Ownership costs (MY00) sadness and joy ..
 

Nice history:)
Whats the transfer box bearing do btw?
What were the symptoms of it needing replacement?

Interesting

99MY Wagon owned from 41k to 62k (1 year):-

45k service £327
52.5k service £119
60k service £370
New clutch* £320
Short engine* £2300
Insurance £950 (30 something)
Tyres x 4 £320
Fuel £3378
Total £8084/£4784 (without engine)

(*New clutch fitted at same time as short engine replacement- warranty on engine)

Octavia 4x4 turbo 220bhp owned 19k-41k (1 year again)
service at 21k £195
service at 30k £ 78
service at 40k £185
Fuel costs £2679
Insurance £470
Tyres x2 £140
Total £3747

Geddon,

Not entirely sure what a transfer box bearing does .. did ask in here in technical but no response. Symptoms were a high pitched whine, like transmission whine that changed in tone with speed (not revs) .. most noticable coasting down from 40-20 in 3rd ... mechanic said it was usually louder (mine was quiet-ish but noticeable) . Happened in all gears, didn't disappear when brakes applied.

Supposedly a 'known' weakness in MY00 boxes.

Actually forgot to add road tax to above history :rolleyes: .. so another 500-odd quid.

Just worked out that £11K over 3 years or so is about £315 quid a month :eek2:

Avalyn.

i prefer the head in the sand approach myself ;)

Also if I add the loan I took to buy the car (approx 7K) and paid about £190 a month until I had a wee bonus that paid it .. you are looking at £500 odd sobs a month ... jesus :eek:

Avalyn.

Plus you forgot to factor in the depreciation which is the biggest cost in owning a car for most people.

I worked out that my Impreza cost me £700 a month for the 22 months I owned it. Can you see why I drive a £1500 Renault Laguna now??

Cars are the best waste of money I have ever discovered.

:)


Move over a touch, my head is coming in besides yours.......

I heard that in a movie once

That is a lot of money!!, personally I'd prefer to drive a sh1t box around and take the family on 2 or 3 good holidays each year.
Definitely food for thought for any newbies out there contemplating Impreza ownership though.

Yep deffo a lot of wonga .. although it's not until I totalled it up I realized just how much it has cost me .. I mean I knew it was quite expensive but holy cow :eek:

We've still had nice holiday, the nipper is wee so we've toured Scotland on our hols like I did when I was just a lad. I'd never spend cash on a car if it meant that the family missed out on anything :) .. the missus is still on first name terms with all the employees at all the branches of NEXT :rolleyes:

At least my new one has free servicing, won't cost me anything to tax for a year, shouldn't need tyres/pads/discs for a couple of years and anything else going wrong is covered by warranty ... just insurance and petrol to pay and in the grand scheme of things wont be that much more than a pleb-mobile per month :norty:

Thought I'd post up just to give some folks an idea of just how much a classic is to run if they are considering one. I mean buying one is only half (if not less than) the complete picture ..

Cheers,
Avalyn.

just worked mine out - about £500 p/month (inc everything)

Sounds about right :)

Dan

OK - sounds expensive until you look at some alternatives which seem popular. For example: BMW 5 series, Audi A4 etc. Badge or performance?

Think of all the ££ saved on initial outlay of Scoob vs. alternative.

My MY00 cost £10k (25k miles) which, by my calculation, still leaves me the £10-15k balance in the bank for running costs & fuel over the next 3-5 years.

I maintain that despite running costs the scoob represents best value (in terms of performance, safety & thrills) than anything else out there.

Alarming, isn't it? I did a similar mental calculation to worked out what my MY00 had cost up until I sold it at 4 1/2 yrs old. I thougt about what it cost to buy (£23k), all the servicing, Prodrive toys, tyres, fuel, insurance and one nice shiny new engine - and nearly cried as I parted with the whole lot for the princely sum of £8,900.

I didn't learn, though. With luck I should be picking up a brand spanking new Japanese MY05 STI next weekend :D

what did you have done on the 60k service?:eek2: nearly a grand:eek:.
was it work you were expecting to pay for, or was it a case of walking to the service counter and then nearly passing out?;)

hoskib - an MY00 for a 60K at a main dealer is £750 as it includes spark plugs and cambelt all in one :rolleyes:

I needed cambelt tensioners as well and some bushes and springs for the clutch assembly ... hence the total.

They quoted me £750 for the service and £150 odd for other parts etc + labour so I was actually expecting about £1200, you should have seen the receptionists face when she said £996 and I said .. oh cool cheaper than I thought :D

Avalyn.

i've got this service next, hope they don't find any 'add ons'.

still, supplying about £100 worth of parts so that should bring it down a bit:)

"Ignorance is bli$$"

works for me :D

bob

Calling SiPie :D