If this level of spending continues I will get rid of it and go and do some silly university course in some other city and live like a proper student (something I missed the first time round as I lived at home).
Maybe I could do a masters at the university of Bums on Seat in the county of Nonshire.
As for the faults before 100k the camshaft sensor has already been done but I suspect the EGR will fail but I may just get it blanked.
All seems to be running well again :)
Depreciation is the only saving grace here, I reckon my car has lost £100 in value since I bought it since there is now a massive shortage of cheap small cars with power steering.
Already had the idle control tested a few months back and it was working perfectly :) this was when we were trying to diagnose what was causing the power loss (was the MAF).
Edited by Rattle on 22/10/2009 at 20:34
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It is fantastic entertainment for us all, long live Rattle, the saviour of the motor parts industry ( and 'his' mechanic ). :-)
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rattle should have bought a jap car they go forever i had a astra 94 model and replaced things on it when it failed, at a certain age 10+ years for a car it starts to get expensive to run as mechanical parts tend to wear out, in your case rattle sell it and get a more reliable model, dont fall for it emotionally, i kept that astra for 8 years, and it was time for it to go and now own a jazz cost me nothing on parts at all
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>>I did get the car checked out though by a mechanic before I bought it. He did find
>>some niggle faults such a minor oil leak and a faulty clutch cable...
So how did this mechanic miss four broken springs, two cracked tyres, worn out front brake pads, knackered exhaust system, leaking rear shock absorbers, a worn ball joint and a knackered cv boot??? Surely all of these faults couldn't have developed in just 2200 miles???
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Depreciation is the only saving grace here I reckon my car has lost £100 in value since I bought it since there is now a massive shortage of cheap small cars with power steering.
That's always the mantra to chant when spending money on an older car; they may or may not need money spending on repairs, but a newer car will depreciate with 99% certainty.
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Yep if I sold it now I reckon I could get £1k on the private market I've seen local dealers wanted £1400+ for these and mine would be easier to sell due to the electric heated mirrors, windows, cd player and other bits not typical standard till around 2005 on a small car.
I just need to get these repairs down so hopefully if I do sell it the would have cost me less than £1k for a years motoring in total. Not great but could be far worse. Factor that insurance is extremely cheap on this car compared with anything else I tried (its £20 a month cheaper than a similar Fiesta) and the good MPG it could be very cheap if it wasn't for all these small jobs which add up.
Edited by Rattle on 22/10/2009 at 21:09
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By what species of maths do you get to figure of £1k per annum if you have already spent £775 on repairs in 6 months?
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... what species of maths do you get to figure of £1k per annum .. >>
see example here:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=79321&...e
p.s. see my first post in this thread and smell the coffee.
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good time to sell it rattle and you could upgrade your hifi and buy a another car like a vw passat my cousin bought one a 2004 1.9 tdi pd 100 with 120k on the clock highline model for £3150 its got the lot full leather seats heated just need to open up your options rattle, a corsa is a small car, its a corsa
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A car like that would cost far too much to insure though :) Even now its still over £700 so many high risk elements count against me. I tried to insure a 1.6 Volvo as a joke once they wanted £1000s.
I am just keeping it, I know what is wrong with it which is more than I would with another car :).
As with my HIFI I am not upgrading that for a while either :). After spending a small fortune got it sounding just right. Thankfully I don't listen to music while driving or that would be more car expensive (e.g to upgrade those horrible Opel speakers)
Edited by Rattle on 22/10/2009 at 21:27
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Thankfully I don't listen to musicwhile driving or that would be more car expensive (e.g to upgrade those horrible Opel speakers)
too busy listening to knocks, bangs, and whirring noises by the sounds of things
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rattle, when you scrap it let me know please, my mate needs some bits for his corsa...cheers
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This is going to make someone a fantastic buy when you're done with it Rattle. I doubt there are many 2001 Corsas which have this kind of time, effort and cash lavished on them.
I've always run older / higher mileage cars unless someone else (employer) is paying the bills. When you're driving something worth £2k ish or less, you have to form a kind of detachment from it. Keep it serviced, address any safety critical items immediately, but ignore / live with anything else that doesn't affect the car's ultimate reliability or useability. If any of the gadgetry in my S60 packed up, I seriously doubt I would bother getting it fixed (air-con and stereo are the only things I couldn't live without). It's a £1500 car that's still only worth £1500 with everything in working order, or maybe £1300 with something silly not working properly. I paid £2500 for the car nearly two years ago and I've done 30,000 trouble free miles, so it owes me not a penny. Two services, a set of tyres, an engine mount and a couple of bulbs. Nothing else whatsoever.
If I was being picky I'd have changed the dampers all round by now (although they seem to be fine, they're clearly going to be past their best at 150k) and I'd have got the scuffs on the bumper resprayed, as well as the dink in the back door, but I'll never see that investment again, and in day to day use it makes not a jot of difference to the car. The clutch judders occasionally when hot, but hasn't got worse and works perfectly 99.99% of the time. I'm happy to ignore it. There's an odd clonk from the rear suspension, but no obvious wear anywhere. I'm happy to ignore it until it gets picked up on an MOT or service. It has on neither to date.
It still drives well, it's roadworthy, and it's reliable. Beyond that, I really don't care. I leave worrying to people who've spent five figure sums and hope to see as much of it back as possible. One of the joys of driving a cheap car is that you don't need to stress about this stuff. Drive it and enjoy it, but don't worry about it.
Cheers
DP
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>>Done two trips to Southport >>
Don't tell me I've twice missed the opportunity to see this wonderful car with my own eyes...:-(
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Here is a fairly recent picture, you can see it is in good nick for its age.
tinyurl.com/yjw9vk8
All I've done is sorted out the graying plastic trim, given it a lot of washes and resprayed the wheel trims. Little things like that keep the car looking good and costs nothing. I also only spend time on it when I have nothing to do e.g I am bored.
