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The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
by Vanny
Well, since i bought Jazz i've been collecting receipts for all the parts etc that have gone in. Yesterday (in an attempt to bore myself to death so that i slept) i decided to digitize the lot of the receipts and see what the total score is, and i'm gutted,
£2,825.90
Now that doesn't include Ebay tat, original car cost, nor insurance, nor MOT's, but i would have expected it to be at least double that.
So now you know, totalling up the receipts is not as scary as it might seem!
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
by docchevron132
blimey, you need to spend more!
The bus thus far, not including fuel, weighs in at £9,670
The Red carm christ, I dont know actually, but at least £9K not including mot's, fuel, tax yadda yadda
The black shed is over £10K and probably a good deal more
The green one, erm, considerably more than that!
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
by Father Ted
Jesus wept - in 12 months and 20K miles the Blue TGD cost me
Insurance £230
Tax £140
Fuel £1396
Depreiation = £0
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
by Philhod
Well K39 cost me £2900 to buy @ 3 years old in 1996. Regular servicing and a couple of cam belts add around £500. 2 sets of spheres £180. If you add in 2 rear cylinders and various lengths of pipework a rear brg set, a couple of btm joints and a number of returns, a clutch cable and a few bulbs + odds and ends I don't recall, you could probably scrape another £250
Added together and divided by 14 makes less than £250 per year
If you remove the initial buy it works out less than £70 a year.
That to me anyway is cheeeeeeeep!
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 22 Nov 2010
by Scarecrow
Other than the normal tat, My old Meteor only needed rear arm bearings, h/b cables, a coolant hose ('ow much?) and an exhaust in six years of jolly motoring.
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 23 Nov 2010
by Philhod
-I Missed out Alternator..................
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 23 Nov 2010
by mat_the_cat
It does make me wonder what I've spent on mine - I've got all the receipts apart from a few eBay purchases. Some of the stuff I've fitted has been for improvements rather than maintenance, plus I've fitted some things after mis-diagnosing a problem, again not strictly necessary. Curious but not sure I'll ever get round to adding it all up!
Re: The cost of BX ownership
Posted: 23 Nov 2010
by Philhod