Thread: P38A - what to do?

v8 99 model last of the series 1's but no lpg i'm afraid

This silver one behind the one with the smart bar?

Ron

yep.......oh and thank you for the leadon the smart bar by the way

sold !!!!!!

It would be interesting to know what other marque owners have spent on repairs and maintenance on their cars - including labour.

I don't have my P38A serviced by a mechanic. I do my own wherever possible. I only use a mechanic for the jobs I can't do myself.

Because the vehicle management system I used doesn't separate maintenanace and repairs, I dumped the data from it and drilled down into it to get more useful info.

The P38A is now 12 years old (built May 95, complianced July 95, sold 3rd August 95) and has done 217000km.

I've done approx 102,000 of those over the past 5 years of ownership (bought by me in May 2002).

In that time I've used 22,046 litres of fuel (LPG and petrol) for a total cost of $11,843.55 - With a figure of 101,659 km, that gives an average fuel consumption of 21.69 litres/100km at an average of 53.7 cents/litre.

That equals 11.65 cents/km fuel

My maintenance costs:

Labour: $713
Batteries/Air con service/LPG service/Parts/Oil/Filters/Tyres, etc: $3545
Total: $4258
That equals 4.19 cents/km maintenance.

Now the scary bit - repairs. This includes a new engine, new flex plate, new suspension ball joints, new timing cover/oil pump, new radiator, ignition coil pack (my fault), etc.

Parts: $7381
Labour: $1490
Total: $8871

That equals 8.73 cents/km repairs.

Total 12.92 cents/km repairs and maintenance.

That's a damn sight cheaper than a new car. Have you seen the regular service charge for any new car, ket alone depreciation. The owner of any 12 year old car has to expect repairs.

Ron

Put it into perspective Almost all jap 4wd's will need suspension,better tyres and sometimes rims,castor correction on the front axle and a snorkel to get the intake away from the headlights and all this straight up.How many stock Toyota's do you see? None The rangie isn't that bad when you look at it cost wise.I'd keep it Pat

hey Ron your labour is cheap do you wanna come do some work for me?

Also:

how many days owned/days off the road due to mechanical issues

What was your initial cost/todays value of the car


Statistics are good in the right hands. In the wrong hands it kills. A good example is a fatigue study 5 yrs ago and how it translates into your overtime today.

I paid $30K for it. They are being advertised (whether they sell is another issue!) for around $12K.

For insurance, it's still valued by AAMI at $25K

Five years ago $30k was a damn good price.

Ron