SiC Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 All my cars are being rather needy and need something doing at the moment. Adding up what needs spending on isn't easy either. Dolomite: Full brake rebuild - front calipers, discs, pads and master. Plus welding on sill as a start. Probably loads of other bits to do too. ~£350 MGB: Going to need a service soon and those carbs ought to be weakened down a tad. Back springs are pretty low too. £25 as I have a filter and oil floating around in stock. Laguna: Needs new Boots all round as they're pretty flat spotted after 2+ years idle. Battery works but is way undersized. Aircon needs a regas and needs a service. £300 for tyres and oil change service. A4: Pinged up on Saturday that it needs an oil change in 800 miles. So a service by the end of the month. May hold out on this one a bit as I've reprogrammed it from long life service regime to normal regular service regime. £100 for service as only oil change and inspection this time. Boxster: Brake pad warning light came on yesterday, so at least pads. Not sure on the disc condition either - need to check that but maybe more expense there. Also Aircon regas, front strut top mounts and coil packs. ~£800 if no discs are needed. So around £1600 to get the fleet all sorted. Ouch. I'll be trying to stagger some of this. Like the Boxster will have its brakes done but the rest can wait until next year as it'll be put away in storage soon. It'll get a full service at a Porsche specialist next year ready for summer, once out of storage anyway. Laguna is in storage so it can wait a few months at least. At times I really do wonder if I should sack the lot off and get a lease car. E.g. Fully amortalised you can get a Leon Cuora R (the fast one) for £282 pcm - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/seat-leon-20-tsi-290-cupra-ez-dsg-24-month-lease-10k-miles-pa-735-initial-24499pm-120-6490-at-leasing-options-3259461 I suspect over 20k miles (max 10k p/a) probably could get away with one set of tyres, pads and a service. Still way cheaper and less stress than running a selection of several older cars. Sometimes reality sucks a bit. Liggle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, SiC said: All my cars are being rather needy and need something doing at the moment. Adding up what needs spending on isn't easy either. Dolomite: Full brake rebuild - front calipers, discs, pads and master. Plus welding on sill as a start. Probably loads of other bits to do too. ~£350 MGB: Going to need a service soon and those carbs ought to be weakened down a tad. Back springs are pretty low too. £25 as I have a filter and oil floating around in stock. Laguna: Needs new Boots all round as they're pretty flat spotted after 2+ years idle. Battery works but is way undersized. Aircon needs a regas and needs a service. £300 for tyres and oil change service. A4: Pinged up on Saturday that it needs an oil change in 800 miles. So a service by the end of the month. May hold out on this one a bit as I've reprogrammed it from long life service regime to normal regular service regime. £100 for service as only oil change and inspection this time. Boxster: Brake pad warning light came on yesterday, so at least pads. Not sure on the disc condition either - need to check that but maybe more expense there. Also Aircon regas, front strut top mounts and coil packs. ~£800 if no discs are needed. So around £1600 to get the fleet all sorted. Ouch. I'll be trying to stagger some of this. Like the Boxster will have its brakes done but the rest can wait until next year as it'll be put away in storage soon. It'll get a full service at a Porsche specialist next year ready for summer, once out of storage anyway. Laguna is in storage so it can wait a few months at least. At times I really do wonder if I should sack the lot off and get a lease car. E.g. Fully amortalised you can get a Leon Cuora R (the fast one) for £282 pcm - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/seat-leon-20-tsi-290-cupra-ez-dsg-24-month-lease-10k-miles-pa-735-initial-24499pm-120-6490-at-leasing-options-3259461 I suspect over 20k miles (max 10k p/a) probably could get away with one set of tyres, pads and a service. Still way cheaper and less stress than running a selection of several older cars. Sometimes reality sucks a bit. Not really, balance that against the lease costs of a couple of new cars say an Audi A4 and a Citroen C3 and I think you would end up paying the same and only have a method of getting around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 15 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Not really, balance that against the lease costs of a couple of new cars say an Audi A4 and a Citroen C3 and I think you would end up paying the same and only have a method of getting around! As I commute into work by bicycle (or bus if cba) and Mrs SiC uses the car to drive in (she really could cycle too though), I don't really have the need for more than one car! On the rare occasions we need more than one car, it's probably still cheaper to rent an extra. Problem is, I know if I ever tried one car ownership, I'd