At what point do you consider your Shite owes you nothing?

[Lord Sterling]

I don't care to be honest. As long as I like it and it transports me to and from I never consider how much it "owes" me.

[robinmasters]

If, at the time of deepest sorrow, the undertaker arrived in an Austin Princess hearse where the hydrogas had leaked on one side and it left brown, rusty stains on the church's gravel, I would consider calling a better undertaker.

 

 

That sounds like precisely the sort of undertaker I want to arrange my final journey. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

the renner cost:

• £100 to buy
• dizzy cap + rotor £30ish
• oil + filter £25ish
• air filter £6
• spunking plugs £8ish
• renner 5 gtturbo steering wheel £15
• driveshaft gator £40ish inc fitting

and i've had the thing about 4 years so i'd say that was cheap shittering

[oman5]

I need a car for work, so I tend to work it out by how much cash I'm saving by not buying something modern on tick. Then of course there's lack of depreciation, how much the odd repair costs. I estimate I need another 6 months before the Volvo is in the black.

[Vince70]

I've had my old N plate Audi for about 4 years now, it was bought on eBay for £281 with about 3 months tax and test.

In my ownership shes had a new clutch (found out it didn't really need it) £300 and it gets a service once a year which normally costs me in the region of £20/5 as I always buy my oil when it is on online discount.

 

I did pay out for some paint work when I caught it against my garage wall which was I the region of £200 but I think it was worth doing as the cars a real goodun and it's still low mileage and it looks like rust will never be an issue with it.

 

But the best thing is I have a job during the winter months which allows me to claim petrol expenses in the region of 40p a mile for using my car so it's more than paid for itself.

 

I never keep my cars normally as I get bored with them but this one is like a comfy pair of shoes and I just can't part with it as it's been so good, so it gets used just for the winter duties now and I just know that after leaving it standing for 6 months at a time that it will start at the 1st turn of the key.

 

I'm not getting the same feeling for my beetle though even though it's reliable so it's got to go after two months ownership so I guess I will lose money on that one.

[Asimo]

When it gets me home, warm, dry and with clean hands.

[brickwall]

When it's gone you just think: "That was a good car", and then move on.

[Cavcraft]

Dollywobbler's right of course, why let money spoil it all?

Sometimes (most of the time?) you have to accept you're going to take a knock on the sort of old shite we drive.

It's heart versus head and if you're only in it to try and not lose money then you're on the wrong website.

[holbeck]

OK. Hands held up. I was wrong to bring money into it.

 

I can't think of a worse thing than going down the road of being 'sensible' and getting something on tick that will impress* the neighbours.

 

As Gaston once said 'Vive la difference'

[brickwall]

In terms of money; it is a case of trying not to lose as much as you would otherwise.

[Bobthebeard]

If an old car is your hobby, then it costs what it costs for as long as you enjoy it IMHO. It isn't wasted money. People spend ££££s on season tickets for watching football, or ££££s on playing golf or whatever. It isn't an investment. The thinking with cars seems to be different, as in needing to get your money back when you no longer want or need it. Why is a car any different from any other hobby? Enjoy your time with it then get another to enjoy... It is what we do. Hardly wasted cash. Way better than playing golf or watching football. In terms of money spent, old chod can be great value.