How much have you spent?....

I keep a list of the main expenditure items on my car (excluding fuel, road tax and insurance)

I'm not going to publicly state the amount for fear of wifey finding out, but has anyone else kept a log of what they've bought and what it cost?

Without the amounts and in roughly chronological order, my list looks like this:

Discs & pads
strut brace
replace turbo, & oil change
replace turbo
replace turbo
turbo
handbrake cables, r pads
braided hoses
fit hoses
fit clutch, rollbar, service
clutch rollbar
oil & filter
throttle cable
slave cyl
fit turbo, wheel bearing
brembo kit
service brembos
dump valve
supersprint
wheels
intercooler
blitz
chargecooler
engine & box
ramair
shocks
springs
fuel pump
harnesses
race seat & brackets
gauges
discs
turbo upgrade
braided hoses
airbox
handbrake cables
aircon regas x 2
aircon pipes
camcover
more gauges
lower brace
Mintex pads
Mats
Race tyres
second pre-rad
Novitec ARB
FMIC
7 et plugs
3G discs
service
Fit rear ARB
H&S downpipe
Fit H&S downpipe
supply & fit Supersprint ctr pipe
Zender & mesh
Radiator & fit
GT2871 turbo
C&B cams
Head
clutch
pistons
build & fit engine
3G discs
pads
refurb wheels
straight induction
remap
Unichip
DBA discs
remap
fit new breather
remap
new flywheel
TPS
seats
seat mounting plates & machining
New phase sensor & H.Brake cables
Brembo seal kit
overhaul calipers
discs & pads
mirrors & lights
battery
respray
ANOTHER set of brake hoses
Oil for service
service & wishbones / bushes
Race tyres
wipers
remap



Ouch!

No where near as much as you.....but I am sad enough to have an excel sheet listing everything...

16/03/2001 Full Service Mangoletsi
12/05/2001 Turbo investigation Mangoletsi
27/06/2001 Exhaust Perrys
15/01/2002 MOT Greenacre
11/02/2002 Pirelli Tyres Dave Sheldon
19/04/2002 Full Service Mangoletsi
10/12/2002 Full service Wigan Paul
20/06/2003 Kumho Tyres Jeffreys
12/12/2003 Full service Wigan Paul
13/09/2004 Front LE discs Alt Autos
16/09/2004 Cambelt Wigan Paul
20/12/2004 Service & MOT Wigan Paul
04/01/2005 Diagnostic Mikeanics
05/01/2005 New Thermostat Italian Parts
15/01/2005 Fit thermostat Wigan Paul
16/04/2005 Injector Wigan Paul
23/05/2005 Various Wigan Paul
22/08/2005 Nankang Tyres Dave Sheldon
01/09/2005 Front NS bearing Wigan Paul
30/10/2005 New Battery JJ Auto Spares
22/11/2005 Exhaust Cybox
22/11/2005 Fit Exhaust Nat Tyre
12/12/2005 Strut brace Alt Autos
14/12/2005 Service & MOT Wigan Paul
10/02/2006 2nd hand turbo Hmallett
24/02/2006 Fit turbo Motormech
18/03/2006 Diagnostic Allitalia
25/04/2006 Clutch Wigan Paul
01/06/2006 Bumper Sprint Steve
16/06/2006 Diagnostic Wigan Paul
24/06/2006 Injector Reg Vardy
09/10/2006 Tracking Demon Tweeks
12/12/2006 Dunlop Tyres Event Tyres
16/12/2006 Barnacle Widget Barnacle
18/12/2006 Service & MOT Motormech
Billie/Eibach/Whiteline Various
02/05/2007 Red Dot discs/pads Red Dot

Humm, realised there are a number of things missing - new wishbones/drop links/topmounts etc...

