I had a V2 1996 Subaru STI in the UK which i bought in 2003 i had for 10yrs before selling her and moving out to NZ and sold her for ?3K. Aside from general maintenance i probally ploughed into her approximately ?10K on upgrades so i work that our at around ?1K a year and i was happy to do that as i believe that if you want the nice car/truck then you must be able to maintain it.

Since moving to NZ i have bought a 2008 130 Defender and a MY99 V5 Impreza STI TypeR and i love having them both and maintain then both regardless of cost. Now you may say oh he's got loads of cash.... but no i work like everybody else on this great site so will happily do without other things.......