CORSA: £12,068 RUNNING COSTS

[Zoobeef]

90 B said:

Wow.

How much does that cost to run?

How much more than the Ventra?

Lol

The vectra is 17p per mile including everything.

The Noble is over 40p per mile just in fuel. not really had it long enough to add insurance, tax, tyres, servicing and maintanence yet

[Astra Dan]

Chris Hinds said:

Consulting the history...

• 2 on the front - £445 @ 11k miles

2 tyres at £445? Really? Does that not seem a little pricey?!

[007 VXR]

Astra Dan said:

Chris Hinds said:

Consulting the history...

• 2 on the front - £445 @ 11k miles

2 tyres at £445? Really? Does that not seem a little pricey?!

Reading this thread, I think there are some bad man maths going on

[wackojacko]

Think yourself lucky....

I'm 18 and have had the S3 for less than 2 months.... the cost so far 8grand all in. 8grand ! Couldn't beleive it when I just looked at PH car calculator thingy plus the purchase price aswell as various other things.

[90 B]

What do you expect with an S3 at 18?

You should get a less powerful, more appealing to the insurance companies car and get your insurance down as much as you can.

Hit 21, BOOM!!! Paying 30% of the insurance your paying now!

[90 B]

90 B said:

What do you expect with an S3 at 18?

You should get a less powerful, more appealing to the insurance companies car and get your insurance down as much as you can.

Hit 21, BOOM!!! Paying 50% of the insurance your paying now!

[wackojacko]

90 B said:

What do you expect with an S3 at 18?

You should get a less powerful, more appealing to the insurance companies car and get your insurance down as much as you can.

Hit 21, BOOM!!! Paying 30% of the insurance your paying now!

Not complaining at all, it's my choice but in prospective it's a darn site more over a considerably shorter span.

Less powerful and more appealing to insurance companies ? Why would I do that

[trashbat]

90 B said:

But it looks fantastic. Lol.

Yer, I get your point. Eye watering read.

I will have one. But I dont want my life to evolve around whether it goes wrong or not.

Vocal Minority said:

Aaah, but she's a looker mate.

Oh aye. I don't regret it. What else would I have done with my life?!

[JayTee94]

90 B said:

What do you expect with an S3 at 18?

You should get a less powerful, more appealing to the insurance companies car and get your insurance down as much as you can.

Hit 21, BOOM!!! Paying 30% of the insurance your paying now!

I don't think you have seen Jacks car history. Impressive for a 18 y/o.

[rsv gone!]

90 B said:

I secretly want a Ferrari Enzo owner to come along and state his running costs. Make us all feel better

Try running an Evo as daily driver;

http://pistonheads.co.uk/members/showcar.asp?carId...

59p a mile.

(TBH not too bad given the performance available).


Your biggest cost on car ownership will be depreciation. Manage this and you can run some pretty potent cars. My £47K for 6-7 years is still a damn sight less than total cost paid over that period by my colleagues, chopping in Merc estates every 2-3 years.

Edited by rsv gone! on Wednesday 4th April 08:49

[TonyHetherington]

To put in perspective, my Audi S4 (4.2 V8) has cost me 56p per mile over 25k miles in 3yrs. That's absolutely everything (fuel, insurance, MOTs etc). It's averaged 18.43mpg in that time.

[andy ted]

90 B said:

I secretly want a Ferrari Enzo owner to come along and state his running costs. Make us all feel better

I am not so sure you would! If the owner got it new and has done sensible miles I would guess they have appreciated somewhat! It might just be a depressing sum that will make us wish we had the capital to buy one!

[TonyHetherington]

andy ted said:

90 B said:

I secretly want a Ferrari Enzo owner to come along and state his running costs. Make us all feel better

I am not so sure you would! If the owner got it new and has done sensible miles I would guess they have appreciated somewhat! It might just be a depressing sum that will make us wish we had the capital to buy one!

Indeed - ignoring the fact that they're still going up in value (even if not bought from new), then the annual mileage done will probably mean it's not eye watering costs. Large, yes, but not eye watering like a Veyron's new wheels for example every 20k miles.

edit; actually, thinking about it, that would make the pence per mile quite high, of course!

Edited by TonyHetherington on Wednesday 4th April 09:04

[Typhon]

90 B said:

When I first passed my test the fuel prices were £0.89 for about 6 months.
Then I remember it sticking at about £1.18 ish

Then now its around £1.41.

And I did less miles in my first 2 years.

So less miles and not such expensive fuel is the difference.

Ah I remember, though that might be it.

That was the perfece time to panic buy

Next pricewar, I shall stock up many jerrycans!

[falkster]

ML55
Fuel. = £1556 for 5k
Tax = £260
MOT = £40
Service = £150
Ins. = £560
Repairs = £97.10

52p per mile!!

[falkster]

ML55
Fuel. = £1556 for 5k
Tax = £260
MOT = £40
Service = £150
Ins. = £560
Repairs = £97.10

52p per mile!!

[PaperCut]

mattnunn said:

snuffle said:

ludicrous speed said:

mattnunn said:

snuffle said:

mattnunn said:

You can't drive cheddar.

HTH

You can but you need to brie gentle and caerphilly plan ahead.

Stil tons of money in't it?

Some pretty cheesy puns there.

Sorry I'll do feta next time.

Gouda stop this before it goes too far.

FFS, I camembert this much longer...

[Typhon]

PaperCut said:

mattnunn said:

snuffle said:

ludicrous speed said:

mattnunn said:

snuffle said:

mattnunn said:

You can't drive cheddar.

HTH

You can but you need to brie gentle and caerphilly plan ahead.

Stil tons of money in't it?

Some pretty cheesy puns there.

Sorry I'll do feta next time.

Gouda stop this before it goes too far.

FFS, I camembert this much longer...

Really? You all need to be more mature about this

[90 B]

falkster said:

ML55
Fuel. = £1556 for 5k
Tax = £260
MOT = £40
Service = £150
Ins. = £560
Repairs = £97.10

52p per mile!!

How much do you spend on fuel a week?

[falkster]

90 B said:

How much do you spend on fuel a week?

For those calculations I just worked on how many miles I've covered by the current mpg but, for the last 3 months, I've been using £35 a week and, even more recently, have been car sharing to work a couple of days a week.

I didn't put depreciation down either because I can't see me losing money on it despite it being a fuel thirsty V8.