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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Sat at work with time on my hands, so decided top update my spreadsheet on Omega maintenance.
Not including purchase price, fuel, VED, or insurance my total spend to date, during four and a half years ownership has been £2991.63.
So if I spend another £8.77 it will reach the magic £3000 ! 
On the one hand its madness spending that on an old Omega with almost 190k on the clock.
On the other hand some of it would have been spent maintaining any car, and its actually a pretty inexpensive four and a half years worth of motoring by todays standards.
Im sure Lord Opti loses that amount every few months in depreciation on his Jaaaaag.
At the end of the day its a lovely old thing to drive, as I was reminded when I drove it to work tonight, on its new front tyres.
Still brings a smile to my ugly mug when I drive it, so worth every penny to me. 
I still have a (pretty short) to do list, but it shouldnt involve much spending now. More about a bit more paint improvement / renovation and minor stuff like that.

[dave the builder]

£1.82 a day 
a costa coffee costs more than that 
and now it's more or less sorted ,you may as well keep hold of it for another few years 
anything else will see your £1.82 daily spend more like a weekly shop with depreciation and other costs

[STEMO]

I think the really sad thing is that you have a spreadsheet. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

£1.82 a day 
a costa coffee costs more than that 
and now it's more or less sorted ,you may as well keep hold of it for another few years 
anything else will see your £1.82 daily spend more like a weekly shop with depreciation and other costs

I like your man maths Dave. Im going to remember that Cost coffee thing, in case swmbo ever finds out. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I think the really sad thing is that you have a spreadsheet. 

I might have known you would fickin pipe up. 
I do this for all my vehicles. Have done for years. I know its sad, but whats even sadder is that I get a great deal of satisfaction from it. 

[Andy B]

I spent more on my ML than I did on my first house in 1988 ..... it took me a long time to get my head around that 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Sat at work with time on my hands, so decided top update my spreadsheet on Omega maintenance.
Not including purchase price, fuel, VED, or insurance my total spend to date, during four and a half years ownership has been £2991.63.
So if I spend another £8.77 it will reach the magic £3000 ! 
On the one hand its madness spending that on an old Omega with almost 190k on the clock.
On the other hand some of it would have been spent maintaining any car, and its actually a pretty inexpensive four and a half years worth of motoring by todays standards.
Im sure Lord Opti loses that amount every few months in depreciation on his Jaaaaag.
At the end of the day its a lovely old thing to drive, as I was reminded when I drove it to work tonight, on its new front tyres.
Still brings a smile to my ugly mug when I drive it, so worth every penny to me. 
I still have a (pretty short) to do list, but it shouldnt involve much spending now. More about a bit more paint improvement / renovation and minor stuff like that.

Every week......rather than every few months. Depreciation is starting to level out now though.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

........and when at work try and actually do some WORK.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Not required to work. Just have to be there.