What has your car cost you?

[Ponto]

Well this could get interesting.

The real cost is well purchase and maintenance. Mod's, well those are above and beyond. So we can break this up if you so wish to participate.

Don't forget to include what the car is!

1. Car Purchase Price
2. Maintenance Costs List them if you have an idea.
3. Mod Costs

Toss in years of ownership and km driven to come up with a cost/km

2007 Audi A3 S-line 3.2 Quattro
1. Purchase Price = $19,000
2. Maintenance: Idler Pulleys, Tensioner, Water pump, Oil changes = ~$1,250
3. Mods: KW V1's, Magnaflow Exhaust, Paint Matched Side Markers, S5 Steering Wheel, RS Shift Knob, Titanium Grill, 034 Rear Sway Bar, HPA Puck Mount, LM Reps and Falken tires = Approx. $3500 inc. Install costs for stuff I didn't do myself.

Total Cost = $23,750
Distance Driven to date = 20,xxx km

Cost/km = $1.18/km

Cost without Mods/km = $1.01/km

[P Arkus]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Great idea for a thread, however I will refrain from participating. As an accountant, if I calculated all I spent on cars, I might get a heart attack and decide to change my life around haha.

Lets just say I spend too much!

[Ponto]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Great idea for a thread, however I will refrain from participating. As an accountant, if I calculated all I spent on cars, I might get a heart attack and decide to change my life around haha.

Lets just say I spend too much!

Well this is a very valid point - so maybe just stick to maintenance costs if you'd like lol. And not saying all your cars. Just your current one!

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: What has your car cost you?

I am in the same boat as Patryk (retired accountant too) and I usually do not keep track of my car spending to save the panic it may cause. As I have not owned a car for a couple years now I have probably saved a bundle, but I used to buy a brand new car, get wheels, tires and suspension before it even arrived and with very minimal mileage my costs were probably pretty amazing.

[Ponto]

Re: What has your car cost you?

I was afraid of this... lol

I know full well the money I eventually spend on my cars is way more than it should be, but its my hobby and what i get enjoyment out of so to me the costs are worth it lol. Not to say you guys don't agree, but I don't get into a panic over what I have spent. That being sad I have only had this car for 6 months now haha.

[MechEngg]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Not pleased with my numbers :(

1. Purchase Price = $11,500

2. Maintenance = ~$2500 probably
- Timing belt/water pump/mechanical tensioner
- radiator/expansion tank/water pump again/thermoswitch/CTS/thermostat housing/thermostat/CTS flange/etc
- Front/Rear ECS Geomet coated rotors/Akebono pads
- Control arm bushings
- Rear beam bushings
- Oil changes (x10 maybe?)
- Brake fluid flush
- Coolant flushes (x5 probably)

3. Mods (not removed mods, just that are currently on the car) = $14,450
ENGINE - ~$3000
Gonzo Stage 2+ ECU Tune
4bar Fuel Pressure Regulator
Integrated Engineering FSI/TSI Coilpack Adapters
OEM FSI Coilpacks
034Motorsports Catch Can/PCV System
Forge 007 Diverter Valve
Eurojet Lower Boost Hardpipe
Pwrhaus SMIC with Custom Rock Guard
Excessive Amperage 200A Alternator
Pwrhaus Turbo Inlet Pipe
Pwrhaus Throttlebody Hose
New South Performance Power Gasket
Vibra-Technics Motor Mounts (all 3)
Blox Racing 3” Velocity Stack
6” K&N Air Filter
Billet Injector Cups
42DD Aluminum Shifter Bushings
034Motorsport Shifter Bracket Bushings
General Engine Bay & Wiring Cleanup (SAI, Evap, N249 delete etc)

SUSPENSION - ~$4800
Airlift Slam XL Front Struts
Firestone 7076 Rear Sleeve Bags (brand new)
Bilstein Rear Dampers
2.5 Gallon Polished Aluminum Tank
3 Gallon Aluminum Tank
4 x Air Zenith OB2 Compressors
Accuair E-level Management with Touchpad
Safety Bleed Valve
Schrader Valve for Use of Air Tools
Kleinn99 Air Horns (hooked up to OEM horn location)
Drivers Side Raxle
Stainless steel braided brake lines

