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Author How Much Have You Spent on Your Car??
Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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29th Nov 05 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
eeek!

Corsa 1.2 sxi 3k
Wheels £300
Lowering £300
Back box £130
front bumper £200
Skirts £110
Bonnet £200
Engine conversion £1000
ICE £1000
luisa
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Registered: 11th Feb 05
Location: Bedfordshire
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29th Nov 05 at 16:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they are only covers and can be taken off as and when and if you see it lots of people change their opinion and quite like it but saw the pics first and said otherwise!
mad4corsa
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Registered: 17th May 04
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29th Nov 05 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
5k for the car
2 new tyres recntly £140
blueflame exhaust system £210
ram air induction kit £80
jvc 6x9s £5
tinted windows £70
tax last month £90 odd

£5595 with the car

oops and £1.70 on top of that for my magic tree.
not bad doubt il spend any more apart from running cost save some money try and get an astra gsi Turbo
Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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29th Nov 05 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thousands...
Jamie Walby
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Registered: 15th Nov 04
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29th Nov 05 at 16:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hmmm let me see

wheels - £575
Bonnet £400
lights - £235
Retrim - £450
Ice - £700
Grille - £80

£2440 I make that. Was already lowered when i bought it. still a lot to buy as well.

Ouch
L33 LEG
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Registered: 6th Jan 03
Location: Blackburn . Drove: Dimma Saxo VTR
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29th Nov 05 at 16:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its not how much u spend, its how much fun u have doing it
Gez G
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Registered: 12th May 04
Location: Glasgow
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29th Nov 05 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Over two years, about £4k on my Corsa.
On my Astra spent about £2k since feb including my sounds.
Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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29th Nov 05 at 17:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
its not how much u spend, its how much fun u have doing it


I am spending £117.50 on it tomorrow.
Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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9th Dec 05 at 01:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ermm

blue flame system £220
flushed boot and spoiler £250
rear shox free
hyper blue bulbs £10
bucket seats £100
ice approx £800+
grill £40
viper induction kit £60

cant think of anything else
but thats about £1500+
Shane
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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9th Dec 05 at 02:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
car £400
engine £125
starter motor from scrappy £10
new tyre £60
new starter motor £60
rattle cans to redo wheels £25
and atleast £100 on other bits and bobs
3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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9th Dec 05 at 09:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car = £3600
repairs = £4500

mods:

£350 for alloys
£200 for tyres
£300 for suspension
£300 for exhaust
£400 for ICE
£200 on little bits like handles, mirrors, etc

nothing compared to some

[Edited on 09-12-2005 by 3CorsaMeal]
Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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9th Dec 05 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just servicing and shit about 3.5K over the past 5 years
Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Shropshire, Drives 2.0l 16v Corsa
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9th Dec 05 at 10:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
3,500 buying car, 5k mods, 2k insurance over 3 years. selling it for 4,500.

if i add up all parts etc, like tyres, serviceing. that alone will come to 3k

[Edited on 09-12-2005 by andysri]
Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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9th Dec 05 at 10:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
id say ive spent about 7k so far, still going
Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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9th Dec 05 at 10:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£1200 or thereabouts including the price of the car..
a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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9th Dec 05 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have counted it up before and got to about 10k and just stopped
have had it sprayed what 4 times now i think, couple head units, 2 sets of wheels 2 sets of suspension, engine conversion, windows tinted bucket seats, lots and lots, have done most the work myself aswell so haved saved loadz aswell
gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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9th Dec 05 at 10:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
7.99 on a chrome exhaust trim
Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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9th Dec 05 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Corsa B Sxi - £7k
Corsa B GSi - £800
Punto GT - £700
Nova - £3k


£11,500.
Ojc
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Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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9th Dec 05 at 10:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That excludes buying the cars

Golf - £300
Corsa B SXi - £9k
Corsa B GSi - £4k
Punto GT - £3k
Nova - £300
Nova SR - £800
Astra Coupe - £7k

£24,400 on cars.

[Edited on 09-12-2005 by Ojc]
Ojc
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9th Dec 05 at 11:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£35,900 spent althogether, thats a whole street I could have bought in Merseyside.
bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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9th Dec 05 at 11:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm on this one

cage £500
wheels £500
powder coating wheel £200
Chrome engine detailing £150
brakes £700
Fk coilovers £400
lights £100
midas bill £300
gsi front + imry rear £250
exhaust £100
sounds £500


And it could be going sunday
gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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9th Dec 05 at 11:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
erm on this one

cage £500
wheels £500
powder coating wheel £200
Chrome engine detailing £150
brakes £700
Fk coilovers £400
lights £100
midas bill £300
gsi front + imry rear £250
exhaust £100
sounds £500


And it could be going sunday


whats that?
Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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9th Dec 05 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£60 repairs on the GSi
£80 service on the SXi
nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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9th Dec 05 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Old car the Evo inc. car over 30k, 350z stands me at 20kish, S Works about 17k

On just the cars I've owned, Corsa (cant remember how much about 4k), 106 GTi £8250, Evo £19,000, 350z £18,500, S Works £15,500

[Edited on 09-12-2005 by nik]

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