How much have you spent on your car?

James

James

Chairman
Just intrigued, as I was looking through the mod list from my Micra and made up a price list on what's been spent on it, turns out i've nearly spent as much on mods as I did on the car. Here's an Excel spreadsheet I knocked up:

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(Yes i did get the springs and backbox for free lol)

So how much have you spent on your car? I'm sure there's plenty of people that can put my £2.7k to shame! Lol!
 
Here's mine! (approximate costs). Does not include any repair work carried out for insurance, buying that second super s, or respraying costs of any interior parts, or parts i have sold.

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Missed off my spoilers too. They were around £30 excluding spraying costs
 
car 50
MOT 90
wheels 50
tyres 160
springs 60
strut brace 40
manifold, de-cat, cat back 500
head unit 100
speakers & subs 150
seat covers, pedals, gear knob, mats 160
power boost valve 90
unduction kit 60
body colour bumpers 100
cams 40
neons 60

roughly 1700
 
too damn much lol

heres everything i can think of, im sure theres a few more smaller things though
 

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1st set of alloys, with tyres - £350
2nd set of alloys, no tyres - £350
Locking Wheel Nuts - £20
2 Toyo TR-1 - £90
Lowering Springs - £100
KYB Shocks - £170
Full Janspeed Exhaust, Inc Manifold - £180
Janspeed Decat - £20
2nd Janspeed Exhaust - £100
Heatwrap - £35
Black Diamond Disks - £85
EBC Green Pads - £35
Almera Brake Conversion - £120
Air Intake Inc K&N Filter - £55
Strut Brace - £30
Shortshifter - £35
Side Tinted Windows - £15
Steering Wheel & Boss Kit - £60
Smooth Boot - £150
Badboy Bonnet (Never went on car) - £100
Open Grill 1 - £20
Open Grill 2 - £50
Bucket Seats & Harnessess - £155
Seat Mounts - £100
2* Scotland Number Plates - £20
JVC Headunit - £200

Total - £2645

The car cost £1200.

That is just a break down of the mods. None of it includes postage or fitting. Things like oil, gaskets and other bits and bobs like bulbs etc I ain't put in
 
car £595
Springs and shocks £200
Nismo gearknob £20
Pulsar calipers (2 sets) £40 + £50
Grille £20
Alloys £250, then £540
Turbo's £250
Manifold HKS £360
Davey's intercooler £150
Filter £36
Janspeed backbox £155
Polyflex exhaust mounts £20
Front wishbones £40
Trackrod ends £30
Stereo £240
Speakers £400
New sunroof £10 (haha)
Head light bulbs £17
Rocker cover paint £15
Body filler £20
Greddy e-manage ECU £200
Nismo graphics £30
Super S badge £15 (custom)
Seat covers. £30
racing disks and pads for conversion £260
£3993.....

and its no where near finished yet......... ive yet to get custom exhaust. new turbo. oil lines, ecu mapped, fitting the suspension, finishing the bodywork (little scratches) new seats, re-trimming the interior, etc etc etc etc.....

and i wondered why i was skint all the time....gees...
 
k11 - 1994 - 36,565 - £650

  • CD-Player £110 (was from old car though)
  • Speakers £30(again taken from old car)
  • Drivers wing £20
  • JDM Dash Cup Holder £50
  • Remote Central locking kit £110
  • Seat covers £15
  • Super-S Rev counter £30
  • Super-S Driving lights £20
  • Primer paint filler etc £60
  • New sills £55
  • Brakes £20
  • Parts from scrap yard (wires,switches, door cards, electric windows)£30
  • various other pieces £40

Total £590
so almost the cost i payed for the car which isnt too bad for 2 years
None of this includes the costs for servicing or tyres though
 
far more than its worth, or should i say far more than it was worth! id guess at 650 spent on it an 600 payd for it.tbh id swap 1250 for it now! but eitha way itl be on the road soon and thats when the cash starts to feel worth while also when i sell the citroen i stand to make 100- 150 i think! SO MICRA OTR and get paid! hehe
 
This will be interesting even for me because ive never sat down and work it out.

