Money you least begrudge spending on your car..
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CS Garth said:
Some will no doubt say they don't begrudge a penny.
I'm going to go with that,almost.My Fiat has cost so little in 3.5 years and 35,000 miles of reliability that I'm not fussed about the bills.
Cambelt,service and MOT cost £1000 last November,don't care as it's reliable I want.
It's going to need front tyres soon,might buy 4 As the rears are getting old.
mat205125 said:
Fuel Duty
VAT on Fuel & Duty
......... all paid for with the remaining money I have after being taxed on income at source.
VAT on Fuel & Duty
......... all paid for with the remaining money I have after being taxed on income at source.
mat205125 said:
Labour!
I begrudge paying for someone to work on my car, and try to as much as possible myself.
The really annoying ones are the need to pay for electronic resets of warning lights after faults are fixed, or if the battery is disconnected.
You aren't doing it right. It's things you least begrudge spending money on.I begrudge paying for someone to work on my car, and try to as much as possible myself.
The really annoying ones are the need to pay for electronic resets of warning lights after faults are fixed, or if the battery is disconnected.
Probably tyres for me, can't beat a lovely new set of decent, grippy tyres.
My hack is a 152,000mile VW Bora that's never missed a beat, only needed one wheel bearing and a catalytic replacement in over 110,000 miles that I've done in it in 6 years (and a few minor things)
I'm on the 3rd set of tyres and chose to go for mid range ones this time rather than michelins but that's not because I begrudge them I'm just not that impressed with the last set I had. It gets the cheapo pads and discs but they've been done twice in my ownership and I'd rather buy the cheap stuff and replace it than splash out and try to make it last. I don't begrudge it a penny of whatever it needs, the service log is full and up to date, I probably have changed the fuel and cabin filters more often than needed but it's kept it going up to now. (Touch wood)
I'm on the 3rd set of tyres and chose to go for mid range ones this time rather than michelins but that's not because I begrudge them I'm just not that impressed with the last set I had. It gets the cheapo pads and discs but they've been done twice in my ownership and I'd rather buy the cheap stuff and replace it than splash out and try to make it last. I don't begrudge it a penny of whatever it needs, the service log is full and up to date, I probably have changed the fuel and cabin filters more often than needed but it's kept it going up to now. (Touch wood)
oldaudi said:
Oil change, Tyres and Brakes. No issue spending good money on those.
Yep, can't argue with that, I like good quality service items. Sure, the cheap ones would probably "do", but I just couldn't bring myself to buy them when quality stuff isn't that much dearer.Edited by oldaudi on Monday 20th June 13:16
Any suspension work - you feel the difference immediately and it doesn't wear off quickly
Rear tyres I hate! It makes me feel guilty when I'm being anti-social, it's counter-intuitive but give me a car with fairly well worn tyres and I'll happily get the back out as much as I can! I just can't bring myself to do it to brand new tyres...
Rear tyres I hate! It makes me feel guilty when I'm being anti-social, it's counter-intuitive but give me a car with fairly well worn tyres and I'll happily get the back out as much as I can! I just can't bring myself to do it to brand new tyres...
What I would begrudge would depend on the car but for the cars I own it doesn't grate on me particularly.
My daily car is a 13 year old E320 and I bought that knowing that for the money it's an excellent car but it's got 100k on the clock and I wouldn't expect that not to require some maintenance and in turn wouldn't resent paying out. Same goes for my CLS63, to me it was a bargain for what I paid for it even though it's 8 years old it's worth looking after.
If I had a car that was just out of warranty and things started playing up, I'd probably be less pleased about paying out on things if they went wrong but maintenance is all part of owning a car.
My daily car is a 13 year old E320 and I bought that knowing that for the money it's an excellent car but it's got 100k on the clock and I wouldn't expect that not to require some maintenance and in turn wouldn't resent paying out. Same goes for my CLS63, to me it was a bargain for what I paid for it even though it's 8 years old it's worth looking after.
If I had a car that was just out of warranty and things started playing up, I'd probably be less pleased about paying out on things if they went wrong but maintenance is all part of owning a car.
Sod it, I'll do both:
What I begrudge paying for:
Bodywork repairs, especially when it's fixing damage caused by someone else.
What I don't begrudge paying for:
Good tyres - only contact patch on the road, and it's a hot hatch ffs.
oil changes (although I tend to do interim ones myself (every circa 5k)
Premium fuel, car just feels better on it.
Modifications - I'm doing what I want to the car to make it better, for me.
Brakes - only thing that slows you down, so I won't skimp, often upgrading.
Detailing - I love my car, and will happily spend hours (even days) outside cleaning, decontaminating, polishing and waxing it to make it look fantastic.
What I begrudge paying for:
Bodywork repairs, especially when it's fixing damage caused by someone else.
What I don't begrudge paying for:
Good tyres - only contact patch on the road, and it's a hot hatch ffs.
oil changes (although I tend to do interim ones myself (every circa 5k)
Premium fuel, car just feels better on it.
Modifications - I'm doing what I want to the car to make it better, for me.
Brakes - only thing that slows you down, so I won't skimp, often upgrading.
Detailing - I love my car, and will happily spend hours (even days) outside cleaning, decontaminating, polishing and waxing it to make it look fantastic.
1, Tyres: stop me getting smeared across the countryside on testing corners
2, Brakes: stop me getting smeared on, well, lots of stuff
3, Good fuel & oil: allow me to properly test points 1 & 2
4, Speeding fines: it's a coppers thumbs up for keeping him in a job, and my 'fk you I won't do what you tell me'
(One of the above points may be a slight lie................as a responsible vehicleristismo, I always obey the speed limit)
Dafuq said:
1, Tyres: stop me getting smeared across the countryside on testing corners
2, Brakes: stop me getting smeared on, well, lots of stuff
3, Good fuel & oil: allow me to properly test points 1 & 2
4, Speeding fines: it's a coppers thumbs up for keeping him in a job, and my 'fk you I won't do what you tell me'
(One of the above points may be a slight lie................as a responsible vehicleristismo, I always obey the speed limit)
Forgot to mention, the money I DIDN'T spend on a high quality radar jammer WASN'T money well spent, wink wink. 2, Brakes: stop me getting smeared on, well, lots of stuff
3, Good fuel & oil: allow me to properly test points 1 & 2
4, Speeding fines: it's a coppers thumbs up for keeping him in a job, and my 'fk you I won't do what you tell me'
(One of the above points may be a slight lie................as a responsible vehicleristismo, I always obey the speed limit)
mat205125 said:
Labour!
I begrudge paying for someone to work on my car, and try to as much as possible myself.
I'm the same, when I had my B5 S4 Avant I'd just throw money for parts at it but only twice in 4 years I paid for labour on it and that was because of rusty/seized bolts in the suspension.I begrudge paying for someone to work on my car, and try to as much as possible myself.
dkatwa said:
oldaudi said:
Oil change, Tyres and Brakes. No issue spending good money on those.
Agree 100% - Wipers too...makes a hell of a difference when fitting new ones compared to old (even one year old ones)Edited by oldaudi on Monday 20th June 13:16
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