costs of being a car zealot

i've just totted up SOME of the receipts i have for Gruber… 8O
doesn't include ins/tax/mots.

i could have bought a brand new car for the amount i've spent on just the ones i could find… ok it would have been a kia picanto  but still!

at the same time, i can't say i've squandered the money as it's all noticable and needed parts

the things we do for our religion eh?

anyone else totted up and thought they should double check their sanity rating?  

I've only spent about £600 on the green one including buying it and MOT's etc…. the silver one though…. I really don't want to think with the engine rebuild, the purchase, the fuel lines etc  8O ….. mind you I wouldn't buy anything else with the money so maybe not all bad  :dontknow:

I've spent pots of cash on my cars and continually get the mick ripped out of me for it…but wouldn't have it any other way  

i reckon i've spent close to 5k on mine

don't really think about it esle i wouldn't do it

think im around 5k aswell but dont want to even think about totting it up otherwise id sell it lol.

have to say i am still new to the religon however so far my expenditure totals £525 for the car and a solinoid for the starter motor.

but by the time i have finished with the plans for full respray, wheels, and engine detail i think i will be way up there

but the wife just egs me on all the way  

daren't even think about it…….i don't have a bank account , i have a vw account…….

I probably drop more cash at classic car auctions then I spent on my education, but it's good to have a hobby.

Richard18 said

I probably drop more cash at classic car auctions then I spent on my education, but it's good to have a hobby.

Quite.

On a serious note tho, i've dedicated my past ten tears on spending £200 a week on booze and drugs.

Only recently have I actually realised how much cash i've got if I actually focus it somewhere positive.

Absolutley nothing wrong with having a 2k car that owes you 4k+… At least you have something to show for it!!

Richard18 said

I probably drop more cash at classic car auctions then I spent on my education, but it's good to have a hobby.

You keep plugging that website therefore it can be seen as SPAM… please refrain from plugging that site.

mk1jim said

daren't even think about it…….i don't have a bank account , i have a vw account…….

Ohhhhhhhhh yes. Me too. It's a constant battle for me to justify holding onto the old Golfy. Total love/hate relationship since I got this last one. Currently love.

mk1jim said

daren't even think about it…….i don't have a bank account , i have a vw account…….

lol they rang me up yesterday to try tempt me to spend more - a gallon vw 10w40 for £7! only catch is minimum buy of 4 gallon.  Dont think my oil leak is quite that bad yet!  

my spend in the 4 yrs i've owned gruber is over 6k whoops!

i know what i would have spent the money on if it wasn't Gruber,  rubbish that i don't need.
it's not that i mind having spent it.. just abit shocked by the amount.

I've had my green Driver for nearly three years, including buying it I reckon it sill owes me less than 1K.

My Gold mk1 I've had for 10 years has cost me about 1.5K tops all in.

Although I do everything myself and they're are/were voth daily drivers in all weathers.