Yes I have thesame at it is alarmingly large considering how long I have had the car

I have no idea how much I've spent on mine and not that bothered either.
It's a car I love and it's worth every penny

I started to keep a list with costs, but it just got scary ! To summarise two and a half years of ownership, it would probably go something like this:

Engine - Cam-belt change, bi-end shells and about 3 changes of oil before blow up at Castle Combe in May 2006 . Then rebuilt on original block with forged pistons, new head & exhaust valves, 3-angle valve seats, C&B cams, new crank, rods, plugs, and probably another 3 changes of oil since then . Powder coated cam cover, plenum, inlet manifold and fuel rail. Walker/GTA clutch.
Cooling - removal of knackered undertray, PACE radiator, FMIC, removal of A/C rad
Turbo - GTiR hybrid with 0.8 bar actuator fitted and then rebuilt twice , boost gauge, PRV replaced with Greddy EBC
ECU & Fuel - GTEC1, tried GTEC2 but decided against it, then Unichip at PTS followed by remap at Perfect Touch. Walbro 255 pump with wiring upgrade, ultrasonic injector clean
Exhaust - Replaced cracked manifold with newer version, H&S downpipe, Supersprint, race cat then decat
Induction - 57i in original location, then SIP with K&N filter, then Apexi on SIP with 90 degree bend for winter months
Suspension - straight for the billies & Eibachs with new top mounts, strut brace, then Dedra front ARB, Novitech rear ARB, poly bushes, -1.5 neg camber by slotting hub-carrier holes
Brakes - Original discs ditched for front Black Diamond grooved with Pagid Blues, then 3Gs with Pagid Greys (Textars on rear), now DBA4000 wipers slots on front with Pagid Yellows ! Soon to be Tarox rear brake upgrade and possibly front 2-pieces. Front and rear calipers recently refurbed and painted. Goodridge flexi hoses (front and rear), now back to standard fronts until Goodridge get their 'issues' sorted out . DoT 5.1 fluid change, since replaced with at least two lots of Motul 600RBF
Tyres - Pirelli P Zero Assymetricos replaced rubbish that was on the car when I bought it, now replaced with Toyo T1Rs. Two sets of Dunlop D01J track tyres
Styling - PIU front bumper, colour coded sills and rear bumper (soon to be LE skirts), black badges
Interior - Tan interior changed to black, cloth seats initially, now 6-speed leather, steering wheel, silver centre console & door pulls, black speedo rings, boost guage in Nomad pillar pod

I've also invested in a fair few tools in that time as well, as I can't resist doing things myself, but like to have hte best items to do the job with .

I think that's enough, don't you !

Phil

I keep receipts but have never totted up the total...£1400 maybe in 18 months?

In nearly 3 years on a '98 95000 mile 20vt:

service x 2
oil cooler replaced (rusty pipes so pre-emptive replacement)
Water leak repair (not serious but wanted it right)
air con re-gas

Maybe £1000 all in.

No depreciation and no hefty purchase cost.

wouldent like to say a cost probably close to 6-7k but that includes a new engine, gearbox and turbo along with tuning stuff, 2 resprays, full front suspension replacement,and a partridge in a pear tree!

2 resprays in how long?

I have spent about £4000 but thats likely to go up alot this year as im getting new wheels and a respray.

Nearly all of that amount has been spent on modification, only a about £800 has been spent on servicing/cambelt/wishbones in the last 2 years, which is very impressive to me considering how much i spent on my rx7.

in 3 years, the first one went wrong the second was rectification.

I wouldn't live long enough to type out the final zero if 'er indoors was looking over my shoulder

For her benefit...........it's less than £500

what period of time is that over??

I don't even want to go here. I've got a massive wad of recipts, and I think it would make me upset if I added them all up.

Just off the top of my head i'd have to say...

£3600 (conservative figure) in under 1 and a half years of ownership. Which, considering i'm a student, is just plain insane!

Little of this has been 'maintanence' however, damn groups buys.

My list has amassed over three and a half years and 80,000 miles

However, an awful lot of the expenditure has been in my quest for power, not just to keep it on the road