get bored within a few months. At least with multiple cars, the wear is evened out between them all. Unfortunately it seems that it's all come at once this time. Pretty sure 5 car ownership is my natural limit. Anymore and it starts stretching resources (time and everything else) to keep them all on the road. Or some of them get neglected and pushed to the back of storage. Well maybe one more classic could fit into the fleet as they're less cost to run... Not sure how you can run such a large fleet and still have time to get them all sorted + organised while staying sane! You must have to be pretty much a full time transport manager along with your regular work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 There are car leases for young cars that allow regular swaps but of course you pay a fair amount extra for that service. Before starting work this morning I have been searching for a steering coupling for my Citroen LNA and so it is every day there are several things to do. It is also true I don't have time to vandalise bus shelters! SiC and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I think the correct balance is 1 daily and 1 toy. This is something I've never actually managed to maintain but it does get an expensive habit. egg, The Moog, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, cort16 said: I think the correct balance is 1 daily and 1 toy. This is something I've never actually managed to maintain but it does get an expensive habit. One TOY, that is real hardship level there should be government grants to enable you to purchase more, along with free car care and a heated secure crèche for them to be parked in! catsinthewelder, BorniteIdentity, stonedagain and 7 others 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, cort16 said: I think the correct balance is 1 daily and 1 toy. This is something I've never actually managed to maintain but it does get an expensive habit. What happens when the daily or that toy breaks? Need spares of both, so that brings up to four cars ... then with the wife car it's then five. Which is where I am at now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, SiC said: What happens when the daily or that toy breaks? Need spares of both, so that brings up to four cars ... then with the wife car it's then five. Which is where I am at now! What an easy life you have if your wife only wants one car! SiC, stonedagain, chodweaver and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 hours ago, New POD said: Finance manager at work was side swipped on the M6 by a Lithuanian registered lorry, in an MX5 (Mk4 I think). Not a few days ago. He was hit by the rear passenger wheel, and the car spun in front of the lorry, ended up going backwards along the m6, with the lorry pushing them eventually into the embankment. To put icing on the cake, retail value for this particular special edition is about 12k. His insurer offered 2k initially. Out of interest, how long did the insurance negotiations take? I'm fascinated by the foreign driver insurance element...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 15 minutes ago, SiC said: What happens when the daily or that toy breaks? Need spares of both, so that brings up to four cars ... then with the wife car it's then five. Which is where I am at now! And it's that kind of thinking that ends you up with 5 cars. ? I can't really speak too much we have 4 including my wifes car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 It was about 2 weeks ago, and he's told the insurance company to go fuck themselves. Told them he'll see them in court. They told him it would go down as an uninsured driver because of the time delay in them dealing with foreign insurers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 mean while in Gods waiting room just up from the coast from us another witless soul nearly shuffles onto the next place ...... good thing we motorists have dash cams !!! silliy ped.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 3 hours ago, SiC said: Pretty sure 5 car ownership is my natural limit. Anymore and it starts stretching resources (time and everything else) to keep them all on the road. Or some of them get neglected and pushed to the back of storage. Well maybe one more classic could fit into the fleet as they're less cost to run... Not sure how you can run such a large fleet and still have time to get them all sorted + organised while staying sane! You must have to be pretty much a full time transport manager along with your regular work. My advice is that if you want to carry on with anything like that number of cars DO NOT HAVE KIDS! r.welfare, stonedagain, Split_Pin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Not so very long ago the above justifications for too many cars would have soundee like madness to me. I currently have six cars. Four *ohfives and the leaf and legacy. