Average annual cost of motoring nearing £7000

ILW

IronWolf wrote: »

My Ferrari 250 GT costs me that a second, but my run-around McLaren F1 only costs that about a week.

My 12 inch penis costs me nothing.

I have found a way of making my penis 12 inches long.

PasturesNew

I've recently spent £500 for tyres all round, then £500 for brakes all round, most of an exhaust system... I was kind of expecting £400 for that lot. Not spent much on diesel... although it does all add up, it'd probably be £100/month if I were keeping a proper eye on it.

If I'd not sold my house and was living in it and had a job there's no way I'd have been able to afford that and I'd have subsequently lost my job probably... no point borrowing it as I'd have not been able to pay it back either.

wotsthat

MacMickster wrote: »

Those dastardly Germans, who still manufacture things (bar stewards), have undoubtedly installed a suicide chip in the engine management system of their vehicles.

Jack Dee joke...

He was telling his grandmother about how pleased he was with his recent purchase of a new Japanese car. His grandmother was disgusted and asked how he could do that after what his grandad went through in the war.

Jack Dee 'oh really, was he in a prisoner of war camp - I didn't know that'

Grandmother 'no he wasn't; he just had a series of unreliable Japanese cars between 1939 and 1945'

purch

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Thats £583 a month.

So when is the other £ 4.00 spent :eek:

Cleaver

I hate spending money on cars. I have zero interest in them and have always buy the very cheapest and simplest thing I can that will get me from A to B. The thought of going out and buying a BMW or Audi or whatever for £25,000 is just such an odd concept to me.

I b ought a 1.0 litre thing with about 10,000 miles on it last year and do around 8,000 miles a year. Car cost around £5,000 and I expect it to last at least 8 years.

Tax is £20, insurance £250, maintenance maybe an average of about £500 a year. Petrol is currently about 10p a mile, so based on that petrol costs about £800 a year. So £1570 runnng costs a year.

So I reckon it'll cost me around £2,203 a year. However, around 4,000 miles a year are for work who pay 45p a mile, so I'll get £1,800 in income.

So my car actually costs me £403 a year, or £33 a month. Which I can cope with.

heathcote123

IronWolf wrote: »

My Ferrari 250 GT costs me that a second, but my run-around McLaren F1 only costs that about a week.

My 12 inch penis costs me nothing.

I'd heard there is no charge for gloryholes.

Going4TheDream

Cleaver wrote: »

I hate spending money on cars. I have zero interest in them and have always buy the very cheapest and simplest thing I can that will get me from A to B. The thought of going out and buying a BMW or Audi or whatever for £25,000 is just such an odd concept to me.

I b ought a 1.0 litre thing with about 10,000 miles on it last year and do around 8,000 miles a year. Car cost around £5,000 and I expect it to last at least 8 years.

Tax is £20, insurance £250, maintenance maybe an average of about £500 a year. Petrol is currently about 10p a mile, so based on that petrol costs about £800 a year. So £1570 runnng costs a year.

So I reckon it'll cost me around £2,203 a year. However, around 4,000 miles a year are for work who pay 45p a mile, so I'll get £1,800 in income.

So my car actually costs me £403 a year, or £33 a month. Which I can cope with.

Dont you just love the £20 road tax and the fuel economy!!!!! my OH pays around £260 just for road tax, thats about 3 months of running my car all inclusive and I nearly died when he filled it up and it cost him £86, that fills my car more than twice !!!

gailey_2

:eek:we spent more

Despite getting rid of mw of doom 3series in jan

purchased used vw touran for £6000

then it has a £600 service

taxed it for a year

nissan mirca needed some work to pass its mot

numpty hubby got more points so £500 in fines.

extra £1000 a year on insuring both cars and that was serious shopping around.

on plus side did save money on aa as threatened to leave to rac.

touran was in garage other day anopther £350

its due mot and tax in jan.
nissan march as could only afford 6months tax.

does this figure include petrol as thats £2500 a year for both.
1 diesil the others petrol
hubby travels 62miles day for work 5-6days a week.
dont use car much for leisure mainly short journeys

I accept this year high as 3rd child plus bmw spent more on repairs than it was worth got 600 part ex for it, it was like a new car it has so many new parts wouldent get a bmw again.

so approx motoring costs for 2011 over 10grand!

MrRee_2

I love working on my own cars, I don't have to - of course - but just really enjoy working on the 4 cars in the family.

Nothing goes wrong with them, just servicing needed.

I have a classic sports car which is 17 years old next spring, that's my plaything.

Cleaver

MrRee wrote: »

I love working on my own cars...
I have a classic sports car which is 17 years old next spring, that's my plaything.

Y'know, if I lived somewhere near highway one in California, or the Alpine region of France or Italy then having a 'plaything' car starts to make some sort of sense. Winding open roads, amazing scenery, sunshine.

I just don't get it in the UK. You spend however much on a classic car which you then get to sit in a queue in roadworks on the A149 outside Swindon on a drizzly Sunday. Don't see the point. It's just a vanity thing isn't it? Like designer clothes?