Running Costs

[TVRpotty]

It's me again

Can anybody tell a complete novis what the running/servicing costs are on a Chimaera

[plotloss]

If you put £150-£200 aside a month that should provide enough cash should something happen and will easily cover scheduled servicing.

That is if you are doing the normal mileage.

Matt.

>> Edited by plotloss on Tuesday 25th February 15:20

[raceboy]

Well how longs a piece of string?
How many miles a year are you going to do?
Are you including insurace costs?
How old a Chimaera have you got/getting?
Will you be using every day?

[gazzab]

depends is the answer.
Assuming you go non-franchised then I would guess £1500 per year for servicing and consumables. Then lots of petrol, insurance etc some years will be less and some will be more.

[rmaurer]

Have a look through the Members Cars section of this website as well. I've got most of my costs detailed under my profile, as do several other members. Just search for the model you are interested in and have a read through the entries.

You soon start to recognise what parts start to wear out at different stages e.g. Steering rack reconditioning seems to happen a lot on M/N reg Chimaeras at the moment - I've just done the same myself!

[TVRpotty]

That's better than I expected. I'm intending to use her all the time..... Ark at me....I haven't even got one yet I'm gonna re mortgage my house to get one!! I'd sell my soul to the devil to get one..

[gazzab]

what you after and what you want to spend?
Thought about a Griff 500 ? Having owned a chim 450 and now a cerb 4.5 I have concluded that if I had my time again I would have started with a Griff 500.

[TVRpotty]

Looking to spend possibly 18k max so it's gonna be quite an old one. I'm willing to take any advice anyone can give, as I have no idea

[gazzab]

18K - is that what you pay for an old one? I would have thought that you should be able to get a 2.5 yr old 4 ltr Chimp for that or a 3.5 yr old 4.5ltr or maybe even a 5ltr of similiar age.
I sold my My late 97p 4.5 Chimp in early 2000 for 21K. It was immaculate etc. So I would guess that a smiliar car of simliar age etc 3 years later would be dropping towards your money. Dealers cars are much dearer though.
Dont buy the first car. Get a popular colour. PAS is popular. Full leather is worth getting if you can. No need for air con on a chimp.
I would say find a well known car through these pages.
dont be put off by high miles. It is better than ultra low miles.

[raceboy]

£18k - 99T plate 4.0 in PistonHeads Classifieds
www.pistonheads.com/ads/list.asp?s=1&p=1
Theres even a few dealer cars at that price

[gazzab]

Its got a lights conversion though!! If you have £18k then look at 20K cars.

[TVRpotty]

I'm so glad I came to this site to ask questions. You lot are ACE

[CLINT887]

TVRpotty said: That's better than I expected. I'm intending to use her all the time..... Ark at me....I haven't even got one yet I'm gonna re mortgage my house to get one!! I'd sell my soul to the devil to get one..

put it on ebay and I'll make a bid

[incorrigible]

At the risk of becoming monotonous, you want one of these Only one, short, pie eating owner

[incorrigible]

gazzab said: Its got a lights conversion though!! If you have £18k then look at 20K cars.

Not the speed 12 one though

Still, it looks much better than standard eh

:runningforcover:

[raceboy]

incorrigible said: At the risk of becoming monotonous, you want one of these Only one, short, pie eating owner

For Sale everywhere except the classifieds

[incorrigible]

raceboy said:

For Sale everywhere except the classifieds

I'm on holiday next week, if my project is still available then, it'll be up for sale properly

Edited to say: Point taken, in the adds now



>> Edited by incorrigible on Tuesday 25th February 17:16

[TVRpotty]

CLINT887 said:

TVRpotty said: That's better than I expected. I'm intending to use her all the time..... Ark at me....I haven't even got one yet I'm gonna re mortgage my house to get one!! I'd sell my soul to the devil to get one..

put it on ebay and I'll make a bid

1 million dollars and my underground lare