A personal automotive history (pic heavy)

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:45 pm

Ironically, I've managed to make just 2 cars cover nearly 3/4 of my motoring life: 3g, 14 years so far, previously my SRI 130 Mk2 for 14 years, also. Did 240.000 in the SRI, only one replacement clutch, plus a hand-ful of discs / pads and other consumables. And the 3g is now up to 160.000, but only had 90.000 when bought in June 2000. So 2 cars in 28 years, total outlay: 7 grand for the SRI and 2 1/2 grand for the 3g. Total 9 1/2 grand in 28 years.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:43 am

In 28 years, I think I've had 20 cars at a cost of about 15 grand net buying and selling them. It's still only around 3p a mile for the capital though, so I'm not complaining.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:41 pm

I can add another one now. Car 68 was intended to be a donor for the Teg, but it might just be a bit too good for that. We'll have to drive for a bit before deciding.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:20 pm

I thought civics also came in colour

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:24 pm

Bland at any price.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:32 pm

wurlycorner wrote: I thought civics also came in colour

It would be faster in b&w though, right? I mean all of those old cine-movies show people walking at 3x normal speed, so...

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:26 am

Car 69. Civic ESi. Drove it around for less than a week and nicked the engine out of it.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 7:51 pm

Nearly a year and a half on, it's time for an update.

70 (ish): a replacement for the first ATR, which was haemorrhaging money.

This one's a year older and has 3000 miles more on the clock, but it seems sound and well looked after.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:47 am

What was going on with the old one?

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:30 am

wurlycorner wrote:What was going on with the old one?

We did 80-90,000 miles in 5 years and spent over £7000 keeping it going. Less than half of this could be attributed to standard servicing, replacements etc.

It needed another £1500-2000.
Major: the gearbox lost reverse and the bulkhead/front wheel wells were rusting. Both of these are common.
Others: engine mounts, rattles from rear suspension, normal wear parts.

In contrast, the 5G Lude I originally bought for spares has done similar annual mileage for 2 1/2 years and has had little more than replacement tyres and brake pads. Even if I had to throw it away tomorrow, I'd feel that I'd had more than my money's worth.

Lude Generation

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