I think because I do little things like that do I form an attachment to it. If it was a newer car I would have no excuse to go looking in the pound shop for that £1 bargain primer spray. There are a very minor scratches and a few minor paint blemishes but every ten year old car has them really no point and I am just living with them.
Edited by Rattle on 22/10/2009 at 22:36
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Just prompted me to check my maintenance spend on my S60 in nearly 2 years and 30k
Including four new Pirelli P6000's, one MOT test fee, the 132,000 and 144,000 mile services (followed the Volvo schedule to the letter, 132k one done by a mechanic friend at mate rate, and I did the 144k one - genuine Volvo service parts used throughout), the engine mount (DIY) oh and the front pads and discs I changed at the 144k service which I'd forgotten about (DIY using Mintex discs and pads - the Volvo discs alone were nearly twice the price of the Mintex pad and disc kit!)
Anyway, my receipts for the above add up to £632.63!
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Rattle if the insurance is more expensive get it done under your dad name, if you spent £826 on it then its not a reliable car, a reliable car wuldnt need that much expense, there the scrappage allowance, maybe you can take that advantage and get a newer car that has better safety, ie more airbags, more toys, its a mk1 corsa isnt it rattle, the chassis was carried over from the nova and some of its engines are carried over like the 1.4 from the astra, as for hifi rattle, for me i done the upgrade, roksan kandy amp, cd, from the marantz separates, big jump in sound quality, a worthwhile upgrade :)
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>>..get it done under your dad name..>>
Not to be recommended if you wish to build up your own no claims bonus.
In any case Rattle is now around 42-45 years of age, so the insurance company might be a bit suspicious...:-)
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You cheeky monkey! I am on the right side of 27 :).
It is my own name for two reasons
1) It is ilegal and known as fronting, if found out I would be banned.
2) I get my own no claims bonuses :)
Edited by Rattle on 23/10/2009 at 01:57
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>>It is ilegal and known as fronting, if found out I would be banned.>>
It's not illegal - both my offspring were listed on my insurance as the main driver of my then second car during the individual time each had access to it, but eventually sensibly decided to build up their own NCP.
However, if it is done to deceive an insurance company, then there would be a different reaction.
Glad you appreciated my little joke...:-)
You'll need to keep that NCP going to pay for all those repairs though.....
Edited by Stuartli on 23/10/2009 at 02:15
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But its my car, I am the main driver telling the insurance otherwise is a lie and amounts to fraud in simple terms. I used to be a named driver on my dads car before got insurance for my self which allows me to drive any car with the owners permision. This was perfectly legal as it was my dads car and I hardly drove it.
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>>But its my car, I am the main driver telling the insurance otherwise is a lie and amounts to fraud in simple terms>>
I fully appreciate that - the original reply was to the misguided advice given by sajid.
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Or, rather than trying to address the symptoms by getting rid of the car, why not get the actual problem treated and sort out your paranoia, it'll do you the power of good believe me! :-)
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6) Understand cars, have money if needed, but enjoy looking after a chosen few cherished cars and only reluctantly resort to paying anyone else to fix them.
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why not get the actual problem treated and sort out your paranoia
he could get a Corsa of antibiotics - he'd rattle even more then. Ho ho.
Sorry - it is the end of a long week.
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The only thing I can think of is that is madness. My personal opinion.
I have a 4 yr old Mazda 6, I bought 4 new tyres when I bought it a year ago and I only expect to have it serviced once a year, which will cost me ~£250. I expect to keep the car for 3 years, so will have spent around £750 on servicing in that time and done around 36k miles. Job Done. The tyres will be a bit thin by then so they may need replacing prior to sale, though I could swap the front and rears instead to save money...Nnnnerrrrr.
At it's last service mind, the dealer recommended that both rear calipers were replaced to which I politley declined. The rear brakes still work after all. The MoT tester agreed with me 2 months later when it flew through it's MoT (as you'd expect).
In the past I have bought cars for £100 without MoT, got them through the Mot (~£200) and then changed the oil and cambelt and checked the brake pads. job done, drove it for a year (12-15k) then threw them away come next MoT. Now that was cheap, hailariously so.
Coolant change at this price level ? Joking, just pour some anti-freeze into the system, it'll be alright (it always was).
cheers
Stu
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The one thing I have learnt though is that there are MOTs and there are roadworthyness. MOT inspectors miss a lot. My dads passed with split rear axle bushes, a completly failed CV joint and advisory on the front wishbone. All needed to replaced very soon after the MOT.
The work I have done was mostly labour.
Three tyres 1) cracking badly 2) was over ten years old, 3) had a nail in it and has a ditch finder down to 2.5mm
MAF sensor - Car was hardly drive able as it kept loosing power
CV boot - well it would have been stupid to leave it, would have ended up needing a new joint
Springs - Ok the two front ones had only lost a tiny bit so maybe these did not need doing urgently. However I was about to go on a 400 mile trip down sorts of roads I have never driven down before anything which affected my handeling could have caused me to enter a ditch.
Shocks - I had left this for a while but when I had a free safety check down they found the shocks to be leaking
Exhaust - my old one fell of, a lot of short journeys rust them out quick, my needs them yearly.
I don't like bangers I never feel save knowing the sills are made of rust etc. I always like to keep my cars to MOT standard all year round, after all its what my insurance terms and conditions state.
I may be spending a lot on repairs but my car is probably saver than a newer 5-8 year old car which is subject to MOT only servicing.
Edited by Rattle on 23/10/2009 at 13:48
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