The cost of being competive in autograss class 2 racing

RES engine £950
recon gearbox £250
inlet manifold,carb setup inc filter and tank £500
exhaust manifold and system £350 new battery,wiring,switches,clocks,rev limiter £300
front shocks and springs £375
rear shocks and springs £200
role cage with all its fitting £375
seat and 5 point harness pop off steering wheel £400
1 set of tyres £150
2nd hand sets of alloys 10 rims £150

£4000
This is what it cost last year 06 to build new thats not included running it for a season

Last seasons running costs

entre fees and licences £600
12 tyres at £45 £540
3 shocks rebuilt (bent) £250
engine damage repairs luckly only once (5 bent valva's) £200
gearbox repairs 3x stripped 2nd gears replaced £300
£1890

normaly i build a new one every year but this car is good enough to run again i have just refreshed it with...
new engine £950
recon gearbox £250
new front shocks & springs £400

£7490
there is other stuff which has cost me like different inlet manifolds and carb setups,suspension which would probly take it upto 10k......
 
im modding on a serious buget so £900 for the car £20 for a front wing £20 to fix the speedo £40 on service items £30 on mot £50 on 2 rear shocks £16 on home made induction kit £20 for second hand 15inch alloys in need of refurb but with 2 good tyres £40 for 2 part worn tyres and £10 for paint etc to refurb wheels
£1136 in total so far plus tax insurance and fuel at £120 for tax so far and £520 fuel so far plus £400 insurance. so the whole lot owes me £2176 not bad for a 1998 low milage k11 1.3si plus a years driving
 
cheers bob uve made me feel slightly better about myself! put me off autograss racing too! il have to wait till ive got a spare 10k!
 
bombz4 said:
cheers bob uve made me feel slightly better about myself! put me off autograss racing too! il have to wait till ive got a spare 10k!
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you dont have to spend nowere near that mate to have fun.you could do a club car for around £500, take my 1st figure £4000 not the rest
 
body Kit - £40
Painting Of Body Kit And Fitting - £150
Spoiler - £75
Painting Of Spoiler And Fitting -£25
Wheels - £525
Exhaust Back Box £180 (including Fitting)

Not As Much As I Want To
 
I dont want to think about it, lol...though its not all tallied up yet as ive still got to get it painted etc...though it'll be more than what i spent to get the car two or more years ago.
 
car-900
k12 bodykit-50
carbon induction kit-45
cobra clubman bucket seats-120
fitting bodykit and spraying e.t.c-860
opel manta alloys sprayed-100
tyres and fitted-100
avo 35mm springs-75
springs fitted-30
janspeed mid section and backbox-197
exhaust fitted-cup of coffee
small service by me-50
smooth both bumpers and boot-250
new rear brake shoes and fitted-30
turbo conversion-625
e-manage blue ecu-265
1.0l turbo clutch-275
omp front upper strutbrace-50
rear super 's' spoiler-18
auto gauges and housing-25
boost gauge and pod-15
omp steering wheel-40
omp hub kit-30
whitline panhod bar-50
2 alloy doorcards-80
all cans of paint e.t.c-30
blitz vision alloys-130
sparco 4 point harnesses-50

Total:

7,460 pounds

by end of april:

fuel pressure regulator-40
engine mounts-75
turbo conversion work-1,000
new intercooler-100
new twin radiator-250

Total:

1,465 pounds


When car is complete by august:

coilovers-500
whitleine anti roll bars-200

total:

700 pounds


in total from june 06 to august 07:

9,625 pounds!
 
car: 1.0 3dr k11 tropic £350
alloys: fox evo 3's £50
easy sand filler £about £20
re-spray £80 (for materials, free job)
bodge £20
many parts at scrap yard about £120+
sill £16
welding on c/member £25
pre MOT £10
many paint tins from halfords about £70+
fibreglass kit £8

scarp yard gave me £45 scrap for it.

all in all my micra was a friggin diaster from day one but i want another lol

£769 wasted lol!
 
Car: Free :p
Audio: 210
Alloys: 350
Rear Lights: 100
Side Repeaters: 20
Paint: 10
K&N induction: 55
Omp Strut brace: 45
Neons: 15
Lock nuts: 15
Wiring: 20
Tachometer: 25
Snooper: 110
Sportex Box 4" pipe: 93
Streetline -35mm springs: 80

Total: £1148
 
K10 - £300 (spent about £150 on it, then sold for £150)
K11 - £700
New battery - £55
Breakdown insurance £72 (paid for itself in the first week of owning this car)
Tyres x 2 - £84
Spark plugs - £12
K&N panel filter - £38
CD/MP3 head unit - £80
Garage bill for misc minor jobs - £95 (now looking for mechanics courses!)

And about £1,500 on driving lessons and tests...

= £2,936.

Yikes - that explains why I owe so much money to the bank!
 
Car - 2000
Alloys and tyres - 300
Clear repeaters - 20
seat covers - 20
clear clusters - birthday!!
clear cluster fitting - 20 (still waiting on LED price :p)
Strut brace - 35
Tints at the end of march - 180

Total - £2575
 
car-£2100
alloys 15 vision motorsports- £100
lowering springs-£30
omp front strut brace-£20
gear knob- £20
clear rear lights- £70
clear repeters- £20
alloy tax disc holder-£15
chrome areial-£10
chrome poppy coral-£5
wind deflectors-£35
nismo show plates-£25
front splitter-£10
modified front grills-£30ish inc paint and mesh

total- £2490
 

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