What has your car cost you this year

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So thought it might be an interesting thread.

In 2015, excluding upgrades, mods and regular services/service items and fuel, what has your cars cost you so far.

Please state what your car is and year in your post.

2002 corolla, so far a tube of tiger seal to try fix a leak, 14 euro.

colm_mcm

€0
Which is nice. It is only 16 days into 2015 though.
Spent a total of €90 in 2014 outside tyres and servicing on rear pads and discs.
07 Civic iVTEC

toastedpickles

The grand total of nothing
That will change very soon though :pac:

Saab 9-5

Supergurrier

Uh, no comment...

George Dalton

2000 Audi S4.

€1600 so far.

Another €1000 in the next 2 weeks

And yes, that is not far off the current market value :pac:

eringobragh

2000 MR2 mk2

4 new tyres required this year at some stage!

Price : TBC

Skyhawk1990

2004 Ford Focus 1.8 tdci

€690 so far with the flywheel, clutch and release bearing going on me, thought the gear cables were gone but luckily enough it was a loose spring.

And I only have it a month!

Bpmull

2007 golf tdi

So far this year I had to replace one of the number plate light housings. As the previous owner broke the retaining clips while removing it and glued it back in place so once I took it out to replace the bulb it wouldn't stay up in the bumper and I wasn't going glue it back as that's just rough. So 14.50 euro for the replacement.

unkel

2003 BMW 520i

2014 - €50 oil + filter change DIY, €180 for 4 Pirelli P Zero Rosso part worn tyres balanced and fitted, €55 NCT, €60 NCT work by mechanic, €28 NCT retest, €9 car wash for NCT retest

Total: €382

2015 - €55 NCT - passed first time. Valid until April '16. Another €50 for oil and service nothing else expected this year

Total: €105

Toyotafanboi

€56 for a back box with new bolts and gasket. A bit unexpected but i guess the system is 11 years old. €60 for a parking ticket too :P

i doubt there will be anything else.

Dale Parish

2002 BMW 525d
Engine Mounts: €145.44
Control Arm Bushings: €64
Donut: €104
Philips Xenons: €53.50

(All lemforder)

Tyres (2x) €280

Not looking good for 2015

For Forks Sake

07 Octavia vRS

Nothing so far. I actually taxed it on time.

Pads and discs are next for replacing.

Voodoomelon

BMW 740Li

16 days in and motor tax has cost me €79.29.
Insurance has cost €46.08.
About €120 in fuel.
Screenwash €5.00.


Total cost €250.37

I'd say I've driven 350 miles. Also sprung a coolant leak as of this evening so parts bill on the way soon.

I hate these threads.

Prob spent north of €7000 last year.

Foxhole Norman

2002 BMW 525i

- €520 for new Headunit(Including Customs Duty + VAT)
- €50 New Ignition Coil
- Around €160 in fuel

Will be doing a service after the next 3k miles, 4 New Tyres at some point, probably the Summer, will need to tax it at the end of March.

berger89

Ugh too much. I think people don't understand the cost of running cars! It's all well and good when you're 17 and think that the car runs on air and the engine is made of everything-resistant material.

Nothing so far this year but last year, off the top of my head:

Brake pads + Coil yokey + labour - 120 (it think)
NCT - 55
Tax - 385
Insurance - 770
2 new tyres - 120
Oil/filter - 50
Power steering cable - 30 (i think)
Total= 1,530 euro

Oh yeah, forgot about petrol. So about 70euro every 2 weeks

I'm pretty sure there was 1 or 2 other things aswell

Stheno

Apart from tax, nothing so far as I've not been driving it with the tax out (way too many checkpoints that I hit) as is the NCT

Due:
New backbox - 145
Get rid of airbag fault light - 100 or so
NCT 77 (cancelled the last one)
Probably two new tyres - unknown - 200?

mickdw

Audi A5

14 euro outside of normal running costs for a door lock cable that I hope will cure a recent fault with drivers door. Its either that or the lock for 140 quid. Will soon know.

Edit: last year - camshaft position sensor and ride height sensors replaced for about 80 quid total.

Sobanek

2004 320Ci was €1,056.

1998 750i nothing so far.

Trojan

Do I have to?

Buying the car: just over 1k.

Fixing the car: just under 1k.

Tax: just over 1k.

Insurance: half that.

Fuel: lots (done a lot of mileage though).