WHEELS - ~$2200
18x8.5 1552 RML Snowflake Wheels
215/40/18 Falken 512 Tires

TRUNK - ~$250
B-Quiet Ultimate Vibration Dampening & Mass Loaded Vinyl/Closed Cell Foam Sound Deadening
Custom Rubber Trunk Liner for Daily Driving
Custom Vibration Isolation Compressor Frame

INTERIOR - ~$2700
Air Zenith Digital Pressure Gauge with 42DD A-Pillar Pod
Retrofitted Recaro Seats to Include Heating Elements
MK6 Scirocco Sport Steering Wheel
JVC KW-NT500HDT 6.1” DVD/Navi Head Unit
Hidden Compressor and Pressure Gauge Kill Switches
Lit Jetta Vents
Zada-Tech Multi Gauge System (Fitted into OEM Cluster Clock Location)

EXTERIOR - ~$1500
Custom GLI Hood Bra
Retrofit Headlights
• Acura TL Projectors
• Osram Xenarc SVS HID Bulbs
• Morimoto 5Five Ballasts
• Dual Turn Signals
• Volx Tuning Glass Lenses with 3M
Shaved GLI Trunk
OEM Porsche Cayenne Backup Camera
OEM Orange Repeaters

Total Cost = ~$28,450
Distance Driven to date = 60,000 km
Years Owned = 3

Cost/mile =$0.475

[Ponto]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Yeah but it looks so good man And you're half my cost/km! haha

Thankfully ill be tossing on another 3500km next week to bring that cost/km down! lol

Which man it drops it a lot - additional 4000km will bring it down to $0.85/km Guess the first year is probably the most expensive, with mods and purchase price lol.

Yay for participating!

[onceover]

Re: What has your car cost you?

I don't keep track. Easily over 20k on top of purchase price.

[Ur0Drivr]

Re: What has your car cost you?

So since I have an app where I keep everything...
Bought Heidi in February of 2010...These values are since then.

Purchase Price: $14,000.00

Fuel Cost: $20,136.92 = $0.153/km

Expenses (Non Maintenance with Cost of Car): $18,030.00 = $0.138/km
Insurance: $5712.30 = $0.034/km
Service/Maintenance: $14,448.09 = $0.105/km

Total w/o Insurance or Gas: $32.478.09 = $0.243/km

Total Cost: $52,615.01 = $0.396/km

[BolideVW]

Re: What has your car cost you?

I've spent somewhere around 21 grand. Cost of the car is less then half of total costs.
Most mods were bought used. Cost does not include gas or insurance.

21 000$/ 30 000 km = 0.70$/km

This is over two years, with more then half the time being taken apart.

Total cost is around 30 000 with gas and insurance.

[Ponto]

Re: What has your car cost you?

That's not to bad considering the car has been apart for half of it lol.

[BolideVW]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Yeah not too bad. Considering that includes a motor build, big turbo setup, wheels and all the other goodies. Got a lot of smoking deals on used parts.

[onceover]

Re: What has your car cost you?

If youve spent 21k Dylan I don't want to know how much I have :O

[Ponto]

Re: What has your car cost you?

Yeah not too bad. Considering that includes a motor build, big turbo setup, wheels and all the other goodies. Got a lot of smoking deals on used parts.

It's the way to go! my V1's full rebuilt only cost me 350 dollars.

[Benjamin]

Re: What has your car cost you?

I think year/model/engine/fuel type should be included so people have an idea of what type of car. My tdi will cost more up front and have maintenence costs close to a gasser, but I will get way better fuel economy.

2000 Jetta Tdi

130,000 kms since purchase (430,000 km on odometer)
Paid $7000 7 years ago
1 set of winter tires, never changed the summers that came with it

Average $500 in parts a year, probably less but I don't have absolute numbers. This included a full suspension refresh and new springs and shocks/struts. 2 timing belts, head gasket, all the wheel bearings atleast once, maf, and a bunch of small things. I did all the work except the one alignment after the suspension refresh.

Mods, most of them installed in the first 30,000 km's

Turbo
Racepipe
Injectors
Clutch + flywheel
Ecu
FMIC with custom piping
2.5 Down pipe
Sway bar
$4600 approx for all that

1000 km's per tank, 50L average fill

I will do the math later, but the car has done me well.