OK, how much have you spent...

[Tem]

That's a lot of money, but then do you pay all the wierd and wonderful taxes through the ownership of the car that we do?

No idea what you have, here's what we have:
- registration fee, 300 euro
- annual usage tax, 120 euro
- annual inspection fee, 30-40 euro

Not that much really. Of course the insurances come on top of those and that would be about 2700 euro/year (depends a lot from your age and hometown and everything though).

Not to mention the expensive fuel...Denmark had the most expensive fuel (on average during last month) and we came 2nd in Europe  s:? :? s:?

[Chris]

with the UK being first no doubt!!!   s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:    s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:

[Anonymous]

MB Quart PSD216 Premium £250
Genesis Profile II £200
Sony joystick £20
Other ICE bits and bobs £50
Goodyear F1 GS-D2 £400

Total £920

i thoguht i got a good deal when i reneewed my insureance the other day tho craige it came it at £1400 so i was well pleased better then my £1950 from last year   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Have you tried AXA?  £850 with just 1NCB and an accident in my previous car 2 years ago.  Although my premium will rise close to 2k (I hope) since I managed to lose control of the MR2 scratching pretty much all body panels as I ended up in a field taking a fence with me.  Everything was replaced with new items and the whole car was resprayed; I guess the bill must have come to £5000...

[Tem]

with the UK being first no doubt!!!   s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:    s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:

Actually no  s;) s;)  Those change a bit over time and vary from different sources, but here's one average listing:
 m http://www.see-search.com/business/fuel ... europe.htm m

[Anonymous]

Tem,
Cars in Israel have 100% import tax, my car cost me a bit over $42,000
I pay $568 (us dollars) for annual renewal of car license
+ inspection fees about $75
My insurance is just over $2000 a year

And I pay $1.25 us dollars for ONE liter of gas

(can you say arabian oil boycott   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:  )

[Humble Jim]

It's a bizarre world. The UK has got big oil fields that produce high quality crude (i.e. low wax content) in abundance.  In the oil scarce US you pay about one USdollar fifty per gallon for petrol.

We 'lucky' UK citizens pay about one USdollar a liter for petrol (without any embargo!). Compare this with oil free New Zealand whose citizens pay about 60 UScents per liter. It's all to do with tax take of course - that versus how much the population will stand being fleeced. The UK is a world leader in this specific area   s:lol: :lol: s:lol: .

When our oil runs out they'll build huge wind farms in the North Sea (that process has actually begun), and then 'wind tax' will be invented etc. etc...

[Tem]

Yeah, weird taxes indeed...our gas tax is around 0.75e/l (yeah, fixed value, not %). So even if we got free gas from refinery, we have to pay 0.75e/l for it. It wouldn't really matter how much it is, cause most just have to pay for it. We really don't have a working public transportation outside the capital...it would take about 2 hours for me to get to work by bus (don't have subways or anything in here) and about 30 minutes by bicycle (and some 5-10mins by car).

[Darth Paul]

'wind tax' will be invented etc. etc...

Bugger. I'd better lay of the curry and Guiness....

[cool_apple]

Tem,
Cars in Israel have 100% import tax, my car cost me a bit over $42,000

That in US$ right? Well, over here I paid a little more. about US$46,000
  s:shock: :shock: s:shock:  

We are allowed long repayment period. road tax is less than US$100 a year. insurance is highUS$920.00 a year. petrol is cheaper. US$0.40 cents to a litre.

well other mods
TRD sportivo & member braces US$1750.00
TRD drop in intake US$80.00
Blitz exhaust (partly used) US$180.00

TRD cluster guages/used (?) don't remember $
HMS air con guages trims (?) don't remember $

some minor items too.

Our goverment impose high tax to imports to sheild our locar car manufacturer, 'Proton'. (how else do you think they have the muhlah to buy over Lotus?  )

Proton = crappy car . really!

[Anonymous]

Tem,
Cars in Israel have 100% import tax, my car cost me a bit over $42,000

That in US$ right? Well, over here I paid a little more. about US$46,000
  s:shock: :shock: s:shock:  

Cool, you know I just would have to join in at this point.

