For me:
Purchase price off forum member: £1500
New clutch 6months after: £450
New cambelt, auxilliary belts, waterpump: £480
Thermostat: £80
4 new tires: £320
bodywork: £580

Two services: £300

Other bits and bobs and fuel and i've got my coupe how i want it now,just getting new ac condensor fitted next week to get the ac sorted and try to fix the damn airbag light and she'll be fully sorted. Only big expense on the horizon will be when the original turbo packs up but it boosts v strongly and no smoke at the mo so shouldnt be for a while yet

All in all, most of the expense isnt even 'necessary' bar the clutch and cambelt and i still can't get over how cheap my coupes have been too run (on my third) and will happily buy a fourth as i really cant find anything else with the stunning, head turning looks of the coupe, effortless, hilariously quick performane, practicality, kit as standard and such low running csts given the age and performance available cars i have looked at are the mazda rx7 and a lancia delta hf integrale but i think they would be more troublesome/expensive to run and the rx7's interior is hideous whereas the coupes is just stunning an fresh as a morning breeze lol Sorry for going off topic, just still adore these cars

No longer have mine and don't have the exact breakdown to hand but my maths worked out over 4 years to

£4k servicing and maintenance
£4.5k depreciation

Pretty much £200/month to run. None of your go faster mods but those costs did include buying and fitting of Bilsteins, Eibachs, Strut Brace, Widget and AP racing front discs. Not forgetting the removal of the Eibachs when I moved house and realised I couldn't get the bugger up the drive forwards .

To be fair Proccy, I don't think that was aimed at anyone in particular. Chill guys!

to be honest I read that as meaning the guys who's first post on here is something along the lines of....

I bought a coop last week for £500, now its got blue smoke coming out the exhaust, the engine is knocking and it seems down on power... help please!

Paul

Care to name names Paul

dont think anyone has ever posted one quite that bad

but with some of the prices these are selling for I'm sure its only a matter of time

I reckon I've spent at least £1,000 - possibly more

Probably right there mate.
Seen some very dodgy looking ones on fleabay lately.
Paul

you fool!!!!


is that per month Nigel?

I need to dig out the invoices. But a quick round up of what I've spent puts me around 6K in 11 months (all in, inc petrol, tax, parts but excluding original purchase).

It's all so depressing when you look at it like that

Anyone what to buy a sprint blue with jobs needed for 6K?

If you had not spent the money on the coupe,you would have spent it on something else so can't see the problem really

Oh, no - definitely not - sure the engine cost me a few hundred and the turbo was definitely over £100

Shhh - wifey's watching

Oh definitely! It's likely it would have been more parts for the kit car that'll never get built; so as the £ per grin ratio is off the chart with the coop, guess I'm happy.

well to tell the truth i have only ever spent 150 quid on parts to keep her running nice and sweet, all the other stuff i got of you guys for nothing,my wife thinks your all lovly lads.

Watch she does not find out mate

£3180 in under 1 year and about 7000 miles.... Includes new turbo, exhaust, exhaust manifold, cambelt, cam sensor, front disks and pads, servicing and wheel refurb!!

Finger crossed thats it for a while

I'm up to about £900 of parts, oil, paint, rusteater etc. over 6000 miles and 3 years, but none of the big jobs have come up yet.

Yea thats it, I brought mine at 94000m had still had original turbo so that soon went and I only had the cambelt done because the cam sensor was knackerd and i thought i'd kill 2 birds with one stone as its an engine out job either way.
I could of spent less in the sort term but all being well all the big jobs are out of the way apart from maybe the clutch.
Your doing alot less miles which will help

well...

coupe 20vt 98 with lpg kit £600
falken tyres £170
gt28rs £710
intercooler £40
universal intercooler pipes £60
silicon 2.5" 90' pipes £40
silicon 3" connecting pipes £15
sip pipe £40
manual boost controller £15
grooved disks £90
new mintex pads £60
mobil super s 10w 40 x2 £50
15w 50 mobil 1 oil £45
oil filter £5
thermostate £50
ngk r spark plugs £15
bilstein and ebach suspention £350
blueflame system, tubular manifold and water rail £250
front headlights £30
tan leather interior £70
stealth install £200
infinity kapper speakers alround £50
infinity amp ...free
plus clocks £160
pedal covers ...free
stereo.....free
stinger rca cables x3 ...free
0 gauge power cables, fuse holder, power block, ...free
HID kit £35
led bulbs £5
osram night breakers x2 £20
osram blue/orange indicator bulbs £10
clear side indicators £15
alloy dash rings £40
nomad pod with sard racing boost guage £80
clifford arrow 5 alarm £90
pc airbag kit £21
china gt28 turbo £100

total but i bet iv missed out more
£3631

all labour done myself

plus iv commeted to more stuff today!

