pookyvr6 0 Posted March 4, 2004 After three years of VR6 ownership I though I'd add up the bills just to see how much the car had cost to keep running over that time. Breakdown was as follows: Month 3:Top end rebuild and clutch - £1500 Month 3: Service - £120 Month 9: Service - £120 Month 11: MOT - £40 Month 13: New hose - £50 Month: 15: New tyres and tracking £340 Month 16: Ignition work - £40 Month 16: New cam chain guide - £40 Month 18: Service - £120 Month 23: MOT - £40 Month 23: New disks and pads £270 Month 24:Service - £120 Month 30: Service £130 Month 35: MOT - £45 Month 36: Service - £150 Car has covered 30,000 miles in this time. This comes to £3,125 in total which is on average £1042 per year! Obviously exludes Insurance, VAT, Tax, Petrol and any modifications. Thats not bad in my opinion for keeping a 10 year old car on the road. What do everyone else's running cost come out at? Sorry, bored at lunchtime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60Dan 0 Posted March 4, 2004 I'll have to work mine out when I have time. I haven't had mine a year & I know that it's going to be over £1042 :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted March 4, 2004 had mine 18 months... 7 of which it's been off the road... :roll: You really don't want to know what I've spent on it upto now... :? :roll: My 16V was great when I had that though... in the 2.5 years I had it, I spent a total of £1900 on servicing, tyres and exhaust parts and had done over 32K miles in it... 5.9p per mile isn't bad running costs I think... 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted March 4, 2004 I was gonna say, £3k in 3 years is not so bad. I'm pushing £2k/yr in the 18 months I've had mine, and I've just decided it's time to bite the bullet and get the cam chains done. Kiss goodbye to another half-grand (at least). BTW - how come your cam chain guide went 12 months after pulling the clutch and stuff off the car for the top end rebuild? Presumably your garage didn't have the presence of mind to combine the two jobs while it was all off originally? :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted March 4, 2004 General car chat forum..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aide 0 Posted March 4, 2004 28 months, 40k miles & £2,600 the lot :! translating to £1,100ish/ year or 6.5p/mile :D Add car and petrol allowance, and i'm making money :lol: Henny - think you've done the sum wrong :wink: Yours is how many miles you travelled for a pound :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted March 4, 2004 Henny - think you've done the sum wrong :wink: Yours is how many miles you travelled for a pound :D Dunno what you mean... Looks OK to me... :wink: :oops: :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevemac 0 Posted March 4, 2004 I bought my G60 last April & spent a further 3.5k on it over the following 8 months !! Car has done approx 8000miles since I bought it. That figure does not include insurance, tax or fuel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