Planned: another 1.5k spend on suspension & upgrades.

Edit: misread thread... if we're talking 2015 only, all in it's cost me €55 of fuel so far, everything above was before the year turned.

kyeev

Ford Focus 2005

NCT 55 euro
New battery 90 euro
Hole in exhaust 100 euro
Front headlight 85 euro
Rear Shock 100 euro
NCT Retest 25 euro

455 euro to get through NCT

I know I need two new tyres as well.

bazz26

In 2014:

My old VW Passat CC:

1 tyre - €150
Replacement fog light housing - €40.
Full service - €250
Remap - €320
New clutch, flywheel and gearbox cost me €0 but VW a couple of grand.

Current BMW 5 Series:
€45 for the Sat Nav 2015 maps update.
Nothing else so far.

bladebrew

Good idea for a thread,
Citroen Saxo 2000
Front passenger door and rear offside door are jammed shut, It just spend 3 days at a mechanic who didn't want to fix it, I got it back today and took off both door cards, stabbed my hand with a screwdriver and swore a lot but can't fix it so it is going to a different mechanic on Monday, I will update then!

Noccy_Mondy

2004 Focus tddi

280 on tyres
20 on door lock
50 on power steering pump
30 on new reg plates
7.50 on double sided tape :P
20 in main dealer for diagnosis of steering problem
NCT 50
Front splitter 66
In the garage tomorrow and Tuesday, so that will mount up
New ball joint to be gotten, along with bushing and handbrake cable

Mondeo - Nothing thank god!

Chris_Heilong

3 months Tax at €305.

chrismon

2003 1.9tdi Passat
€50 for getting the exhaust welded.

dgt

An auld 95 C220 Diesel. About €200 so far for parts and other bits. Want it tightened up before its transformation

And I also drive a complete dullmobile (no, it isn't Italian) that has cost me €20 in parts so far. It just gets diesel and that does it

Satanta

I use the android app Fuel Costs to track all vehicle costs. Last year (from I changed in April) I spent 6061. That includes estimated depreciation (2000 - using a 5 year write down from 10000), 854 on tax, 1011on insurance, 190 for space saver spare that it came without, 360 on main dealer service (includes a xenon), 1450 on fuel and 300 on two tyres yesrerday (technically this year).

Boskowski

€400 for a new starter motor. Could have been so much worse as the original (quick) diagnosis before they actually went at it was gearbox. There is going to be another couple of hundred soon for an electric problem.

advertsfox

2014 - Avensis 07 1.8 was purchased, free interim service so just petrol.

2015 - €2 on a 7.5A fuse and petrol so far.

NCT next week and service due in 3000KM with tyres eventually required (going to keep the same Bridgestone Turanzas it came with) and brake discs / pads so ask me again in 3-4 months (est. €750).

spuddy

Is last year ok? Like many here, a part of me I've always wanted to know how much it actually costs to run a car. (Another part, the bigger part, was afraid to know!).

Last year I decided to over come my fear and finally find out. So for the past 12 months I've religiously tracked all expenses, including fuel, on a modest band A3 car.

Item Cost Comment
Fuel 1465 16k KM
Tax 190 Band A3
Tolls 60
Insurance 520
Annual Service 300
Tyres 300

Monthly Cost 219.58 Assuming 36 months for tyres


Depreciation is of course the missing element, but that cost will be dictated by a future price, when the car is sold (of which there are no immediate plans), and as you cannot research the future, I've excluded it for now.

_Kaiser_

2005 A6 3.0 TDI Quattro

So far this year... nothing!

Jobs to be done.. need another BBS alloy for the spare, thinking about getting the rear half of the car tinted, OEM Bluetooth would be nice but I don't know who'd take that on if I sourced the parts.

Aircraft Freak

Nothing so far, only bought recently, first Diesel car I have bought, and loving the milage. Hearing people talking about DPF's and servicing, haven't really looked into it yet, hope it won't be expensive.

Kia Cerato 1.5 CRDI.

Pops_20

1999 Toyota Starlet Glanza

Tax for 6 months: €251

Service parts: €143.73

Brake Fluid: €4

Rubber Hose: €8

Battery: €65

Drive Belt: €10

Total: €481.73

Not looking good considering it's not even on the road yet! :pac:

KD11

2008 audi a4

700 euro on a DPF recondition last week.