Mine is US$63,000 (EUR58,000) stock on the road after all the taxes here.

But I'm sure Akavish would have sunken so much on his mod that his total outlay would be more than that  s:) s:)  

Hardtop
Sportivo Set
Antiflex
TRD shortshift
TRD Member brace set
JDM mudflap
Diapers
FIAA Horns
Stick-on license plate
Inst. cluster/gear surround/lighter chrome ring
PR front/rear/deck grille
California car cover
Clear wind deflector with logo
Steering badge
Visor Plug
IR thermometer (meant for tyre, never used  s:oops: :oops: s:oops:  )
Digital tyre pressure gauge
Fumoto Oil valve
Unichip
Blitzo drop in filter
MP3 HU
Alarm
Hydraulic Jack, stands & tools
Yota Footwell light
front bin, surround & 3M floor mat (my JDM didn't come with these!)
Bulbs upgrade
Gtech Pro II
Mongo's side wind deflector
Video camera in-car mounting clamp
(I'm sure I've missed some)

About EUR5500 in total (Scary that I didn't realise I've spent so much in 1 year. Hope my wife doesn't ever visit here)

Front Cusco strut on order (EUR125)
TRD header, TTE exhaust next?

Insurance EUR1400,
Rd Tax EUR600
Petrol EUR0.65 per lit (Not too bad I guess)
Parking fines in 1 year of ownership: abt EUR250 (EUR25 each time) Due to "forced" illegal parking when there isn't a proper lot (I don't park beside another car, ding phobia. Only in single or parallel lot)

[Anonymous]

[About EUR5500 in total (Scary that I didn't realise I've spent so much in 1 year. Hope my wife doesn't ever visit here)

Deny Deny Deny!!

Do you realize what supercars we could have bought in the states for 40,000 - 50,000 buck    s:( s:(

[Anonymous]

Do you realize what supercars we could have bought in the states for 40,000 - 50,000 buck    s:( s:(

Let me guess....2 Spyders?

One for the missus and one for myself  s:D s:D  


(I'd prob. get myself the Elise though. When it arrives ie.)

[Anonymous]

Only spent around £100 on the 2 but spent between £6-7k on the Celica which includes:

Blitz Induction Kit
Blitz Nur Spec Backbox
Full Kaminari bodykit (arriving soon)
Racing Hart EVO GT5 18" (arriving soon)
Tints
Full Hotchkis TVS Street Suspension Kit (springs, sway bars, strut bar etc.)
C-One cf hood scoop
JDM TRD 2003 rear lights
Other small bits'n'bobs

[Comer]

I did an ickle spreadsheet of non petrol / servicing / insurance costs after going through some receipts and statements of mine.  

I've worked out that I've gone through the £3k barrier since importing the car (to save money  s:shock: :shock: s:shock: ) in June last year:

Hardtop + Kit               £604.63
Spraying (2 attempts!)            £511.90
H&S Exhaust               £411.25
Alarm                  £299.90
Lowering Springs               £157.83
Chromdesign Grills               £141.74
Side Vents + Mesh               £140.60
Apexi Intake               £111.21
J Spec Wheel Caps                 £95.30
Member Braces                 £91.02
Luggage Bags                 £64.13
4 Wheel Alignment                 £59.87
Antiflex Plate                 £57.16
Dynamat                    £39.98
Cusco Front Strut Bar                 £84.92
Locking Wheel Nuts                 £39.95
Floor Mats                    £36.95
Wind Deflector                 £36.65
Carbon Scuff Guards                 £30.95
Clear Indicators                 £28.73
J Spec Badge                 £17.63
Side Wind Deflectors                 £15.50
Tax Holder                    £14.99
FIAMM Twin Horns                 £14.99
Roadster Badge      £9.28
J Spec Steering Badge   £8.40
Visor Plugs                      £8.24
Window Sticker      £5.00
Hammerite                      £4.99
Rear Reflectors      £3.16
Caliper Decals      £2.00
Service Book      £1.65
Total                £3,150.50   s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

Leather or custom leather is definitely the last mod...... for now  s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

And that my 500th post too!  s:D s:D