Roughly how much do you spend a month on your car?

Abcdefghijk123

I'm talking about your insurance (third party only) and petrol

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Reply 1

NX172

Fuel ~£50/week. medium use
Insurance, fully comp ~£110/mo
Repayment £388/mo
Service £34/mo

Reply 2

JC.

Insurance: £11.25 / month Fully comp.
Fuel: Tank is a £60 fill and it does about 200 miles on a tankful.
Tax: £Free

Reply 3

XMaramena

Original post by Abcdefghijk123

I'm talking about your insurance (third party only) and petrol

Probably about £120. Insurance is paid for by the company, but I can drive up to 2 or 3 hours a day, which even on the 70mpg bluetec diesel, is a little costly. And i don't get as much as that. On a previous thread, I said I was getting a lot more, although that was looking at the MPG marker on the dashboard. I put a new average in since the start and it comes out around 50-60. Tax free obviously for first period, after which I'll just give it back in and get a new car.

I like it, but it's got issues. I think it's too complicated. I mean, you need a damn copilot to drive the damn thing. Want to change from BBC Radio 1 to BBC Radio 2? Oh, you've got to go onto the main dashboard, hit "home" > "Vehicle" > "Radio" > "Stations" > "Change Station" > "Search" > "B" > "B" > "C" > "Browse Results" > BBC Radio 2" > "Select" > "Choose Radio Type" > "FM / DAB" > "[select]".

Time was when you just pressed the >> button on your radio and it did it for you. Honestly, some cars just make things complicated.

Reply 4

Abcdefghijk123

Original post by JC.

Insurance: £11.25 / month Fully comp.
Fuel: Tank is a £60 fill and it does about 200 miles on a tankful.
Tax: £Free

How is your insurance that low??

Reply 5

Abcdefghijk123

Original post by NX172

Fuel ~£50/week. medium use
Insurance, fully comp ~£110/mo
Repayment £388/mo
Service £34/mo

Question: are all people who own cars required to pay for servicing each month?

Reply 6

JC.

Original post by Abcdefghijk123

How is your insurance that low??

12 years NCB for a guess?

Reply 7

NX172

Original post by Abcdefghijk123

Question: are all people who own cars required to pay for servicing each month?

No. This is just Mercedes Service Care

Reply 8

kpizzle17

£45 a month petrol (roughly 20 miles a day)
£80 a month insurance fully comp (only in 1st year of driving)
£20 a month service plan
£20 a year tax

Niiiice and cheap!

Reply 9

Abcdefghijk123

Original post by kpizzle17

£45 a month petrol (roughly 20 miles a day)
£80 a month insurance fully comp (only in 1st year of driving)
£20 a month service plan
£20 a year tax

Niiiice and cheap!

how is your insurance that low?

Reply 10

Peppercrunch

£776 fully comp for a year's insurance (quite cheap for the first year)
Around £50 a month for petrol
Tax is like £110 (but my parents paid for it)

Reply 11

kpizzle17

Original post by Abcdefghijk123

how is your insurance that low?

I was 28 when I passed so I guess my old age worked in my favour for once.

Reply 12

Kre

Petrol: It can really depend. I expense a lot of my fuel on my company. Some months it's £200, others it may only be £50.
Insurance: £50 per month
Tax: About £200 a year

Reply 13

Joeey009

Fuel; £55 a week
Insurance; £265 a month
Car finance;£390

Reply 14

shaymarriott

Original post by Joeey009

Fuel; £55 a week
Insurance; £265 a month
Car finance;£390

That's about £850 a month on driving...

Insane.

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Reply 15

Joeey009

Original post by shaymarriott

That's about £850 a month on driving...

Insane.

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Yeah but the more you earn the more comes out i guess? 😄

Reply 16

PAR2MED

I paid £700 for a years insurance (paid off in one go, rather than monthly), so that would be about £58/mo comprehensive cover, then about £150 on fuel at the most. Tax was £120 for the year

Reply 17

I love life

Fuel - around £40 to £50 per week ( fuel price lower atm so costs less to fill)
Insurance - £71 Fully comp on a 2006 1.8 TDCI Focus Sport
tax- £11 per month

so between £220- £250 Per month all in

Oh, this does not include repairs, for me personally repairs by FAR have been the biggest expense to my motoring, talking thousand of £'s in the 4 years I have been driving. let's hope I get better luck from now on

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Reply 18

shaymarriott

Original post by I love life

Have you fixed it yet?

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Reply 19

I love life

Original post by shaymarriott

Have you fixed it yet?

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well, I got the new MAF plug with 6 wires, all the colors were the same except 1, anyway wired it all up but although it actually is running slightly better, the engine light is still on because of it and it is still a bit slow, bit poor on fuel and still sometimes struggles to pick up speed.

Was about to take it to auto electrician when I notice I was loosing 2 or 3 cups of coolant a week, could see no leaks so had a chemical test on coolant, revealed head gasket as gone.
I went back to garage who charged £950 10 months ago to replace head gasket ( found out they lied and only replaced water pump) as I thought it was under 1 year they would offer a solution but they didn't.

My friend said he can replace head gasket all in ( we won't replaced valve oil seals as they don't need doing ) including parts, labor and head skim for £430. I will get that done soon.

I will probably have to put the maf wiring on hold until after the head gasket is replaced. The car runs fine though , no power loss ( apart from bad maf ) no oil/water mixing, no smoke at all, only problem is having to fill it up slightly each week.