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[Viral_Jim]

In the course of writing the ad for the Zafira, I discovered that I've spent just shy of £875 in maintenance costs (ex. MOT fees) over the past three years and 31,000. I can't make my mind up if that sounds like a lot or not, in the grand scheme of things. 

Considering I've worked the car hard over that time, with lots of travel 6 or 7 up, lots of miles towing a trailer etc I suppose its not too bad.

Anyone else know what they've spent, or am I the only one who's this sad 

[Andy B]

I keep all the receipts for my cars ..... don't add them up though. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Less than three hundred quid a year/10,000 miles sounds OK to me. 

[Viral_Jim]

I keep all the receipts for my cars ..... don't add them up though. 

Probably for the best! I don't make a habit of it, I choose not to think about what 8 months of Discovery 5 ownership cost me 

Less than three hundred quid a year/10,000 miles sounds OK to me. 

Fair point, especially considering there were some chunky items in there (clutch and timing belt). I wouldn't want to know what it would cost to have it all done at a garage 

[Doctor Gollum]

Ignoring the various retro fit bits five tyres, two suspension arms and an oil change cost about the same on the S Class.

A full service, gearbox and other fluids is probably as much as you've spent in parts alone. Whether that's good or not is subjective, but it sounds like you've had a pretty easy ride with the Zaf

Where it gets scary is if you do a full accounting of the car. My Omega taxi added up to about £30k one year including fuel, insurance and all maintenance and repairs. Add in depreciation on a new car and...

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

C1 about £100 in 15 months so far.
Boxster about £350 in 3 years, although Ive sold the original wheels and a few other surplus parts for more than that.
The Omega Ive had about 7 years. Spent a lot of money getting it how I wanted it in the first couple of years.
I think the total spend on that (including tyres and MOT,s) is north of £3000. Which isnt a lot in that time in the grand scheme of things.

[TheBoy]

Anyone else know what they've spent, or am I the only one who's this sad 

No, I'm just as sad. Mainly to prove to my boss its impossible to run a decent car on the miserable 28ppm our company pays.  I changed app in November 2021, so seeing stuff before then is a pain involving spreadsheets, which is just an office self-abuser's tool.

Since November 2021, I've spent just shy of £3.7k on mine in servicing costs .

Admittedly, the bulk of that is on tyres and wheel straightening.


The Battlebus from the same period to July 2022 when it was scrapped was £96

Her car has a fair amount spent since July 2022, mostly to get it back up to snuff following purchase, but also on tyres and it needed a pair of new rear calipers.

[TheBoy]

As to Zafiras and running costs, mine was an incredibly reliable, cheap to run car.  Bought from auction, a fair few issues were discovered before it even got home, including an inability to rev beyond about 3k rpm .  But once that nice DTM fella had sorted that, it never had more than basic servicing, and I thought it was indestructible.   ...until the front subframe fell apart.

It was gutless, handled shite, was desperately uncomfortable on longer trips.  But it was reliable, practical, reasonably economical (around 40mpg most of the time), cheap to run, and good fun to drive (as you dared not slow down for anything, as took too long to get back up to speed


When it died, we looked at Zafira-B's to replace it, but every single one we looked at was a rust bucket underneath

[countrywoman]

Touch wood but the Yeti has just cost service items and MOT for the last 2 years, does about 10miles per litre in comfort. Handles well and 150 HP 2L oil burner picks its heels up when asked.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

In the course of writing the ad for the Zafira, I discovered that I've spent just shy of £875 in maintenance costs (ex. MOT fees) over the past three years and 31,000. I can't make my mind up if that sounds like a lot or not, in the grand scheme of things. 

Considering I've worked the car hard over that time, with lots of travel 6 or 7 up, lots of miles towing a trailer etc I suppose its not too bad.

Anyone else know what they've spent, or am I the only one who's this sad 

The Signum has been reasonably light on repair costs over the 9 years I have owned her.......but £730 road tax each years stings a bit.

[Doctor Gollum]

Touch wood but the Yeti has just cost service items and MOT for the last 2 years, does about 10miles per litre in comfort. Handles well and 150 HP 2L oil burner picks its heels up when asked.

My Altea didn't cost much in maintenance terms...tyres, brakes, rear shocks and servicing over 2 years/135k miles... Probably about £5k, not that it was particularly reliable... it wasn't and dealer ineptitude meant the cambelt service was free amongst other things. Plus £10k in depreciation. And £22.5k in fuel along with £600 in rfl, £3.7k insurance and £7,200 in payments.

Man maths makes that a grand total of £56k to run a £12.5k brand new car for 2 years/135k miles. Or 41ppm over the ownership of the vehicle.

Thinking about it, £56k sounds like alot but 41ppm almost sounds reasonable...

[dave the builder]

As to Zafiras and running costs, mine was an incredibly reliable, cheap to run car.  Bought from auction, a fair few issues were discovered before it even got home, including an inability to rev beyond about 3k rpm .  But once that nice DTM fella had sorted that, it never had more than basic servicing, and I thought it was indestructible.   ...until the front subframe fell apart.

It was gutless, handled shite, was desperately uncomfortable on longer trips.  But it was reliable, practical, reasonably economical (around 40mpg most of the time), cheap to run, and good fun to drive (as you dared not slow down for anything, as took too long to get back up to speed


When it died, we looked at Zafira-B's to replace it, but every single one we looked at was a rust bucket underneath

pretty much the same here 
50,000 ,miles in 6.5 years ,40+ mpg , basic servicing items totalling less than a grand

"good fun to drive" NO 

[TheBoy]

picks its heels up when asked.

All things are relative.  I consider 150bhp to be a sluggish dog .  Maybe when I'm (even) older.... 

[TheBoy]

Touch wood but the Yeti has just cost service items and MOT for the last 2 years, does about 10miles per litre in comfort. Handles well and 150 HP 2L oil burner picks its heels up when asked.

My Altea didn't cost much in maintenance terms...tyres, brakes, rear shocks and servicing over 2 years/135k miles... Probably about £5k, not that it was particularly reliable... it wasn't and dealer ineptitude meant the cambelt service was free amongst other things. Plus £10k in depreciation. And £22.5k in fuel along with £600 in rfl, £3.7k insurance and £7,200 in payments.

Man maths makes that a grand total of £56k to run a £12.5k brand new car for 2 years/135k miles. Or 41ppm over the ownership of the vehicle.

Thinking about it, £56k sounds like alot but 41ppm almost sounds reasonable...

Like you, I don't know whether to weep or laugh at that

[Doctor Gollum]

picks its heels up when asked.

All things are relative.  I consider 150bhp to be a sluggish dog .  Maybe when I'm (even) older.... 

And to think it wasn't all that long ago that 150bhp was considered to be pretty decent.