Jeez Louise, sorry Duncan, how come? The car was only a monkey more than that!

How have you got through so much in under a year? I thought you'd got yourself a Coop that didn't need much doing/ spening on!

Cheers, Hedge

3,900 over the last 18 months

Well, a combination of perfecting things, long term maintenance parts that needed replacing, vanity and some unlucky incidents!

The car has done approx 5k now in the 11 months of ownership, started first time on the button (quite litteraly as it is a Plus model ) and never broken down


This is how i've spent 4.5k ....


Failing Mechanical Items
Replace NSR Radius Arm (Was causing metallic banging sound from rear of car, bearing seized) £354.00

Unlucky stuff
Repair and respray O/S/F Bumper (following crunch in a multistorey ) £235.00
Repair Floorplan / chassis (Cause: incorrect jacking of the car, don't know who caused this ) £350.00
2 Replacement Keys + replacement Clifford Remote Control (Yes, I lost the only coded blue/silver key! ) £160.00


ICE and Security
Fit Clifford Concept 650mkII Alarm + Window rolls, Top of the range Kenwood Bluetooth Head Unit £710.00


Vanity
Personal Numberplate (H20VTP) £285.00
C20VTP Number Plate £400.00


Styling
LED Sidelight, 360 Degree, 1.5W £12.68
6k H1 HIDS with 25% discount voucher £75.00
Fit 6k HIDs £20.00
Genuine Fiat Coupe Replacement Car Matts £25.00
Philips Xtreme Power H1 12V 55W (Replacement Main Beam bulbs) £16.87
Chrome Dash rings £33.00


Expected Wear and Tear
Tyre repair, tiny puncture in the near-side front £17.00
4 Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres (225/45ZR16, all 4 tyres were cracked) £539.00
Regass Aircon (Mates Rates) £20.00


Uprated Items
K&N Air Panel Filter £35.00
Forge DVS006 Dump Valve + Fittings (Replace that old plastic Bosch rubbish) £70.00


Maintenance Items
Brand new Replacement Rubber Boot Seal (Rear window was continually misting up) £60.00
Brand New Fuel Filler Cap (Spring knackered and rubber around the cap perished and it needed a refurb anyway!) £100.00
Basic Service, new Radiator, new Coolant Header Tank+Cap, New rear brake discs and pads £497.03
New Thermostat, coolant hose and Engine undertray £317.00
Dash Bulbs & Brake light strip bulbs (several bulbs had blown) £12.00
Brand new replacement Pierburg EBV (fix the sticking original when on 1.2 overboost dropping to 1.0 bar/Ref: Rolling Road) £120.00
Driver Windscreen Washer hose split £3


MOT (December 2009)
MOT (Passed first time with 1 advisory - corroded rear brake discs) £52.00

Dunc,

Kin ell.

The car stranded me once (all for a 50p fuse). The recovery geezer was a right numpty; he may well have jacked it up incorrectly (I wasn't present). Or it was there when I bought it? (think Rog might have spotted it though...).

Other than that, you've loved it up a wee bit (!) and had some more bills along the way (surprised about the tyres?).

Glad it's still running well. Really chuffed it's in the hands of someone who genuinely cares for it too. As you know that was v important to me.

Must say it looks the absolute dogs still. When you get the M3/ Mazzer give me a shout.

Cheers, Hedge

P.S. Chrome rings = modding. Shame on you!!!

Car purchase on 28th May......

New brake discs and pads all round £280
Repaired front exhaust pipe £50
Repaired gear linkage £50
TD ProRace 1.2s + Toyo T1Rs £750
Cleaning/Polishing stuff £80
Mats from Fiat £25

Plans!!
Oil change, new plugs, light adjuster repair, rear number plate light (next week) £130

Resprayed bonnet + a few stone chips (week after) £270

Flea map (ready for AGM and Santa Pod) £260 + £95 for new EBV

Saving for a new exhaust (Motormech or Blueflame) £750 including race cat + downpipe

Forgot - Side light bulb £1!!

New Additions;
Boost Gauge £15
Roger's on Monday Clutch, thermostat and belts £1K

Keep saving everyone, because it IS worth it!

Tim42