Financial tally on our cars!

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

i don't think there's any way i spent that much on the old rocc: bought in 
95 for 4k with 50k on the clock.
$650 for suspension
$400 exhaust through the years
$600 rebuilt 2l
$500 wheels, $500 2 sets of tires
those are the big things. little things are control arms/bushings, ball 
joints, axle, tie rod ends, used alt, a/c work ($200), clutch ($150), 
brakes/bearings ($200?). maybe throw in another $1000 for maintenance stuff 
like hoses/belts, things i'm forgetting.  that's $5000 in 5 years, or about 
$75/month.  and a lot of that was stuff i wanted to do, not needed to do.

the new rocc: $4800 (ouch, i know!) last month.  so far, about $100 into the 
a/c, and $35 for an exhaust weld.  this one doesn't feel as reliable or as 
fast as the old one though. and we're not counting court costs, jail fees as 
a result of the new one...
-michael

>From: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
>whoops - wrong link
>
>http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/cars/Scirocco/mainspdsht.htm
>
>
>--- Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I keep a semi-updated running tally on mine - this
> > is
> > for 4 years but only ~30K (small town) - this does
> > not
> > include gas and lubricants
> >
> >
>http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/cars/Scirocco/scirocco.htm
> >
> > Black text is current, white has been replaced and
> > pink is yet to be installed
> >
> > That does not include ~400$ worth of window rubber,
> > G-Grind Cam that are not installed but are in the
> > garage, and the new master cylinder, coolant hoses
> > (all of them), and cylinder head / oil pan gaskets I
> > still need to buy.
> >
> > As for the why - at this point I am far too many
> > dollars into it for the measly $3000 (that's a
> > generous estimate) that I would get out of it.  I
> > really like working on it too - but rebuilding the
> > engine on my van (successfully!) took all the
> > work-on-car mojo out of me for a while.
> >
> > Oh - and I like driving it :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Mike Blain <rept@qwest.net> wrote:
> > > 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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> >
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> > 84 Rocco
> > 87 Westfalia
> > 96 Rockhopper Comp (commuter)
> > 98 Yeti AS-R XC (freeride)
> > 01 Schwinn Fastback Ltd (in progress)
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