Aircraft Freak

KD11 wrote: »

2008 audi a4

700 euro on a DPF recondition last week.

Holy Jesus! is this what I have to look forward to with Diesel?

DoctorEdgeWild

17 days into the year and my car has cost me:

My youth.
My patience.
My dignity.
My positive outlook on life.
My flathead screwdriver.


92 CRX. Still wouldn't dream of changing it.

Noccy_Mondy

Aircraft Freak wrote:

Holy Jesus! is this what I have to look forward to with Diesel?

Shouldn't pose as much of a problem if you are doing the miles for a diesel. Short trips only clog up these filters, not giving the car a chance to become efficient.

Aircraft Freak

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Shouldn't pose as much of a problem if you are doing the miles for a diesel. Short trips only clog up these filters, not giving the car a chance to become efficient.

Grand so, I do a good run 5 days a week.

LawlessBoy

€60 (I think) for a blown tail light last night didn't even know it was gone and it couldn't be gone long as I only recently checked the bulbs
2001 bora

+ replacemtn bulb so let's say 65

Andrewf20

96 e36 323i. Approx 1400euro in 2014. Failed nct - needed 2 lamda sensors and front dampers & labour. Also did 2 services myself but the oil and filters are about 90eu per service. Engine has 211k miles on it and runs great but I'm starting to loose a cup full of coolant a week. Looks like I've a small weep at one of the gaskets.

Bpmull

Aircraft Freak wrote: »

Holy Jesus! is this what I have to look forward to with Diesel?

Provided you are doing the correct driving to suit the diesel I.e. Plenty of long trips then you will have no dpf issues well not until the mileage gets very high anyway. If you bought it to tip around town and do 100 km a week of all short trips then you could well have dpf issues but then that's not the cars fault that your not using it for the correct purpose.

Aircraft Freak

Bpmull wrote: »

Provided you are doing the correct driving to suit the diesel I.e. Plenty of long trips then you will have no dpf issues well not until the mileage gets very high anyway. If you bought it to tip around town and do 100 km a week of all short trips then you could well have dpf issues but then that's not the cars fault that your not using it for the correct purpose.

Nah doing good long stretches, 50km per day.

Bpmull

Aircraft Freak wrote: »

Nah doing good long stretches, 50km per day.

Then you'll be fine.

KD11

Aircraft Freak wrote: »

Holy Jesus! is this what I have to look forward to with Diesel?

If you are doing the mileage to burn it off it's fine. The previous owner was only using it for shop runs. Knew that when I bought it though. It's around 1300 for a new one. Just to be safe you should drive in 3rd or 4th for a few miles every couple weeks or so.

W.Shakes-Beer

2001 Audi A4 1.9TDi 115bhp
Mileage: 204,000 miles.

€160 on tyres
€37 for Oil and Filter
€50 for new thermostat and coolant flush
€100 for Hydraulic Belt Tensioner that had been on its way for a while
€120 Diesel (500 miles per week)

€467 so.

Tax and insurance up next month

bop1977

€95 for a window regulator in my vrs.

Mister Jingles

1.8 125bhp Mk3 Mondeo

120 for balljoints and tracking

70 for two part worn tyres

30 to get tracking re-done.

20 for a mini valet

Forgot about motor tax 240

Total 480

akura

Clio €38.00 For a coolant sensor, I had only replaced the last one in november.

bladebrew wrote: »

Citroen Saxo 2000
Front passenger door and rear offside door are jammed shut, It just spend 3 days at a mechanic who didn't want to fix it, I got it back today and took off both door cards, stabbed my hand with a screwdriver and swore a lot but can't fix it so it is going to a different mechanic on Monday, I will update then!

I had that problem with my old saxo. The rear passenger side was jammed shut I tried fixing it myself with no luck so took it to 2 different mechanic's and they couldn't fix it. Good luck

Gavman84

2015 580 for Stratagem ultra for the car is all so far other then plenty petrol. But this expense was my choice and glad I got it too handy piece of kit.
2014 280 for two tyres I think and 3 euro for footwell lights. Two drive belts and rear wiper was 85 but paid under warrenty.

CianRyan

Bought my car for €900 August 2013, sat in my garden unused since then, bar the odd spin to keep her moving.
Spent zero on it and now it's worth about €1500.

So my car has earned me €600 in assets, not bad.

beauf

Most people are forgetting depreciation. Which is another cost.