the bold items are ones I WANTED, not NEEDED

Discs & pads
strut brace
replace turbo, & oil change
replace turbo
replace turbo
turbo
handbrake cables, r pads
braided hoses
fit hoses
fit clutch, rollbar, service
clutch rollbar
oil & filter
throttle cable
slave cyl
fit turbo, wheel bearing
brembo kit
service brembos
dump valve
supersprint
wheels
intercooler
blitz
chargecooler
engine & box
ramair
shocks
springs
fuel pump
harnesses
race seat & brackets
gauges
discs
turbo upgrade
braided hoses
airbox
handbrake cables
aircon regas x 2
aircon pipes
camcover
more gauges
lower brace
Mintex pads
Mats
Race tyres
second pre-rad
Novitec ARB
FMIC
7 et plugs
3G discs
service
Fit rear ARB
H&S downpipe
Fit H&S downpipe
supply & fit Supersprint ctr pipe
Zender & mesh
Radiator & fit
GT2871 turbo
C&B cams
Head
clutch
pistons
build & fit engine
3G discs
pads
refurb wheels
straight induction
remap
Unichip
DBA discs
remap
fit new breather
remap
new flywheel
TPS
seats
seat mounting plates & machining
New phase sensor & H.Brake cables
Brembo seal kit
overhaul calipers
discs & pads
mirrors & lights
battery
respray
ANOTHER set of brake hoses
Oil for service
service & wishbones / bushes
Race tyres
wipers
remap

so, when you look at it, the amount of money I've HAD to spend is not bad at all for a nine year old 160,000 mile car. When you also consider that its putting out close to double its designed bhp, the fact that it doesn't simply fall apart is testament to the fact that it has to be one of the best-built Fiats ever (probably because Fiat didn't build it )

Funnily enough, us scottish guys were talking about this today aswell.....

I dont have a list, as i think i previously have written it all out, but i have spent around 17k in less then 2 years and less than 20k miles. By the end of april next year it will be over 20k.

Ross

This is a sample of my history and money spent on car, to much but thats the love for the coupe. Hope the wifes does not see this !!

Total spend on car to date - £5601.69
All the below parts I have receipts for or paperwork to verify.
May 07 - Remove wheels prime and spray rover stone grey, then laquer- Total Cost £57
April 07 MOT-Wishbones, headlight adjustment, rear callipers refurbished £157.09 Cost more than I had hoped !!
April 07 Red Paint - Removed wheels, stripped calliper repainted red
April 07 Lots of Polish and Bonnets using polisher My Marriage !! 2 x Days to polish car with G3 /G10 then finish with Autocare top polish
April 07 2 x Dunlop SP Sport 9000 205/45/17 £80 Bought from Adtrader from local address, tyres were as good as new
Mar 07 Following Parts fitted:Technic ClutchThrust Release BearingClutch Slave Cylinder 227.92 New Clutch release bearing bent, had to buy another, whilst changing replaced slave cylinder as it was leaking
Mar 07 Following Parts fitted:Handbrake cablesRear DiscsRear Pads N/A Fitted by myself, whilst off painted brake calipers
Mar 07 Farcela Polisg G3/G10 15.29
Feb 07 Rear brake pads 10.50 Painted Red
Feb 07 Handbrake Cables 28.02
Feb 07 Spark plugs 14.60
Feb 07 Oil change & filter 32.00 Synthetic Oil
Jan 07 Front Pads 20.50
Jan 07 Rear discs 21.99 Painted Red
Jan 07 Axle stands and degreasant 14.98 Downpipe changed, engine degreased underneath whilst car on ramps
Jan 07 Stainless Steel downpipe from On-Line Auto Sport Ltd 98.00 Old downpipe blowing
Dec 06 Acci-dent repair to doors 76.37 Doors had shallow door opening marks, all removed to improve look
Dec 06 16VT Clock and lower door courtesy light 15.00 Purchased from FFCUK member breaking 16VT
Dec 06 Up rated Techniclutch Clutch 141.50 Standard clutch slipping on high Boost
Nov 06 Starter Button 15.00 Bought of e-bay fitted myself
Oct 06 Private plates x 2 with pinifarini Styling 22.00 Bought from E-Bay
Oct 06 Private Registration K2UPE purchased from DVLA 450.00
Oct 06 2 x Battery’s for Fobs 6.00 Halfords
Sept/Oct 06 2 x Bosch Wiper Blades 19.00 Halfords
10 Sept 06 Vibe CBR12 1400w Active Sub 120.00 Bought from Ad trader
29 Aug 06 Reconditioned alternator 45.00 Cash price
16 Aug 06 Ferrari Pininfarina Badge 3.98 Fitted to Grill
13 Aug 06 I-Pod Adaptor 14.98
12 Aug 06 Chrome front indicator bulbs 4.98
11 Aug 06 Tan Leather Interior 250.00 Fitted door cards /modded handles
22 July 06 Red Engine Tubing 25.99 Fitted personally
4 July 06 Clear side indicators 20.00 Fitted personally
4 July 06 Coupe workshop manual 2.99
3 July 06 Fiat dust caps 5.34 Fitted personally
2 July 06 Infinity 6500CS front speakers 28.00 Fitted personally
1 July 06 Abarth badges 8.25 Fitted to bonnet and rear
28 June 06 Rear wheel bearing 72.73 Fitted for £30
3 April 06 Rear brake pipes replaced 77.26 MOT Failure
11 Oct 05 Sealing Gasket 33.74 Head Gasket replaced, due to slight oil leak
11 Oct 05 Cambelt/Tensioner/Aux fan belt replaced 120.00 Parts bought mechanic fitted
11 Oct 05 Oil Service carried out 34.00 Parts bought fitted personally
29 Sep 05 Unrated 360 Thrust turbo 352.50 Fitted personally
24 Aug 05 Greedy profec B Boost Control 207.50 Fitted personally
27 Apr 05 Spark plugs B8EGV 27.92 Fitted personally
28 Jan 03 Wheels and tyres 415.06 Sprayed Grey March 06
5 March 03 Sparco strut braces front rear 215.97 Fitted personally
21 April 03 72,000 service ? In service book
23 April 03 Eibach Lowering springs 289.73 Fitted personally
10 Dec 03 Reconditioned Turbo + Fitting 620.40
15 June 02 63,000 Service + timing belt ? In Service book
28 Aug 02 Powerflow exhaust 381.87 Life time guarantee
16 Oct 02 Front Brake pads 41.00 Fitted personally
18 Oct 02 Uprated Eprom Hybrid 317.25 Car driven down and chip fitted by Evolution Engineers (London)
27 Apr 02 Air Bag light reset 13.39
01 April 02 Chrome dial/heater surrounds 45.00 Group buy on FCCUK
16 April 02 Full engine rebuild due to cambelt failure 460.35 Done under warranty from Central car Sales
16 April 01 54,000 service ? In service book
10 April 00 45,000 service ? In service book
12 May 1999 36,000 service ? In service book
20 May 1998 27,000 service ? In service book
30 July 1997 18,000 service ? In service book
21 Nov 1996 9,000 service 60.21 In service book
24 Feb 1996 Delivery Inspection

