2008 Agila b 1.0 6yr 6k challenge
Discussion
Budget = £6000
Less £1300 purchase price = £4700 = approx £800 per year to run it
Less tax & Insurance at £225pa combined leaves £575pa to fuel and maintain it
Less fuel (1500 miles pa at say 40mpg and £5.50 per gallon) = approx £200pa leaves around £375 pa to maintain it.
Should be do-able!
Less £1300 purchase price = £4700 = approx £800 per year to run it
Less tax & Insurance at £225pa combined leaves £575pa to fuel and maintain it
Less fuel (1500 miles pa at say 40mpg and £5.50 per gallon) = approx £200pa leaves around £375 pa to maintain it.
Should be do-able!
Update time. Will update end of November for 12 months ownership.
Previous total was £1941.
I've had extra cost in December of £153.
Seat covers pair
Sump washers
Sump plug £16.
Oil and drain plug tools £42.
Gear oil addative forte £15.
Hylomar £7.
Gear oil £27.
Fuel £46.
January
Car wash £6.
Bluetooth obd2 £6.
10mm square drain tool £11.
Drivers door mirror £15.
Fuel £46.
Passenger wiper arm £10.
Total £94.
February
Control arm ball joint £17.
Boot liner mat £12.
Number plates £30.
Fuel £45
Total £104
March
Fuel £45
Transmission oil £40
Fuel £38 (filled up a touch early)
Mot £40 (2 months early)
Total £163
£1941 + £514 = £2455
Ownership 5 months.
Balance of budget remains £3545.
I've done a few more miles than I thought i would, well over 2000.
Previous total was £1941.
I've had extra cost in December of £153.
Seat covers pair
Sump washers
Sump plug £16.
Oil and drain plug tools £42.
Gear oil addative forte £15.
Hylomar £7.
Gear oil £27.
Fuel £46.
January
Car wash £6.
Bluetooth obd2 £6.
10mm square drain tool £11.
Drivers door mirror £15.
Fuel £46.
Passenger wiper arm £10.
Total £94.
February
Control arm ball joint £17.
Boot liner mat £12.
Number plates £30.
Fuel £45
Total £104
March
Fuel £45
Transmission oil £40
Fuel £38 (filled up a touch early)
Mot £40 (2 months early)
Total £163
£1941 + £514 = £2455
Ownership 5 months.
Balance of budget remains £3545.
I've done a few more miles than I thought i would, well over 2000.
ReverendCounter said:
Seeing as you're reaching for a specific financial goal, would it not make sense to invest in a bucket and car wash brush and then save £6 per wash?
I've only done it once in 5 months so £6 isn't too bad. Plus I don't have any stuff for car washing as I stopped washing my own 20 years ago. It's just not worth my time.Mexman said:
This is not going to happen OP, unless you stop being frivolous on spending, half the stuff you have spent, purchased for it are just not required or needed.
That's a very valid point. The three items you mention were about £50. I don't need to achieve the budget so it's not essential. What will probably bust the budget is fuel as I'm doing more miles and giving the lexus a rest. Using the Agila is saving me money instead though.Mercury00 said:
What made you add the gear oil additive? I only ask because I was thinking of using molyslip for crunchy gears.
It's got a slight whine when I got it. It's supposed to have a change every 3years 30k and probably never been done. At 85k and 12 years I changed it and added the forte. I'm going to change it again now and then later in the summer.
I'll then change it every year.
I get where your going with this but I'm also struggling a bit with the random spending. It's like shed motoring, but not. That said I couldn't keep to that level of being frugal, driving an Agile for 6 weeks let alone six years. I think I'd have bought something that'd appreciate in value, run it for a bit... flip it on for a profit thus make all costs null and void and then repeat. I bought an old V70 diesel a few years back and pretty much got a years free motoring out of it plus a couple of hundred quid in my pocket. Work smart, not hard or something like that.
The premise of the thread is good but I was surprised to see that you will only do 1-2000 miles/year in it, so over 6 years that 12k max so 50p/mile <- that's very expensive motoring if you ask me especially considering you say the Agila is one of the worst cars you've driven. I run 90/00s "classics" as a second car (currently have a Boxster which has just been replaced by a Cooper S that cost less than your Agila) and I've never seen anywhere near 50p/mile. We did the frugal living paying down mortgage etc too but I always had a fun car that ended up paying for itself.
Imho, you would have been far better buying something nice at the start of its appreciation curve like an early e39 528i where the parts are cheap and plentiful and it's actually enjoyable to drive and still not murderous to tax.
If you were doing the cheapest possible challenge, did you consider buying a cheap old Yaris, Jazz Micra or Starlet - they are cockroaches and you probably would have struggled to spend £3k over 6 years, never mind £6k!
Not looking to **** on your chips but I think you should be nicer to yourself - flog the Agila and buy something interesting or just use the Lexus.
Imho, you would have been far better buying something nice at the start of its appreciation curve like an early e39 528i where the parts are cheap and plentiful and it's actually enjoyable to drive and still not murderous to tax.
If you were doing the cheapest possible challenge, did you consider buying a cheap old Yaris, Jazz Micra or Starlet - they are cockroaches and you probably would have struggled to spend £3k over 6 years, never mind £6k!
Not looking to **** on your chips but I think you should be nicer to yourself - flog the Agila and buy something interesting or just use the Lexus.
Agila b 6yr 6k said:
I've only done it once in 5 months so £6 isn't too bad. Plus I don't have any stuff for car washing as I stopped washing my own 20 years ago. It's just not worth my time.
Why are you washing it at all? For a cheap shed, anything that isn't needed to keep it legal / running is surely a waste? (Mind you, the first car I ever clay barred was a shed money mini...)I have to ask why?
An Agila, really?
Daughter no1 ran a corsa for 7 years, purchase price was £1500 and she spent £100 year for a service and mot, it needed tyres once at £150, she sold it for £600 and bought a mini, total costs were £1750 or £250/yr, you are not trying hard enough, I have run some nice cars over the years for well under what you are trying to do with a base vauxhall, don't see what you are trying to prove
An Agila, really?
Daughter no1 ran a corsa for 7 years, purchase price was £1500 and she spent £100 year for a service and mot, it needed tyres once at £150, she sold it for £600 and bought a mini, total costs were £1750 or £250/yr, you are not trying hard enough, I have run some nice cars over the years for well under what you are trying to do with a base vauxhall, don't see what you are trying to prove
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