Chim Running Costs
Discussion
Im buying a Chim 4.0 1996 in a couple of months!!! cant wait..
im smiling already.
Roughly how much do I need to budget for running it often i.e. 3-4 days a week around 9000 miles a year?
Cheers J
Thats about £1500 on fuel
£ 30 on oil
£ 350 on service independant specialist
£ 500 on tyres set only lasted 8000 miles
£ 441 on insurance (my premium)
£ 170 on Tax
£ 30 on Mot
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£3021 thats without anything going wrong.
And somethings guaranteed to go wrong eventually !.
At least you get free T-shirts on Surrey Runs
Hmm - good point - I seem to have accumulated a new shelf full of Autoglym and other cleaners . . TVR rugs, hats,
Hmm - good point - I seem to have accumulated a new shelf full of Autoglym and other cleaners . . TVR rugs, hats,
incorrigible said:
Don't forget £500 on track days, about the same on pub lunches while meeting fellow tivvers
Some people here have done over a grand on cleening products
robkola said: I bought an AA Warranty and that paid for the Meta alarm going belly-up!
I love the MOT 30 squid - mine was £36.50, the cheapest MOT I've ever come across!
You can get MOT'S for £19.95 down here, but there guaranteed to find something wrong, they price the MOTS low hoping that they can get work out of it afterwards, i spoke to a chap in one place and he said "9 out of 10 cars fail the mot mate" sounded dodgy so i drove off.
swilly said:
Qube said:
£ 500 on tyres set only lasted 8000 miles
Hmmmmmmm my last set of tyres Yokohama A539's lasted 18000 miles over the last year.
....and every mile was hard driven.
The tyres were bridgestone RE71's all round, the rear treads dissappeared after about 7000 miles, and the fronts started to split all the way round the inner tread with 6mm still left on them, changed them as they looked dangerous for a 150mph car.
Jimi,
Just updated my profile and it looks like I am averaging your sort of milage and I am at about £350 / month all in over 18 months. Profile here for details, however this is my second car not my day car . Factor in at least 3k miles per year for PH/TVRCC events. At 9k mls/year you will be looking at 3 services every 2 years so about £500 average per service at dealer prices (two services/year if you had not factored for events !).
Bob
>> Edited by bob the planner on Thursday 20th March 21:24
Just updated my profile and it looks like I am averaging your sort of milage and I am at about £350 / month all in over 18 months. Profile here for details, however this is my second car not my day car . Factor in at least 3k miles per year for PH/TVRCC events. At 9k mls/year you will be looking at 3 services every 2 years so about £500 average per service at dealer prices (two services/year if you had not factored for events !).
Bob
>> Edited by bob the planner on Thursday 20th March 21:24
jimi said: Thanks a lot guys, looking forward to it, ill be back in June when ive bought it!!!
Oi.. you can't just turn up, get a few opinions out of us, and disappear till june.. ! ..we need to be regularly updated on the selection and buying process too you know...
By the way.. accoriding to Pistonheads my running costs are £7,506.94 a year, however its only cost me £233 since I bought it barring insurance and petrol.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=22169&f=24&h=0&hw=
...one day Ted??
M@H said: ...
By the way.. accoriding to Pistonheads my running costs are £7,506.94 a year, however its only cost me £233 since I bought it barring insurance and petrol.
...
Matt
Could have something to do with all the other stuff you have entered from 2000/2001 - that will up the costs a bit .
Also only 1135 mls in six months makes the cost per mile a bit high ! Do you use it every day as per your profile or do you use the Saxo ?
Bob
The cost of running mine for four years (including upgrades and track days etc) is here: www.pistonheads.com/members/showcar.asp?carId=65
Hope this helps.
Manek
Hope this helps.
Manek
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