Looking back..

ste_bla · 30 Jul 2008 at 21:27

Have you ever looked at the past receipts for your car and thought wow. I did today and found out the previous bought a set of Wanli tyres for £300 compared to my NCT5's for £240 yesterday!

Also £420 for a thermostat and fluid change!

I know Im not the greatest with cars but even I would have to think what the hell.

Sparky · 30 Jul 2008 at 21:29

I owned a Alfa, i gave up keeping reciepts!

Begbie · 30 Jul 2008 at 21:37

Yeah so far, £80 for full brake pads supplied fitted and two services. Not bad

Sparky · 30 Jul 2008 at 21:39

£3700 replacement engine, [under warranty though] £1800 Selespeed gearbox, £600 selespeed actuator.........

Clarkey · 30 Jul 2008 at 21:40

there is only one repair receipt, replacing a failed cam angle sensor, was about 130 from the main dealer, pretty reasonable. I love my typically reliable Japanese car

paradigm · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:01

Hmm, £1300 for a used engine, which I had to fit myself :/

olv · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:09

paradigm said:
Hmm, £1300 for a used engine, which I had to fit myself :/

paid in part by ocuk

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:11

£40 for rad £120 for 4 tyres..
And a few other bits and bobs. Fit everything my self and get most parts from breakers.

Still need to get a rear view mirror and a engine tray or what ever they are called.

paradigm · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:12

olv said:
paid in part by ocuk

Nope, that went towards the £600 service (timing adjustment and related gumpf) it needed afterwards

Sparky · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:12

Alfa winning so far...no suprise there then!

Jez · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:15

Even the trusty S-class cant beat £3700 as a single bill. It has around 8-9 years of £1000+ regular bills though

ScoobyDoo69 · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:20

paradigm said:
Nope, that went towards the £600 service (timing adjustment and related gumpf) it needed afterwards

Is that all working now?

paradigm · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:22

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Is that all working now?

Yes mate, as I said in the thread about a month back

Lopéz · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:28

Invoice

From : Terry (Tadpole)
To : Leon

NOVA WELDING

£300

I decided to learn to weld after that.

G_D · 30 Jul 2008 at 22:58

This is a very bad game to play which can only end in tears.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2008 at 23:27

I have an A4 ring binder containing every invoice ever printed for my car over its entire life. There are literally thousands of pounds worth of stuff - he even went to the main dealer to get wiper blades done..

Hxc · 30 Jul 2008 at 23:34

The mini had an unbelievable amount spent on it, the amount spent on one invoice was £200 less than what I paid for the car.... quite unreal really.

Fortunatly we can do pretty much everything that will ever need doing on a mini ourselves, so visits to specialists are hopefully never going to be needed.

Andr3w · 30 Jul 2008 at 23:43

[TW]Fox;12189707 said:
I have an A4 ring binder containing every invoice ever printed for my car over its entire life. There are literally thousands of pounds worth of stuff - he even went to the main dealer to get wiper blades done..

Surely hes one of the VERY view people who do that, i mean...unclip...clip on...and done?

How much did it cost fox? Just wondering.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2008 at 23:47

Can't remember offhand - it's at home and I'm not but it was done along with an Inspection 2 at something like 30 quid.

Scania · 31 Jul 2008 at 06:14

Andr3w said:
Surely hes one of the VERY view people who do that, i mean...unclip...clip on...and done?

How much did it cost fox? Just wondering.

Oh I don't know.....

My old man has a box of invoices similar to Fox's, included is wiper blades, bulb changes and even a fuse swap!

His biggest bill is circa £2400 iirc, Inspection 2, 4 Tyres, Exhaust and a few other odds & sods!

Thankfully for his wallet, the car is now looked after by a local garage (after circa 240k miles I doubt a BMW FSH makes much difference!) - His service costs are about half what he used to pay despite the car getting older & the miles climbing higher.