he means each 169 coz if he even spend 1500 for brakes it wouldnt help him with korean/chinese cross tyres :P

Me this year so far:

Front, Rear, Discs & Pads 230e
Two front tyres - still to get but i think around 150e each
Oil 40e
Oil Filter 25e
Lowering Springs 130e
Soon insurance renewal 1350e
New wipers 8e

Thats it for now i believe :P unless i hit another pothole ;/

quad_red

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Servicing: 42 (free servicing, just paid for new wiper blades)
Cleaning: 400 (inc detailer.ie job cos of idiot friends scratching car)
Insurance: 1000
Fuel: 1000 or so
Loan: 8200
tax 249
alloy repair: 100

nearly 11k without depreciation included

:eek:

Wtf are you driving?

I tell ye, any time I start getting a hard on for a new car this thread shall be the cold shower I return to.

Cookie_Monster

quad_red wrote: »

:eek:

Wtf are you driving?

I tell ye, any time I start getting a hard on for a new car this thread shall be the cold shower I return to.

E92 as per sig, but the budget was no-where near as bad as I thought it might be so prob won't sell it now.
Its totally worth it too. I spend far more on the car than I do on rent in a year

maidhc

03 Focus TDCi, 130,000 miles

Tax & Insc: €1,000
Oil and Filters: €200 (2x services, 1x fuel and air)
2x wheel bearings: €60
Bulbs: €20
NCT: €50
4x Tyres: €330

Total: €1660, but at least the car has 4 new tyres and 2 years NCT for that.

In the 5 years and 70,000 miles I have it I think I have lost €6,000 in depreciation and it has cost about €1,800 in repairs (largely for a DMF, Clutch and alternator clutch).

I'm happy.

Gary ITR

OSI wrote: »

What car are you running that you can put €40 tyres on but spend over €600 on brakes?

The Toyo Proxes T1R's are really good and on a serious special offer at the minute on Camskill, they have fantastic grip but don't last very long

Anan1

08 Forester 2.5XT

€600 - 4 x Michelin Alpin winter tyres
€150 - 4 x used Subaru alloy wheels
€225 - Mount tyres on wheels, wheels on car, supply & fit front brake pads
€200 - Annual service
€564 - Insurance
€935 - Tax

€2674 total.

Beasty

€1,646 so far this year - if I keep up at this rate it will be €120k by the end of the year. Now all 4 wheels have the required drive, but the ice has gone ...

Tragedy

Presuming 2009:
2003 MG ZT CDT
4 Tyres: €800
Thermostat + install: €300
Remap: €250
HID's: €80
LED bulbs: €40
Oil+filters: €120
Tracking: €30
Insurance: €850
Tax: €650(whatever under 1,999 cc is)

2005 MG ZT 190
Inlet manifold+bits and bobs: €250
New catback exhaust: €400
Insurance: €1250
Tax: €250

€5,270 ~ in 2009.

Already bought 2 new tyres(€400) and a years tax(€935) so far this year. Need to spend another €400 getting it serviced+a loose pulley on the cambelt sorted.

Voodoomelon

ottostreet wrote: »

Water pump & service-150

Got a good deal there!

I Was VB

If i added them all up i'd be put into NAMA.

congo_90

car purchase : 550
insurance : 1, 050
brakes 50 for new pads.
full service, bumper repair and replaced hg: 480 :O
New radio: 50
bearings rear: 60
misc: bulbs, valet etc ~78.50

Grand total for 2010. E2318.50