Additional items that have no record or receipt, however have obviously been carried out:2005 - Full Fiat/Zender bodykit, fitted/ painted, at same time bonnet debadged and resprayed.2005 - LE Rear Light Chrome surrounds2005 - 3 Bar Fuel Regulator2005 -Dastek Boost Module2005 -Dump Valve 262005 -Momo Gearknob and handbrake2005 -Sparco Pedals2005 -Air/Fuel ratio Gauge

I have enough stuff to fill a good sized section of a filling cabinet and i worked out roughly the money i spent i could have put into finance and got a Fabia Vrs and paid for it by now as well which is very heart breaking but i dont think the fabia would have been as much fun and i would have changed some bits on it as well i bet.... ah well life goes on and you live and learn hey

I am going to choose not to work out this list, as even working out the cost of parts I haven't got round to fitting yet is scary. But I do know I've saved (if that's the correct term to use) a lot of cost by fitting everything myself and carrying out pretty much all servicing and repairs myself too.

No.

No.

No.

And no.

car cost me £2700 with 64k needing a rad, wheel bearing and thermostat.
since then,here we go, gulp!
discs and pads all round (le front)
oil change + filter
2x tyres
strut brace
k&n filter
fmic
wipers
gtec1
gauges
handbrake cables
headunit

not as much as some,but thats in 2years, the file i got from the previous was huge aswell!

talk about committed owners!

Ok. In the last couple of weeks

More polishing products (care of halfords 3 for 2)
1 injector
2x Samco hoses (76mm)
3x hose joiners (76mm & 60mm)
3x JIC to metric pipe joiners
1 pack of araldite
8x 70mm jubilee clips
Autoglym engine/machine cleaner
2x plenum hoses
1 can heatproof paint
3 spanners
Helix clutch & another lightened flywheel
Short shift kit
1x kebab for Barbz

bout 2100 including buying the car in 10 months so not bad

[censored] me! im getting scared about buying 1 of these cars now! who built the coupes if fiat didnt?

i have spent a massive £270 in two years on my coupe,well thats what she thinks and saz its two much,

Patrick - the Coupe was built by Pininfarina, hence the better build quality

Don't be scared about buying a Coupe, just be careful. As with any car, there are some real dogs out there. The fact that the Coupe is a low-volume, high performance car means that some maintenance and repair items are more expensive than an everyday car, but generally, a well-maintained Coupe will last for 150,000 miles without any drama.

