Thread: The truthful, honest cost of owning your vehicle.

What is the cost of happiness ?

My old 96 Diesel ran 410,000 ... I think from memory I must have been very lucky to buy her ...
Cost next to nothing .
Had her fully serviced only 3 times over near 12 years , I kid you not !

She blew a master brake cylinder booster .
3 sets of tires .
I power window motor .
Thats it !!

and just kept on going on and on !! and as my sig says , I still want to put her back on the road because I miss her

My 2001 V8 has been pretty good too up till now ..
As my current post says , I just ran a crank angle sensor , but after 8 months running her with work trailor behind every day , I can live with that !!

May be it is just luck as to how much goes wrong , but I think it is a bit to do with how hard you drive them too ??

I tend to appreciate and respect my Rovers for what they are .
They are not sports trucks ... although the V8 is great fun ... she has extractors fitted and sounds great too !!!!

I will be buying a third one when needed , if I do not put my old diesel back on the road ...

I lovem

cheers
Steve

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Here's a very rare example that goes against the normal depreciation experiences. I bought a new Isuzu County 110 in 1985 for $24,100 and sold it by tender 10 years later with 110,000 kms on it for $26,100. During my 10 years of ownership, no major repairs were required and apart from regular servicing, all of which I did myself, and normal running costs (fuel, rego, insurance etc) the biggest expense was a set of tyres. Without a doubt, the best Landy I've ever owned.

Are you sure about the price. I thought the price nearly doubled after the AUD floated and devalued.

I owned my Rangie from 1982 through to 1998 when I bought the Defender.

Cost ~ $37070 did 98% of any work myself, so that fuel/Insur/reg etc.
~ 350000km


Martyn

Originally Posted by rar110

Are you sure about the price. I thought the price nearly doubled after the AUD floated and devalued.

You're right but I bought just before the prices started to skyrocket up to the 40+K mark. Just good/lucky timing I guess.
On second thoughts it was 1984 not 1985 that I bought the County.

In the short time i have owned my car very little.
Paid $1600 for it.
To get roady cost $300
Oil leak hahahahhahahahahah cost $20 and a few days of swearing...(steering)
Bullbar cost $130
Diff breathers cost $35
Reversing sensor $4 hahaha yea i got it cheap.
Alarm system with auto start and all that stuff $88
CB $75 (complete).
HID spotties $160
Suspension lift cost $400
33 inch tyres and rims $1350 (not done yet)
Flares $550 (not done yet)
BIG BLOCK CHEV REPLACEMENT hahaha joking but would love it.

So my car will owe me $4712 when i get my muddies and flares.
I cant complain, i drive with my best mate who owns a prado (hehe) and he paid more than my total cost!
I could include a detroit locker (which is next) and i would still be cheaper than his initial on road cost.

Originally Posted by JamesH

I have an app on my phone where I can enter everything.

What app do you have?

Originally Posted by DAMINK

So my car will owe me $4712 when i get my muddies and flares.
I cant complain, i drive with my best mate who owns a prado (hehe) and he paid more than my total cost!

Sounds very good!

Originally Posted by p38arover

Sounds very good!

I think so mate.
I sold my old VT Calais and used the cash to buy this.
Location move from city to country so after a few weeks of thrashing my BLACK calais around the hills i decided that was insane and upgraded.
Best move i ever made. I love the disco and love the cost thus far.
Although that figure seems to be rising day by day the more i learn and the more i play lol.
But im hooked. I love my car and will keep it maintained and running well.
Would actually go as far as to say the recent months with this car have been some of the best motoring i have done. Mostly because its off road and crazy stuff which i like. None the less. Best motoring i have done.
LOVE my car! Family loves it also which makes paying for it easier.