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 If autoshite was a car club where we could all rent chod from each other, I'm sure we'd all be a damn sight better off. Anyway, proof I'm in glorious East Sussex The Moog, wuvvum, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 52 minutes ago, MikeR said: mean while in Gods waiting room just up from the coast from us.... Ah, the Eastbourne Legacy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Ah, the Eastbourne Legacy..... Not this time - looks more like Worthing to me (though not been for yonks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Southport... MikeR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 We had 4 cars in the household fairly recently, 3 mine and 1 the wifes. I found having to keep them all running very stressful, buying cars is great fun but once it's sitting outside along with the others reality bites. tax insurance MOT servicing etc etc. So I sold a couple and am now down to 1 car each which is perfect, but I still sit on the for sale section every day on here looking at buying the next piece of old shite. I don't know why I do it to myself egg, SiC, BL Bloke and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 4 hours ago, HillmanImp said: My advice is that if you want to carry on with anything like that number of cars DO NOT HAVE KIDS! If/when we do, no doubt I'll have to sell a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Mondeo back for mot retest and fiddle with rear brakes as i not had the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 minute ago, SiC said: If/when we do, no doubt I'll have to sell a few... Is that kids to keep the cars running! puddlethumper, HillmanImp, SiC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I've had occasions when a spare car and space to keep said both cars would have been handy I could have saved the 406 if I'd been able to have a second car as well, and fixed it over a month or so. 2nd insurance would be a killer for me though, I pay £70 (should be £48odd though) a month just for the zx! Plus tax but that's not too bad for the stuff I buy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 That's insane. Why is it so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, beko1987 said: I've had occasions when a spare car and space to keep said both cars would have been handy I could have saved the 406 if I'd been able to have a second car as well, and fixed it over a month or so. 2nd insurance would be a killer for me though, I pay £70 (should be £48odd though) a month just for the zx! Plus tax but that's not too bad for the stuff I buy... I've got 5 cars on a classic policy for £330. Why is that so much? Do you live in Syria? stonedagain and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: I've got 5 cars on a classic policy for £330. Why is that so much? Do you live in Syria? London and the Home Counties is just expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Because I fucked up trying to make it cheaper. Was only £43 (I have 2 sp30s to my name) Then I cancelled the aa and added breakdown cover, went to £54 Went down to 3rd party, back to £44 Smashed windscreen, realised I'd lost glass cover, had to up the cover back to fully comp... £70 Ive paid a month of that, I need to knock that back down to 3rd party... To £56ish Lesson learnt, just stay fucking fully comp and don't fuck with the policy mid term HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Wow. Talk about a domino effect.... A friend of mine bought a 2008 Mazda 3 1.6 Diesel a year or so ago for about £1600. Since then he has had nothing but problems with it. He lost power in it recently. Thinking it was the DPF, it was removed and ramapped. However, since then it has never really had much power. The injectors were looked at and he even dropped in some injector cleaner. It helped a bit but the Mazda soon became as sluggish as before. He complained and complained. I advised him to get a diagnostics reading. He did and it was found that the turbo had gone. He bought another turbo (apparently fits the Citroen aswell so a Peugeot engine then) fitted that on, worked for a bit then has recently blown, black smoke started coming out as a pipe had been unblocked but had blown the new (second-hand) turbo. Mate has had enough of the car and I think wants to sell. I think he needs to join the £200 car club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 £70pcm for fully comp?! Bugger me. MGB+Sprint (3k p/a combined) = £193 classic Boxster (12k p/a and 9yrs NCB) = £300 Laguna (8k p/a and 1yrs NCB) = £340 A4 (13k p/a and 9yrs NCB) = £400 (I guess most expensive because four rings on the front) So just under £103 pcm to insure 5 cars fully comp. Or £87pcm to insure 3 moderns. I have 2 claims in last 5yrs in my name (windscreen & non fault) and Mrs SiC has one (non fault). It helps that I buy them all up front but even if I didn't, individual policies are way cheaper than your paying. We are similar ages too and we both live in the South. Why on earth is yours so different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I've been watching a 305 van on ebay. It's up to £560 with an hour or so to go. Thing is I looked at the mot story and it seems it's never had one. Howz that work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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