Buy off a long standing forum member and you can't go far wrong

Please tell me thats a typo!

As for me about £2000 in 9 months including HIDs, Boost gauge and pillar pod, Barnacles Widget, Oil, Uprates brakes all round, 4x Eagle F1's and a Bonnet respray.

oh i thought Pininfarina just designed/styled it? they actually put it together? how much do u think i need 2 spend to get a mint 16vt, what would £2500 get me? a dog? lol

Patrick - you need to spend some time reading the guides in the buying and selling section

but to answer your questions

Chris Bangle designed the body when he worked for Fiat Centro Style. Pininfarina designed the interior and assembled the whole car at their own factory.

£2500 will get a pretty good 16vt - it will even get an entry level 20VT (which most would recommend as a better everyday car)

Increase your budget to £3500 and you'll get a good 20VT with history and probably a previous forum owner (which is worth hundreds)

being only 19 most insurance companys wont touch me on a 20vt, computer says no! lol

im coming from a clio williams with 150bhp so the 16vt should be enough of an increase for me, as a general rule are these cars reliableand is maintenance cheap or expensive, i mean things like pads and discs

I think i have been lucky so far 7 years of ownership next month heres what i spent
service every year say £150 a service
one wheel bearing,repaired whilst touring in Austria about £60
radiator no cost as insured for parts and labour with AA
oil cooler no cost as above
strut brace £80
discs replaced 3x about £500
throttle cable about to be replaced £45
re spaying (bits) £1200
wheels refurb £188
cambelt + etc £500
total just under 4grand for 7 years

Originally Posted By: benmuir

Jan 07 Front Pads 10.50

Cheers for that Hyperlink, editited as such rear pads were only £10.50. Cant believe someone actually read it !!

patrick, mine is for sale for £3500 and is running 297bhp
interested? i was 20 when i bought it and paid 1100 fully comp with elephant if that helps?

I'm into about 5 months.
So far it's not been too bad:
Cam belt, water pump, aux belt, tensioner £100
Wishbones & bolts £30
Front bumper £5 + Paint £15
Wheel refurb paint £15
Sill paint £5
Thermostat £25
Radiator £60
Undertray £25
Gearknob £5
Total £275

Tyres, Brakes & Insurance are coming up. I guess these are major wallet damage.

i need a 16vt, im with elphant now and they said they wont insure me on a 20vt! i will be paying about £1500 on the 16vt also im going to set my limit at £2500

Since Early Nov last year

Oilchange, local £40
Cambelt & gubbins, Seawall £350
Service & Wishbones, Motormech £360
Heater fan, ebay £10

BUT, Its due for MOT in the next week.

approaching 2 years of ownership i've spent easily in excess of £4k, but at least she's pretty much right now. recently resprayed too, which i haven't included in my costs,as it wasn't a necessity as such...i was going to sell as she's bang on, but i just can't....

I'm too scared to add it all up really, but somewhere in the region of £3500+ in 6k miles and 10 months of ownership. Mainly tuning parts though!

Mark

thats very cheap insurance.

this thread actually made me feel a little better, some of you may know i intent to 20vT my Marea in the near future, its nice to see theres not so much spent on maintainance as actually mods.

now if i could just find some insurance for my conversion!

Hello Nigel
I have bills from L+M that total over £12,000 for mods and engine work, and since i would think another £8,000 would be a good ball park..... mind i bought mine new for over £20,000 and have now got 196,000 miles on the clock. The next re-build is looming as the rings are on the way out (and while we have it in bits would be silly not to do some more).

The wife's coupe is cheaper to run it now has 168,000 miles on it and in the last year and a bit we have spent about £1,800 (not counting tyres and ins etc).



Roy

so how much of all this money has been spent on maintenance rather then modding

hows the chassis and everything else not modded at 198000 miles roy?

thats some amazing miles on there!

