its about 25k depreciation, not bad going if you consider how much I spent.

However, when I sell my Porsche next year this will go up by about 15k

 

I'm 22 and have been through 9 cars in 5 years... Plus countless extended-rental and company owned cars, 10+ anyway.


'87 XR2 - 100bhp
'93 BX GTi 16v - 150bhp
'00 Mondeo 2.0 Zetec - 130bhp
'92 Series 2 RS Turbo - 195bhp
'99 Impreza Turbo (UK) - 260bhp
'99 Civic 3dr VTi - 175bhp
'98 Impreza Turbo (UK) - 230bhp
'94 Civic 3dr VTi - 173bhp
'94 Celica GT4 - 400bhp...for now!!


Cheers,
Grant

 

1990 AX GT
1998 Saxo VTR
1997 Saxo VTS
2001 Saxo VTS
MY96 Scooby WRX
1994 Clio Williams
MY00 Scooby Turbo
2003 Clio 172 Cup
MY03 STi PPP
2002 Civic Type R
MY99 RB5 WR Sport
2004 Clio 182 Cup packs
MY99 Scooby Turbo
1994 Vauxhall Cavalier!!
MY01 Scooby WRX wagon (currently)
Audi A6 (currently)

16 in ten years and I've probably missed some......

 

every year and a half, or if I take a fat pay rise, longest car I had was the Scoob for 1.5 years, s2000 for 1.5 years too, shortest 306 GTI6 for six months

 

8 cars, 5 years

90/H Nova 1.2 sting bought £1350 sold £1000
90/H Golf 1.3 £1850 £1800
90/G Escort XR3i £1500 £1700
88/E Escort Turbo £2200 £3100
97/P Golf VR6 £4500 £4700
96/P BMW 528i SE £7800 £8000
00/W Turbo 2000 £9000
88/E Golf Cabby £700
Still got the bottom two, but as you can see if you buy cheap and sell at the right time you don't have to take it too bad a loss on them. I get bored fairly easy so its nice to try a bit of everything, my scoob is one of the longest i've owned just over a year now

 

Dutton Phaeton bought 1150 in 1988, sold 1500 (but boy did I rebuild it...)
Pug bought 2000, sold 1600
Pug bought 2800, sold 2200
Impreza bought 22.5k, sold 12k
Shed bought 350, sold 150.
Toyota bought new, still got it.

 

1988 MG Metro Turbo
1983 MG Metro 1300
1987 MG Metro 1300
1978 MK2 Escort 1300
1987 Vauxhall Cavalier Sri 130
1990 Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi 2000
1992 Vauxhall Nova Gsi
1992 BMW 520i (company car)
1993 Ford Mondeo 2.0 LX (company car)
1997 VW Golf Tdi (company car)
1998 Vauxhall Vectra Sri 140
1989 Ford Sapphire Cosworth
1998 Subaru Imreza Turbo
1999 Honda Civic Vti...which i part with tomorrow..

next.....we'll see

 

longest i have had a car is my 172, and thats 9 months!

 

I've had one for 2 years

My parents have had in the past 6 years:

Ford Mondeo 2.0 GLX
BMW 323i (E36)
Ford Mondeo V6 Ghia X
Lotus Elise
Merc CLK 230 Komp
Volvo V70 D5
Subaru Impreza WRX

All except the CLK (2 years) have been kept for at least 3 years, and the longest was the elise (5 years), which was the only 2nd hand car. All except the Subaru, Elise and V70 were company cars Thats pretty good going

 

Year | Car | loss (depreciation and mods)

1991 | Honda Civic Si | 4000 Euros
1994 | Alfa 33 Green Clover | 5000 Euros
1996 | Mitsubishi Evo III | 6000 Euros
1998 | Subaru WRX MY99 | 4000 Euros
2001 | BMW 320i - company car | 0 Euros
2002 | Elise 111S | 10000 Euros
2004 | Mini Cooper S | will sell it next year, expect around 6000 Euros loss

2006 | BMW 130i M-Sport

So, 7 cars in 14 years of driving = an average of 2 years per car, not bad compared to some of you
Total loss is 35,000 Euros, but then I've purchased them all brand new except the Alfa (and that was a mistake), so depreciation has always been an issue ...

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