How much per year does your car cost you ?

S6 has cost me £2080 in the last month in repairs. On the plus side, its cost me £0 in fuel during that time!

I guess it was just saving up all the expense for a rainy day :p
 
Around $12000 including finance, insurance, servicing, fuel, not including depreciation, which will be about 10-20% in the first year. That's working on 30k per year, so two services and will be close to wanting a set of tyres at the second service I guess.
 
In 3.5 years of ownership the car has cost me a total of:

Depreciation - £5,000 (Bought it brand new for £9500, loads selling for £4500)
Insurance - £1,225
RFL - £420
Service/Repairs - £500
Fuel - £4,500 (37,000 miles @ 47MPG avg @ 125ppl average)

Total = £11,420 over 3.5 years or £3262/year.


Car = Mazda 2 1.5 Sport.
 
I dread to add it up inc fuel and depreciation but I know inc parts, tax, mods etc I've spent about 3500-3700 on mine since oct 11 when I bought it. Fuel will be similar lol. Insurance over 2 years worth of policies is a grand.
 
Hi there

OK this won't be too accurate but gonna try to work out expense of last two years with 911:-

Depreciation - £8000 (paid 38k, car worth 30-34k sale wise, offered 28k trade in this week)
Insurance - £1800
Tax - £500
111 point check, readiness and warranty for 2 years - £5000
Tyres - £2000
X51 & PSE fitted - £3000
Track days - £2000
Front ceramic disc - £2000
Several sets of pads and steel disc - £3500
Oil changes - £500
OPC service & MOTs - £1000
Alcantera interior pack - £1000
GT3 parts - £1000
Labour / geo - £1000
High flow cats - £500
Other cost, labour, service items - approx £1000
Fuel - £7000-8000 (crying lots)

Total 42k :eek:

That's 21k per year, absolutely crazy.....
 
Gibbo, If you add up what you paid and then the two years of costs does it make you sad to think what you could buy or have the two years been so good that you are not bothered?

What do you predict that next two years will cost?
 
^JP^ said:
Gibbo, If you add up what you paid and then the two years of costs does it make you sad to think what you could buy or have the two years been so good that you are not bothered?

What do you predict that next two years will cost?
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It's scary but the car is maintained to perfection, I've done 10-11 track days, hence gone through a few pads/tyres. I included £1000 for tyres which are not even on the car yet, just purchased ready to go on in warmer weather, I'm now on steels so no more brake cost and have ceramics with new pads aside and also in the above cost. I've done a lot of extra servicing/maintenance because of track work to ensure the car is perfect.

On the road it's been the most fun car to drive I've ever owned and on track only bettered by the CSL in ability but the 911 still ranks highest in involvement and learning how to drive it. Other cars I've owned have been easy to drive on the limits yet the 911 still puts the fear of god in me at times and I'm still learning how to better pedal it along.

If I used the 911 as a road car only, then the running cost drops massively, or if I just did 1-2 track days per year, but I've done over 10.

No regrets but I should monitor my spending more closely I think, but I've got pretty much next 6 months cost free apart from fuel.

Stuff like the ceramics, alcantera interior and mods are worth 5-6k sold separately and a trade in on the car will bring 26-28k without them as a garage could not give a damn about such things so best removed and sold separately if trading in.
 
That is why motoring is awesome!

So, with the valuation talk, what are you thinking of doing when the 6 months of cost free is up?
 
^JP^ said:
That is why motoring is awesome!

So, with the valuation talk, what are you thinking of doing when the 6 months of cost free is up?
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Unsure, I might sell the car in about a year or trade it in against something else, all I can think right now is another Porsche or a CSL. Shall see how work goes, might have a good year and be able to afford something more in the 60k range which opens up other possibilities.

Cost coming up after 6 months will be insurance and maybe more tyres, so that's 2k, should be no other cost fingers crossed. Not really any more mods I can do, won't be re-newing warranty the only thing I might buy is some Porsche buckets, but at 6k I've not bothered. :p
 
Expensive but then there's no surprise when you consider what you've done with it.

Certainly beats only ever driving it to work everyday and to the shops!
 
sigma said:
Expensive but then there's no surprise when you consider what you've done with it.

Certainly beats only ever driving it to work everyday and to the shops!
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My mate did Spa, trip cost him £4000 in his GT3 which was just fuel, track cost and hotel rooms. He says the cost did not include any hookers.

Point of such cars though, using them as they were designed. :)
 
Mr. May said:
Do ceramic last a lot long than steel discs ?
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For road use the life of the car, emit zero dust, fade free, weigh less and are smoother and quieter in operation.

For track use they can over heat causing damage to them and at £2500 + vat each are not cheap, a complete set of steels is approx £600ish + vat and steel pads last longer in track use too.
 
]cost of car - Bugger all depreciation, is a 11 year old fiesta
TAX - £170
Insurance - ermmm lots. £1300
Petrol - roughly £20 every 2-3 weeks.
Maintenance Costs - Since owning it (just over a year), Brakes all round and a set of tyres.

steal your post to suit mine lol.

Not much, apart from insurance :mad:
 
Per year its now:

£350 Insurance
£220 Tax
£50 MOT
About £1500 on fuel @ 27-28mpg
2 tyres £200 - average.
I guess depreciation is probably £700?

So about £3k a year
 
Let’s give this a try… not anything like gibbo’s but it’s still too much. I’ve owned the car, a 14 year old 996 911 C4 for about 18 months, purchased for 15k without a warranty.

Tyres: £1000
Insurance: £800
Tax: £200 (can’t remember)
Repairs: £3500 (still not entirely convinced she is 100% fixed)
Mot & more repairs: £100
Paintwork and some interior repairs: £500
Service: £500
Petrol:? How much does 10k miles at an average of about 22mpg cost?

I won’t add it up but it’s some money and that doesn’t really tell the whole story, the parts for my repair were on back order with Porsche Germany so it sat off the road for 3 months or so and in my uncles bodyshop for another 2 months or so. The plan right now is to drive it for this year and I will then probably take it off the road next year for a year or so in order to drop the engine again, replace the entire cooling system, suspension and anything else that needs replacing.

On a plus note my other little car 56 corsa 1.4 twinport (yea baby) costs comparatively little, insurance is a few hundred quid, mot 25, service £98 (main dealer) Petrol… well £50 will last 2 or 3 months. Mind you it drives like **** and is boring as hell.
 
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