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cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:53 am
by bduffman
As stated how much do you think you have spent on your fto ( not including buying it ) but services repairs upgrades ect ect
And over how long

I've had my fto umm half a year or so give or take and I've spent mayb 6k

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:17 am
by aza013
3 and a 1/2 years money into it aprox $19000, But only about $4000 of my own money :twisted:

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:53 am
by bduffman
Who's money ?

And im in debt bout 10k for my fto but only to parents paying back 250 a fortnight or some thing like that I just give mum 800 a fortnight and she sorts out my bills lol

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:54 am
by topgun
aza013 wrote:3 and a 1/2 years money into it aprox $19000, But only about $4000 of my own money :twisted:
Doesnt sound so bad if its someone else money :lol:

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:55 am
by Grue
This way madness lies!

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:42 am
by aza013
bduffman wrote:Who's money ?

And im in debt bout 10k for my fto but only to parents paying back 250 a fortnight or some thing like that I just give mum 800 a fortnight and she sorts out my bills lol
Shell's money :lol:
And also money from ppl smashing into me ( new paint )
:twisted:

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:10 am
by Bennoz
8 years & about $60,000.

Oh & I paid $22,900 for it back in 2002...

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:38 am
by spency
7-8 months and maybe 4k once i've got it back on the road?

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:26 pm
by I8A4RE
Probably just shy of 20K excluding the purchase of the car

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:40 pm
by Kustom
Cool story bro, i would do this if i had this amount of $

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:08 pm
by Bennoz
Kustom_FTO wrote:Cool story bro, i would do this if i had this amount of $
GTFO :arrow:

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:01 pm
by aza013
aza013 wrote:3 and a 1/2 years money into it aprox $19000, But only about $4000 of my own money :twisted:
I should add $4560 for the tyres I have used up on the track and street. So that puts it up over the $23500 and other bits like front bars side skirts bumps it up again another $1500 (with paint)

total = $25000 + as I know there would be more :lol:

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:28 pm
by Astron_Boy
I've spent more on my 80s Magna wagon than the wifes FTO.

scary really.

FTO in total over the 3-4 yrs of ownership, we bought it, serviced it, and bought carbon fibre.

Total, about $20K
(Car was 10K- when facelift GPX were still a rare site)

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:39 pm
by yotka
Excluding purchase price, about $5k spent on parts and labour, on replacing worn engine parts and rear suspension. Would have been much more if the workshop hates me.

Edit: Also had to source majority of parts from UK and Singapore myself.

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:50 pm
by bduffman
Grand a month looks like im well on my way to becoming the next ben lol

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:37 pm
by EscapingFate
Hmm ive only spent about 3k on mine since i bought it about 2 months ago now..

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:34 pm
by Chiinkstarrh
1 year of ownership spent over 10k xcluding the car itself! and now shes gone :(

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:05 am
by Bennoz
Makes me a little bit sick actually, the 80,000 odd grand blown on this car, the 100,000 odd grand blown on my mini (no pun) the 100,000 grand I've burnt by smoking for 15 years.... I should be a f**king land baron by now & own half of Sydney :x

If I had my time again, I'd do things a bit differently!

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:17 am
by bduffman
you say that now but im sure if you did go back you would end up missing modding your car

i know i couldnt stand to drive a stock car and have it look like every one elses would be plain boring

Re: cost of keeping your pride and joy

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:13 am
by spency
Bennoz wrote:the 100,000 grand I've burnt by smoking
pun intended that time?