Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
3 Years Ownership - Total Cost breakdown
So I called to insure the car on the 15th October 2013, that's a few days shy of 3 years ownership now
Absolutely love the beast, and would not want to swap it for anything else (Well perhaps a Disco 4 or new Defender one day ).
But........Running costs have been a tad bit more expensive than probably all my other previous cars put together
I've kept a log of everything I've spent on her (Excluding 'Nice to haves' such as roof rack, ladder etc) and here's the running totals:
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Some oh so very expensive months at the beginning, but I put that down to not joining the forum and learning about the pitfalls before buying it
I average £455 a month (Inc fuel, ins, tyres, repairs, servicing etc) a month, which is more in one month that SWMBO spends on her car in probably 1 year
What have I spent to date keeping her on the road, I hear you ask?
That's £5619 a year
Cheap month so far in Oct, with only a new set of tailgate struts needed, but probably another fuel fill needed
I'm happy to carry on tracking the costs, as it'll help me decide what I can afford in the future
Oh one last thing.......If it were not for 'Woody32' I think you could easily add a grand or two on top of these costs, he is a top, top, service and fixing man and has saved me much £'s over the three years
Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
13th Oct 2016 12:08 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4400
I keep all my car expenses on a spreadsheet. I've had mine just over 1 year. I have spent £1064 on repairs, including a service, and all oils changed, new battery and ARB bushes and drop links, 1 new wheel bearing, and some tyres. £1702 on fuel for 9370 miles.
Total cost 1 year, nearly 10k miles £2766 Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
13th Oct 2016 12:31 pm
Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
Posts: 1509
What mileage have you put on it? I've put 200k KM on mine in 5 years and without pulling out all the receipts excluding fuel there is no way I've spent anything close to that. Mine is a 06 and hasn't had anything other than standard service items in the past year other than extras which you also excluded.
13th Oct 2016 12:40 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
40k miles in the three years, so not huge amount.
£2000 in repairs etc came in the 1st three months though, all thanks to my lack of knowledge and understanding
But most major jobs done now, so mainly maintenance costs for a while Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
13th Oct 2016 12:43 pm
Skynet
Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
Posts: 868
Erea, check your bushes for wear as I expect your front and rear arms will be well worn after that much mileage.Dave
D3 2006 HSE, Cairns Blue - gone
D4 2016 SE, White
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
Got mine done Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
13th Oct 2016 1:32 pm
Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
Posts: 1509
Skynet wrote:
Erea, check your bushes for wear as I expect your front and rear arms will be well worn after that much mileage.
Oh don't worry I keep well on top of all of those, anything like that gets replaced as soon as it needs doing. suspension is spot on and it gets Hunter tracking after any work.
13th Oct 2016 2:15 pm
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
Posts: 2210
Hi,
what about depreciation
is it similar to the None fuel list, first year is the worse,
but then the longer you keep it the lower the average/year cost will be
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26699
Some things I just don't want to know about, this is one of them
13th Oct 2016 3:55 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
1955.00 for 2 years thats everything apart from fuel/tax and insurance.
That also included, tyres x 6, cambelts, wheel bearing complete, mirror head and usual odd and sods, all work done by me.
13th Oct 2016 4:07 pm
disco4ever
Member Since: 23 Dec 2013
Location: under the car
Posts: 402
We have to distinguish between real repair cost and preventive maintenance.
I admit to say, owning a D3, reading the posts and being part of this forum is responsible for you to become hypochondriac
That is the root cause of our huge parts bills. Regular maintenance is probably not more expensive than driving an X5.Achim
own garage certified LR tech
Disco 2 TD5 MY 2001 - gone but still driven by another owner
Defender 110 TD5 driving me bananas with all faults
Disco 3 TDV 6 HSE MY 2005 gone @280.000 km
Disco 4 SDV 6 HSE MY 2012
My fuel bill is something like £5k a year, let alone repairs and maintenance. Mark.
2006, D3 SE Auto - gone but not forgotten.
2014 BMW 530d M Sport Tourer.
1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500
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13th Oct 2016 9:57 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
I love it bits though
Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
14th Oct 2016 12:03 am
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Member Since: 11 Mar 2009
Location: Somerset
Posts: 3551
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Oh one last thing.......If it were not for 'Woody32' I think you could easily add a grand or two on top of these costs, he is a top, top, service and fixing man and has saved me much £'s over the three years
Iggy you've got to much time on your hands
Looking at your stats my rate needs to increase steeply over the next year to bring me inline with previous garage repair bills
Only joking iggy your very welcome and may many more years days of trouble free motoring continue Wanted D4s non runners pm for competitive price.
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14th Oct 2016 7:06 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13879
Iggy, you've got away lightly! I've had 11.5 years of ownership of my old bus! New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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