You guys clearly earn too much money

Or have big debts...

Pininfarina ≠good build quality, just maybe better than Fiat!!

I would think I have spent about 6K over 3.5yrs. That includes non-essential bits too! Will pull the receipts out over the weekend!!

Dave

I've had my coupe for 4 months and spent 3K on car and spent 4.2K on bits so far lol

I think I've spent about 6k (nearly 10k euro probably) as well in about 4 years time. But then again it's just a guess, I don't have to nerve to add up all the bills. I'll let the next owner have a go (whenever that will be!)

Had mine for 10 Months:

Full service cambelt etc £605
New refurbed Turbo £320
Second hand manifold £100
Rubber brake Hoses £20
Thermostat £30
Dump Valve £60
Brake Pipes £20 +£40 fitting
Turbo water feed Pipe £13
Handbrake cables £40
Boost Gauge £40
Radiator £80
Oil cooler £50
Wishbones £150

So all in all (not counting unneeded bits such as a boost gauge etc) about £1500 on a car which cost me £3000. My piece of advice, buy one off CarlT with all the jobs already done!

on the 16vt owned 4 months £600
mot to get it through £180 new rear pads,disc,cables
service and wishbones £175
Oil cooler and pipes and downpipe supplyed and fitted £120
Hids £60
Brembos £60 quid
red dot pads £40
new cam cover £36
rocker gasket £12
gas struts £50
To come
dump valve 40 quid
strut brace 60 quid
cam belt £270
20vt rack
20vt track rod ends
20vt hubs
3g discs

Car bought for £4900 and in the in the 2 years/9000 miles since I've spent £4,000; £2000 of which was on bodywork renovation. Main mechanical items were:
Oil cooler and pipes
Rear wheel bearings (both sides)
Lambda sensor
Temperature sensor
Handbrake cable
brake pads and discs (front & rear)
Service items/tyres
Bonnet cable

had my new coop for 3 months paid £800 for the car and so far £2800 in bits!

should be over 300bhp by now (not had it mapped or rr'd yet)

labour has been free as ive done most of it.

OK, being an autistic accountant I've kept an itemised list

I've had the car for 3 years and:

£4049 Purchase
£2145 Petrol
£1236 Insurance
£842 Servicing and major maintenance
£510 Tax
£443 Miscellaneous parts and minor maintenance
£304 Breakdown cover - never used
£278 Tyres, tracking, punctures
£90 Cleaning stuff
£77 Oil

£9974 Total 13,227 miles 75p per mile

Not sure what else I could have bought for the looks and performance for that

3 years, 3 months and about 3000 vs...

Fixing
Manifold Weld
Turbo bolt refitted
Blown Turbo
Cambelt Snap
Turbo Fix & Manifold Leak
£2270

Maintanence
Health Check
Cambelt change
Turbo bolt refitted
Brake Pads
Health check
New Number Plates
Front Brake Discs & Pads
Oil & Filter Change
New Battery
2x Toyo Proxes T1-R
4x Falken FK452
Tracking
Rear discs and pads
Oil
Wishbones & Droplinks
Rear Handbrake fix
Full Service
Bonnet Gas struts
New Hose
Suspension Fitting
Headlight
£2460

Modifications
K&N
Bailey DV26
Pipecraft SS exhaust
Autometer Boost gauge
Nomad single pod mount
G-Tech 1
ArmVal PRV
T28 Hybrid GTiR Turbo
De-Cat
Pagid Grey Brake Pads
Eibach Springs
Bilstein Dampers
Pro Alloy FMIC
Straight Induction
Strut Brace
£2382

Running Costs
Initial Purchase
Petrol
Insurance
Mot
Tax
£19182

Mileage 87,000
Miles Covered 46,000
Grand Total £24,024

How much of that was on mods Trappy?

I've added a rough breakdown of costs for each area. Mods are just under £2,400.

2002 - £ 4,264.46
2003 - £ 5,827.60
2004 - £ 2,453.07
2005 - £ 3,205.44
2006 - £ 3,423.28
2007 - £ 8,642.81

A grand total of £28k

That's on maintance and mods. It does not include anything like original purchase, oil, fuel, tax, insurance etc.

John