What is your car(s) and how much did you pay for it/them.

[cheesyboy]

2009 Audi A4 Cabrio 2.0 TDI £3,400 @128k about 4 months ago.

And a 2013 Tiguan 2.0 Tdi bought 5 years ago for £8,500 @90k.

I'd consider both to be pretty great value, really. Probably only spent about £2k maintenance on the Tiguan outside of tyres.

 

[[TW]Fox]

How did you manage to get one for £250 a month?

Through his employer.

 

[bazzabear]

Even the business leasing is far more expensive - but I guess the employer is contributing.

My employer gives me about £400 a month for a car. Do you think I could tell the wife the Polestar 2 was therefore free?

 

[[TW]Fox]

It's salary sacrifice, so the amount is taken pre tax and replaced in effect by company car tax. But company car tax is incredibly low on zero emissions cars making electric cars very attractive.

The actual cost of the lease will obviously be higher but that is presumably the net effect on his pay. Still seems oddly cheap, mind.

 

[Spleen Sauce]

We recently changed our cars...
BMW M135i (F40), tech and pro packs, 70 plate, bought a few months ago for £34k.
BMW 320i (G20), m sport, tech and comfort packs, 19 plate, bought a few months ago, £28k

 

[SDK^]

But the cheapest monthly fee I can find, with no options, keeping it for 4 years, only doing 5,000 miles a year and giving the biggest advance payment is still £395 a month.

How did you manage to get one for £250 a month?

Through his employer.

Yes, my company pays £420 and I add £250.
No idea how the total value is calculated as there are a number of EV incentives and tax benefits - the car was about £52k

 

[Rilot]

2008 BMW 650i convertible - bought for £10k 3.5 years ago
2008 Honda CR-V 2.0 - bought for £12k 8 years ago
I won't be buying another ICE car so will run these two until they start throwing big bills up.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

2006 750i - Bought for 9k in March 2016

2016 Corsa VXR - Bought for 8k in July 2021

Plan is to run both till they die, and hopefully look into Electric, provided it makes sense by then.

1972 MGBGT - Paid nothing for it, and plan to keep forever/upgrade/improve going forward.

 

[Diagro]

Mazda 3 MPS (59) £9,500 4 years ago.
Ford Grand C-Max (18) £13,335 2 months ago.

I'm looking to soo trade in the Mazda 3 MPS for a Audi A6 or S4 or SQ5 when I manage to find a decent one under £25,000 locally.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

2017 BMW M140i, bought 06/20 for £20k
2009 Fiesta 1.25 Style, bought 09/20 for £1500

Nothing exciting here really!

 

[Lashout_UK]

My main car – and track car backup – is a 2015 Suzuki Swift Sport. It set me back £6,000 at the start of the year and I couldn't be happier with it. Fab little machine.



My toy/track hack/ongoing project car is a 1989 Chevrolet Corvette. It cost me £7,000 in 2019 and that still strikes me as a bit of a steal, especially considering that it's a rare six-speed example.



I've had 144mph out of it so far. Another 56mph to go...

 

[Robdav]

2018 Skoda Kodiaq Scout brought 3 years ago for £37k and sold recently for £26,100 with just short of 29k on the clock. Lovely car if a little underpowered...

 

[Basher]

Polestar2 with all the options for about £350 a month (via my employer, the actual car was about £64k)

 

[Dup]

2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI - Paid £2500 June last year with ~150k on the clock.

A far cry from many of the more interesting cars I wish I had. I could go finance something newer and nicer but I don't see the point, I have 3 kids and don't commute anymore. Funny how things change.

In fact I could really do with three adult seats in the middle row so want need an S-Max but refuse to pay current prices. I may end up getting a naff trim model if forced however it's the T-X Sport or nothing tbh.

 

[Doobedoo]

65 plate Polo Gti brought with 33,000 on the clock for £9500 a year ago.

Pulsar Gti-R £2300 6-7 years ago although it’s been sat in my garage waiting for some loving for a bit too long now.

 

[Greebo]

Main car nothing techinically as it s a company car 2018 VW Touareg 3.0TDI 286ps R Line. About to be a BMW X5 45e Msport Comfort & Pro Pack

Also own a

1968 MG Midget - Cost £5k, spent about £5k on it since (and about to spend another £2-£3k over winter with an engine rebuild and supercharger.

2015 Mitsubishi Shogun Barbarian 3 door, paid £25,000 ex demonstrator with 200 miles on it. last of the manual gearbox with low transfer box.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Two cars:
For the missus, 2006 330i (touring). Bought nearly 10 years ago for just over £9k. Excluding standard maintenance, it’s cost around £1k in repairs (water pump, battery and alternator). So whilst the fuel consumption is not amusing, cost of ownership per year has been pretty good

2002 MX5 Arizona 1.8. Bought 3 years ago for £2k, but have probably spent another £4K since then, including replacing the chassis rails and giving it a full under seal by a reputable company. Also received some “personalisation” such as chassis bracing, lightweight wheels, new stereo, induction kit, stainless exhaust etc.

 

[Funky-Melon]

2006 Volvo S40 T5, cost me £1900 4 years ago.

It sounds nice and (remapped) goes nicely, it's only cost ~£1000 in repairs in the 4 years I've had it (excluding tyres and fuel).
Think I'll keep it till it goes pop.

 

[Somnambulist]

Honda Civic 1.8 petrol, 2011 ES-T.

Bought privately in 2018 for £5600, one previous owner (who had recently expired) and just over 40k miles on the clock. My first car after learning and passing my test at about double the age everyone else does. Been totally reliable and have only had to replace a couple of brake light bulbs myself and the battery, then the usual servicing stuff like brake pads and a couple of tyres due to tread wear but haven't had to spend much on it.

Only other thing I've done to it is have a front/rear dash-cam installed. Will get the alloys refurbished when I go to sell it on as they're a bit tatty in places but have to decide on what I want next first.

 

[Axeboy]

Currently,

Vito Tourer 119 2018 - approx £18k
Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Spec S 2009 - approx £6k
Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 1989 - approx £6k (just before prices rocketed)
Lexus GS460 2008 - approx £5k
Just put a small deposit down on a Ariel Nomad at £3k too, 2 years to wait at least though

Just sold a Subaru Forester Cross Sport Turbo 2005 Manual for just under £6k a few days back