Financial tally on our cars!

[desinor@sympatico.ca (Désinor Jean-Claude)]

  Who cares how much it costs ...

  I bought my 84 Scirocco new in November 1983, leather, electric
everything, sunroof. That was so much money I prefer to forget how much.

  Over the years, most of the mechanicals have been replaced or rebuilt,
except the engine - but then I change oil and filter every 4000
kilometers (about 2500 miles). And I dutifully feed it the recommended
91 RON gasoline.

  Insurance went way up because thngs lying on the road hit me, stupid
radio hunters hit me 3 times in 3 months in 1985, a drunk driver hit a
car behind me and sent it flying onto my real bumper, a pseudo river
with all season radials hit me during a freezing rain while I was parked
in a shopping center. Now the rates are back to normal.

  I had new fenders and hood installed. It got a new muffler, a new gas
tank. It needs summer tires - but the summer tires it now have done a
terrific job for the past 6 years, given the low mileage I do with the
Scirocco since I got a Jetta to keep it company.

  I have to pay now to get it stored in the winter, but every spring,
after renewing the registration and turning the key, I remember it is
now family and forget about what it cost.

  This is totally crazy - but we feel good together :-)

	Jean-Claude
	84 8v

Mike Blain a écrit :
> 
> I just did a solid tally on the expenditures of tuning my car in the
> three years Ive had it.  It includes everything spent from initial
> purchase excluding state lisencing fees and standard petroleum product
> consumption.   Basically, I could have just gone out and bought a new
> jetta with some extras on it- maybe even the wolfsburg if I haggled
> right.  I expected to be in the teens but not the high teens.  This
> brings me to wonder how many others are acutely aware of how deep they
> are into their rocc projects (singular, per car tally)?
> 
> At this point im asking myself what the hell im doing and why? I mean I
> love cars- but im dumping money into a vehicle that can be had for the
> cost of a nice vacuum cleaner. And, im thinking I should have maybe
> jumped into a project that would actually pay for itself like a 70-71
> cuda 340 or 440 sixpack.
> 
> So the question stands: How much and why- to my fellow listers.
> 
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