Year two................
I've now had my car two full years.
Compared to year 1 this has been a relatively expensive one although not all was necessary.......Itemisation below;
F1 fluid £12.99 (I draw some out and replace it every now and then)
Lifeline Fire extinguisher £65 (maybe not a car cost so I wont add it to the totals)
Loom tape £3.45 for tidying the engine bay wiring.
Black VHT wrinkle paint £19.99 - I bought two tins to do the oil disairator but only needed one. If anyone locally needs some....Drop me a line
F1 relay and Glycoshell decals £22.73 - I changed my F1 relay for a CS one which as well as being 50A it's much, much cheaper.
The relay base was £4.55 off eBay and I bought a new crimp tool for £6.29 to crinp the terminals
Major service including tensioner bearings at AE performance £1878.07 - Adam also removed the dis-airator for me to paint it whilst it was in.
New battery - £74 from Eurocarparts.
12 months road tax was £227 (pre 2001 car).
Inlet plenum gaskets and a spare F1 relay for the glove box was £71.24. I removed the plenum to inspect the inlet butterflies and perhaps tighten. No issues at all so probably a waste of money bar the piece of mind that nothing is going to get ingested.
£54 for air box powder coating - best forgotten and another waste of money!
£3.18 for some s/s airbox screws.
Hill Engineering Track rod ends and subsequent alignment check £464.34 - absolutely not a waste of money. The steering is now super accurate.
MOT last week through AE Performance £101.40 - I know this sounds expensive but Adam takes the car and stays with it. That way I know it is in safe hands and will not be failed due to silly things/no knowledge of the cars.
Fuel was £965.47 - I only use V Power and on the odd occasion I've used my local BP garage the car doesn't run the same, particularly on start-up. I know many will not agree with this and it may just e an adaptation thing where I need to give the car more time.
The mileage between the MOT's is 3021 so by my calculation that is roughly 19.5MPG average.
The F1 clutch wear reading between services (2652 miles) went from 29% to 31%
So in summary;
Maintenance inc some cosmetics and MOT £2716.23
Road fund license £227
Fuel £965 for £3k miles
Insurance renewal has just gone through at £311 for 4k miles.
Finally, I'd had no CEL's or any other issues with the car apart from the dead dash that a battery reset cured. Anyone who says CEL's are expected or normal is fibbing
Let's see what the next twelve months brings......Is there a fingers crossed smiley :thumbsup:
