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Supra ownership has been an expensive month for me :(


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since i got the car...

car - £7000

insurance - £1300

tax - £180

mot - £50 (passed with 0 advisorys, good ol toyota)

2 new rear tyres (cheep ones) - £170

front bumper - £300

rear bumper - £350

spoiler - £260

skirts - £160

bodyshop - £1200

new wheels + tyres - £1000 ish

 

Im not going to add that up it will scare me. although the wheels and bodywork arnt done they will be.

 

And that doesnt include fuel. Its my main car, i couldnt possibly drive anything else.

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Pfffft. You've got it easy son.

Try running and insuring a single turbo manual and a BPU auto on JobSeekers Allowance. :D

 

Well mate. Last week I was soooooo very close to joining you.

The thought of selling the Supra made me shut my mouth and sit back down.

 

How do you do it?

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insurance - £690

service - £200 (this week)

18's + tyres - £600 (got a bargain, having them this week)

brake pads - £not priced them up yet (needed soon)

cambelt - £no idea (needed soon)

lowering springs - £200 (when i get my wheels)

pongos - £2

 

not been expensive but will get expensive this month :)

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Well mate. Last week I was soooooo very close to joining you.

The thought of selling the Supra made me shut my mouth and sit back down.

 

How do you do it?

I have an understanding and well paid Mrs, without her I'd be fooked. Thank goodness I'm such an amazing stud else I'd probably have not got away with it for the last 20 months.

 

Do you know that they actually charge you more for insurance if you're unemployed? :think:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake is that Penn Jillette in your avatar?

Yes mate.

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Do-luck skirts fitted and blended.

Also lowered.

 

:cool:

 

 

LOL!

This thread was a bad idea, wasn't it :(

 

thing is though, i'm quite happy to spend the money on my soop.

 

i still have the same grin and enjoyment now as when i bought it so it's all worth while :)

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i still have the same grin and enjoyment now as when i bought it so it's all worth while :)

 

Same here.

when your parked in traffic and every other car around you looks the same, its great to know you didn't let your head rule your financial decisions that day and you went with the Supra.

:innocent:

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Single install completed today. Need i say more. £££££££££££

 

 

 

same here but a couple of weeks ago, along with...

 

mot

full set of tyres (235/35/19&295/30/19)

tax

insurance

new Forest fresh magic tree

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I haven't got the finances some of you guys have, but including buying my car, I've spent about £7.5k, not including petrol, since the start of December. It's when you put it in perspective that you suddenly realise "wow. I could have done a LOT with that money". Or spent it going for pointless drives in the Supra...with the biggest grin on your face!

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I've found it's never a good idea to add up what you've spent on a car. At the moment, I tend to think the Supra has been pretty cheap to run. On the other hand, I've only owned it since October and I've paid for :

 

Two services

Road Tax

Front tyres

MOT

Front end respray

New rear shocks

New diff mounts / lower control arm

Replacement front calipers

Insurance

 

However, I'm not going to add up the total because then it doesn't feel that bad.

 

I once made the mistake of adding up the cost of owning the 964. It was 2 or 3 years after I bought it - and during that time, I used to take it to my mechanic for every little problem (don't do that anymore) - and just the service bills were more than I'd paid for the car!

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mines not been too bad lately so ill do the last few months

 

Fluidyne Rad and auto cooler £350

New break Pads £40

Exhaust Cheap

BPU £300

New SMIC £250

Valve stem oil seals £90

 

It's cheap when you can fit all the stuff yerself :)

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Service £350

tyres £220

bodywork £500

mot £50

leather seats £500

air filter £60

bling bits and bobs £200

battery £60

starter motor £150

brake pads £60

 

Looking at ome bodykit next...but the credit card has had so much use its started to melt and probably wont fit in the machine!!

 

Jesus its only an n/a as well. Money well spent...not!!

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