How much have you spent?

[richa]

Talk of big bills and winter jobs on Andymadmak's thread 'doing the right thing?' made me think about how much we spend on our wedges.

So, how much have you spent since buying your wedge?

Mine adds up to about £22k in 4.5 years, which breaks down as:-

£11000 - purchase
£700 - service / mot
£2000 - top end rebuild + new clutch
£8000 - Restoration
£600 - Tyres

Rich.

[jvaughan]

Rough estimate of costs

£19995 Purchase Price
£1100 New Clutch & replacement valves / springs
£300 New stainless exhaust
£80 New Fuel Pump
£400 New Oilpressure relief valve
£3000 New Bottom End Plus modifications

Estimate of modifications

£1000 2x rollbars
£500 New Cam
£400 new stainless pipes (Brake/Fuel/Clutch/Cooling)
£120 Harnesses
£300 New headlights (quad)


add to that
£600 per year for the first 2 years of ownership Servicing, followed by £250 per year for the other 4 years for non Dealer servicing.

[andymadmak]

I simply dare not add it up,

I've had it 5 years now, and it cost me £14k including warranty) . In that time i've:

Done 26k miles with all the servicing, tyres and what nots that that requires

replaced clutch

rebuilt rear end - diff, driveshafts, bearings etc(twice)

new suspension bushes all round

rebuilt front end, including ball joints etc

rebuilt manifolds

new ECU

New headlamp electrics

New wiper motor

chassis treatment

New radiators

New Magnecore plug leads

2 X Batteries

Wooden steering wheel

Kick plates

Other alloy bits ( gear knob etc)

too many front main beam lights (bloody stones!)

Having said all that, it's never broken down or failed to start!

I have every bill in a big book, and most of the history for the car since new. (it cost £28.5K in 1991 ) One day I'll get a calculator out, but not today !
Andy 400se

>> Edited by andymadmak on Monday 13th October 14:28

[jvaughan]

yes, but we love them

[rev-erend]

You must be joking ... if I posted those
kind of details my girlfriend would kill me...
or make me buy something sensible like a T350c

[seamus]

Made the mistake of totaling it all up a few months ago - turned out to be twice what I had thought although I rest happy in the knowledge that in 3 years of ownership I have only spent in total what the previous guy paid for it, 2 years before I bought it - confused?

[Pettsie]

£300 1800 miles the only faults being squeaky fanbelt, a slight zorst blow and a bottom balljoint. Bliss but I want a SEAC!

[wedg1e]

£1547... though I've just realised that excludes the rip-off clutch master cylinder* so add say another £103 to that... £1650 in 3 years/ 11000 miles.
That includes a major engine rebuild, rewire of the injection system, a full set of tyres and all MOTs. Oh , and the chassis sill repairs.
Factor in what I've spent in man-hours, though, and I bet it exceeds the as-new price of £21K in 1987.
The previous owner spent £8K in 2.5 years, and the guy before him a whopping £18K in 5 years... I have all the receipts.
As I've said before, though: where the hell does it go? My car ought to look like £50 grand, but it doesn't....

*Just goes to show you should always ring the dealers - I bought mine direct from Girling: they told me it was a deleted part and charged accordingly. Then I found out that TVR dealers still had some at the usual £60...doh!!
Ian

[plewis66]

6,500 to buy, 4,600 in bills. In eight months. Ouch.

But it was also 12,000 miles in those 8 months!

Edited to say:

Every penny accounted for here:

www.pistonheads.com/members/showcar.asp?carId=5990

>> Edited by plewis66 on Monday 13th October 19:06

[Nacnud]

I'm not adding mine up either!

[cirks]

I think my costs would put all of yours to shame....(except SteveH)....especially now 'The Beast is Back'...See next thread

[HeyAndy]

Spent £6800 to buy

£285 for repaired speedo
£243 for recored Radiator
£786 for 6,000 mile service which included
repaired manifold, wax oyl and MOT
£85 for new plugs and leads
£11.99 for clutch master cylinder repair kit
£25.00 for new clutch pipe
£50.00 parking ticket for the above.

Have since decided to do my own servicing and majorish repairs!!

[jvaughan]

cirks said:

I think my costs would put all of yours to shame....(except SteveH)....especially now 'The Beast is Back'...See next thread

there he goes again ... showing off his shiney engine

Go on ... scare us John :hehe

[montegogt]

Am I in the Wedge chat? I can't believe you lot have poured so much into your cars. I have had mine about 15 months and it's cost me about £500 in maintenance, including a 48K service. Can anyone help me aspire to national debt size bills?

[Gerry Attrick]

I'm with you Lee. A few front suspension bushes, and a recored radiator is about it, except for an ongoing problem with the fuelling - maybe that will bankrupt me eventually! I've had mine about 18 months and covered 8000 miles, without a failure. I'm in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mode of ownership, except for routine maintenance. However, I am sure mine wouldn't hold a candle to some of the others I've seen on PH. Keep up the good work guys!! I'll buy you a beer if you've spent all your hard earned cash on your Wedges.

[TaSmania]

Scary this topic is'nt it. I thought I was OTT on spend but I feel better having read what you lot have said.
On the Rally car alone:
Base car £2500
Chassis A Frame & Seat mount Conversion, etc £1500
Roll Cage £2000
Diff upgrade £350
Richard Moore Chassis Mods £2500
Further chassis "feckling" £850
SCCR gearbox £500
Seats, Harnesses, extinguishers, coolers - Blah £2000
Body Panels/Parts £800
Base Engine £1400
Estimated cost to complete £6000+...................
should have copied Nacnud and not done these sums.
Mad Yep - that'd be me!!
GB

[cirks]

jvaughan said:

Go on ... scare us John :hehe

As long as you spell it 'Jon' then I'll scare you!

Anyway, over 7 years it is approx £40k (before anyone asks, no that does not include the purchase cost but does include some of the costs paid for under warranty). A decent proportion of that is the recent work undertaken. Further details are in 'My Cars'

jvaughan said:

there he goes again ... showing off his shiney engine

Yup - wouldn't you? I'm feeling depressed about the amount this work has cost me but at least all the nice things you guys have said about the finished article makes me happier!



>> Edited by cirks on Wednesday 15th October 13:01

[jvaughan]

F*ck ! £40k ex purchase cost ! ! !..... Im only hitting £30 with £20k of that being the purchase price. !!!.

[Planman350i]

I have bills for about 20K, of which about 1.5k is mine since buying in February. Car cost me 5k but think it was about 20k new.

[GreenV8S]

£20K, £25K, is that all! A couple of years ago I made the mistake of adding up my running costs for the V8S (see my profile). Never again!