Ciaran

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jsu wondering out of interest how much do u think i would cost to run a standardish uk turbo for a year.

saying i do 10,000 miles
excluding the insurance as it's fixed in price unfortunatly
and service costs

also how much do things like getting the clutch changed cam belts etc cost on average?

what should i realistkly expect mpg wise when being driven hardish?

alcazar

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Hi, mate.

I run a '98 UK turbo with LINK remap etc, and get anywhere from 20mpg when driven ..........errrrr............(trying to avoid holier than thou brigade) :................not slowly.

Cambelt was around £200 fitted.

Alcazar

Ciaran

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fair enough was just seeing if i could run a car on less than 20k a tear and still have a life outside of petrol stations and my car.

will proably kill me to begin with as i currently drive a diesel insurance is frik all aswell.

mgg

Get saving or hope you win the lottery.

Bought my first subaru two weeks ago. MY02WRX with WR Sport Exhaust, apart from that its standard.

Used £125 of fuel in 14 days........my old car didnt even use that in a month!!

Fuel cost will lower ( i hope ) once i start driving it properly and stop thrashing it everywhere. But im still adapting to the car at the moment, so thats a good excuse for thrashing it.

My advice........buy one and worry about costs later! thats exactly what i did. Best car ive ever driven, so much fun. Do it while you can!

Marc.

chris's scooby

When i got my first one the saleman said "Chris,whatever you do DON'T work out how much this car is costing you to run for the first few months. Wait until the novelty has worn off". Sound advice because when i did work it all out it made me want to cry!!!

mgg

LMAO Chris

Sub97

"run a car on less than 20k a tear" - do you mean it would cost you less than 20k a year to run one, or you earn less than 20k a year?

If the latter, then unless you live somewhere rent free, I'd say you're going to struggle mate.

HomerJunior

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I earn less than £25,000 and manage to run my classic though I no longer have any mates, girlfrinds, social life etc. If in the same situation would do it again! You just learn to budget for petrol, mods etc and skimp in other areas. Go do it! You know you want to!!!!

New_scooby_04

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I hear ya HomerJunior. I'm in the same position, although still have the GF. Though, to be honest, I think the car costs less and is more fun ;-)

Best.

antera309

Any serious sports car is gonna cost a fair bit to run.

The question is, does the Scooby's running costs warrant buying a cheap second car for the "donkey work" in the week, kinda like TVR owners do?

tozerman

IMO the best way to go, I use a 1.4 nova (50mpg) for the commute and scooby for weekends and fun only, it is surprising how much (slow) fun you can have in an old nova.....THINK ABOUT IT YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE..

Graz

That old saying applies - "if you have to ask how much you can't afford it"

I shudder to think how much my classic costs me a year, two services minor (£150) and major (£400-£600) + wear and tear items, fuel, depreciation, insurance, tax, tyres (£400 a set), etc. Of course you can save money on servicing, especially if you don't mind getting dirty, you can do the oil service yourself. Going to a specialist as opposed to main dealers is also cheaper.

But I try to forget all that as I enjoy owning it / driving it. I'll always want quick cars so it's just part and parcel of the monthly budget now.

Karl22B

well if mines anything to go by i got a 22B on 37K miles about 3 1/2 months ago i done 450 miles and the bottom-end went so got it all done after 9 weeks,
run it in for 1000 miles got it turned up to full boost on friday and on last sunday after only 500 miles the bottom-end has gone again,
oh yeah and done about £500 fuel init not bad it only been on the road for 3 weeks out of 3 1/2 months so its been a very sh*t few months for me and now bloody skint anyone want a rattly 22B

preacha

"how much do u think i would cost to run a standardish uk turbo for a year."

Over last two years it has cost me roughly £80 a week to run MY02 wagon ( not including insurance or mods ) - includes one tank of juice per week.


Not cheap, but hey... not cheap cars to buy neither...

Life is all for the enjoying mate - go for it !

Ciaran

iTrader: (16)

well will be working offshore so only using the car half the time. will be living at home but have been told i need to pay the council tax £220 a month no expenses apart from that!

also pretty mechanically minded due to my job and have access to tools and a pit so can fit most broken parts myself!

my only worry is something like a bottom end failure as il only have about £800 a month spare after insurance to spare!

Andy_1271

2 minor and 1 major service a year!!!! how many miles do you do?

De Warrenne

errr, if its a classic, with 7.5K service intervals I reckon that'll be err, 22,500 miles a year - am I right?

MY98, 15,000 miles a year costs me £2400 in fuel, £700 insurance, £1k servicing and odds and sods. Ca. £4k a year. quite a lot of money, Mortgage costs about £7k a year, can't drive a house

jmk

I reckon my car (03 wrx) cost me £200 per week for the last year - including petrol (15k miles pa), insurace, depreciation, maintenance, tax etc.

Or looking at it another way, as I'm a higher rate tax payer, I had to earn an extra £15-17k last year to run the car.

I've come to the conclusion that from next year I'll be better off buying a second hand 911 or a new boxster coupe (should they make it).

Ciaran

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probably do about 10k a year.
car is just 4 fun can use the old mans whenever i like!

scoobfan

No- But you can't live in a car either !!!!!!

De Warrenne

deffo don't want to try

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Too much IMHO. If I'd known the true running costs of my MY99 Uk turbo I would probably not have bought it.... maybe at the time I did know but ignored them because I wanted one so much. I've got the Impreza out of my system now though so it will be going and getting something that isn't as much a drain on the bank balance.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Ha ha... see my previous post. Hindsight.... a wonderful thing

pin777

first 4 months (scooby ownership)

my 04 sti =£25,000

ppp =£2,000

insurance =£1,200

petrol=£2,500 (done 11,000mls last 4mts ave£45-200mls apx)

mud flaps=£170

strut brace==£80

arb+geometry=£200

10k service=£160

new front tyres=£225

nbr plates=£350

road angel= £450 (this is a must)

=£32,335

sh*t wish i had`nt showed the missis

but still smileing

ricardo

I've just totalled up the costs for my UK MY98 since I got it on 20/02/99.

Total road tax, services, tyres, battery, brakes over nearly 6 years: £5,941.
Total insurance £3,350.
55,000 miles so petrol over that time about £8200 (it was cheaper nearer the beginning!)
Depreciation is the killer (I'd guess £16k or so) which would apply to pretty much any new or nearly new car.

The running costs aren't that great compared to the cost of actually buying and then later selling the thing, but obviously more of a factor if you get an older one with a lot of depreciation already done.

Grand total: £39k (which sounds horrendous), or about £6,500 per year overall (which doesn't sound toooo bad....considering what you get.)