what do you expect to pay?

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Sun 4 Feb 2007 18:25
what do you expect to pay? - barney100
It is interesting to hear roomers quote costs for this and that for repairs and servicing. What do you expect to pay out every year for these items. We run an '06 VW which costs me £15 a month to cover all servicing costs and a W merc C class which gets a major service at a local non franchise garage every year and the odd oil change. This is about £500 and anything else that goes wrong is extra, this seems to be another £500 to £800 a year. {tyres, pads, exhausts etc. } I am quite happy with this but wonder what other folks consider reasonable for their yearly motoring costs.
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Sun 4 Feb 2007 22:06
what do you expect to pay? - islandman
Leave out depreciation and the costs aren't too bad --- include depeciation and wow! unless your into bangeromics or whatever it's called.
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Sun 4 Feb 2007 22:09
what do you expect to pay? - martint123
'H reg MX-5. In the five years I've owned it.
£80 for cambelt kit and tensioners.
£25 new battery.
£110 Brake disks and pads all round.
£100 for 4 road springs.
4 Litres fully syn Halfords oil and a fllter each year.
£80 for 4 almost new Goodyear F1's on alloys.
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Sun 4 Feb 2007 22:52
what do you expect to pay? - midlifecrisis
Did someone mention depreciation! :(

For some reason, all the cars I like are the ones that depreciate the most!!!!!!!! (Another four and a half grand over the last two years about to go down the swanny... (oh dear, I didn't really want to remind myself of that)
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Mon 5 Feb 2007 08:55
what do you expect to pay? - islandman
Did someone mention depreciation! :(
For some reason, all the cars I like are the ones
that depreciate the most!!!!!!!! (Another four and a half grand over
the last two years about to go down the swanny... (oh
dear, I didn't really want to remind myself of that)

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And how much did you pay for servicing etc during those two years? Couple of hundred? You don't feel the cost of depreciation until you come sell, then it usually kicks in the teeth!
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