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Well, it's probably to do with terrain, weather and the fact I can't drive slowly also. :lol: My tank averages since moving have been more like 54/55mpg. :-/

I really do want to gut it and know someone that's happy to gut and weld it, just can't afford the remap (or the insurance increase for power map) and won't be able to for the foreseeable future which kinda sicks.

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07 1.6 tdci £2800 in sept 08, local value 3500, 88k

104k now, so don't know what the fuel would be..

£500 worth of damage (driving on medication, woops.)

2x part worn tyres £50

Rear tints £70

4x full services £70 so, £280

Aux belt and lower pulley plus fitting £100

Turbo £220

Dpf gut (inc labour for turbo) £ 100

Egr blank £26 (inc labour)

dpf and egr map £150

second turbo (core only) £260 (inc fitting labour)

3 Gallons of oil during turbo carry on, £70 give or take

Spring for Mot, £60 fitted

2xBudget tyres for rear, £90 fitted

2x Toyo Proxies for front £130 fitted

Brakes (Shoes and pads) £40 fitted

Self wheel refurb, £40 for supplies

Custom badges £26

2x sets of wind deflectors (one fell off on motorway :/ ) £76

tail light tint £7

Number plate lights £9

Metro style number plates £6 each

2x sets of aero wipes £32

Upgraded full beam, dipped and sidelights £60

So in a year...£5010

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road tax €514

fully com €395

serviced local indi €326

4 new nokia €360 fitted

Wiper Blades front/rear arm and blade £47

timing belt w/pump rear discs pads drop links main dealer €700

as to running costs don't bother just fill up with €25 every couple weeks mileage for year 5000

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Gotta love the "Dude Car Prank" app from Play Store lol

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Tax £130

MOT £56

Insurance £250

fuel £1100 (15k miles)

All the above is fixed and about the same amount every year. Then the rest depends on the year - its been an expensive year for me with new tyres, timing belt change, a/c recharge, EGR delete, excess on new windscreen and routine servicing which I do myself, so total about £1200. If you had asked last year the total would have been only about £50 to buy oil and filters. Average for my 8 year old car with 110,000 miles since I bought it at 1 year old is just over £400/year plus the fixed costs above. Given the depreciation is now down to nearly nothing I don't mind spending a bit more on keeping it running - next job is to replace rear wheel bearings...

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Insurance £142

Petrol £981

Car Tax £154 (think)

service £169

Wing mirror (my son nocked off) £84

So £1530 pa, plus devaluation

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Considering I only bought it on 1st August, quite a lot.

Car £4,970

Insurance £190

Tax £230 :angry:

Petrol £150 ish I get woeful mpg

Major service including 2x tyres + alignment £320

New reverse light £25

Heater dials £10

Upgrade to ST steering wheel £30

Green cotton performance air filter £57 (eagerly awaiting arrival)

So I make that about £5,982 in less than 2 months, or £2,991 a month.

Before xmas I want to fit a new head unit and tint the rear windows so no sign of the expense slowing down.

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My MK3 powershift gives 32.7mpg around town and 36.5 average. So not too far off manuals only real down side is there was not 1.0T ecoboost version with powershift

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On a short motorway drive recently my average consumption crept up to mid/high thirties which isn't too bad. Maybe would have averaged slightly higher if the drive was longer. Around down is like 23/25mpg, truly pathetic.

For a while I was driving carefully and managed to push it up to an even 30mpg but it's just so boring driving like that and I got fed up with it.

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I think the Pre 2011(MK2.5) focus had the wet clutch and therefore tend to average around 32mpg the newer MK3 Powershift uses dry plates hence the improve MPG. So it just need the 1.0T engine which i guess will be the on MK4?

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I think the Pre 2011(MK2.5) focus had the wet clutch and therefore tend to average around 32mpg the newer MK3 Powershift uses dry plates hence the improve MPG. So it just need the 1.0T engine which i guess will be the on MK4?

Ford are just releasing the 1.0 powershift on focus now pal

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Haha mines been a bit of a nightmare,

Alternator, engine mount and battery £330

NS suspension shock £50

Rear brake pads and disc £90, front brake pads £20

Timing belt £120

EGR blank plate £3

Turbo pipe £10

Chav kicking wing mirrors off £60

Part worn tyres £90

Glow plugs £30

Temperature sender £6

Thermostat £50

Needs a service, but hoping things calm down next year!

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Since I've had it (all guesstimates)

To be fair - the front shocks & springs weren't essential - one had 30,000 miles more than the other - and it was a big .._. .._ to the accident repair company lol

service costs: 300

Tyres: 400

Brakes, shocks, springs: 700

Tracking: 60

Other minor repairs: 200

Mods: 200

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Ok worrying about this as i have no idea until i get to the end !!! Ok bought car this year so that was £6.5k but wont include that.

New water pump and belts and new clutch all at the same time (got a damn good deal there but got a bit of a clutch sound when cold so maybe a very cheap clutch!) = £500

2 new wing mirrors and painting = £120

Paint and sort out scratches on one side and fix dent on bumper = £450

Small dent repaired by dent removal company = £60

Upgrade to sony stereo head unit = £120

Mods = £100

Fuel (approx) = £1300 (Blimey!)

Insurance = £430

Tax = £205

Interim service = £130

Total = £3415 (!Removed! hell the girlfriends going to kill me!!!!)

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I have about £250 to add my bill this month! Remap, insurance increase for remap, set of wipers, set of centre caps, ECU case and security bolts, oil filter and sump washer, sidelight bulbs (x4!)...

There is a reason for that though, won't have any money spare the next couple of months so needed to make sure it was all sorted this month! :)

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Car 15 k

Insurance £1060 😫😫

Mods £1100

Not even finished with it yet 😭 money well spent though 👌

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MK1 Ford Focus Edge 1.8l TDCi

So far;

  • Car - £1,000
  • Insurance - £1,700
  • Tax - £145 p/a
  • Rear brake pads - £15
  • x4 glow plugs - £20
  • Front + rear wipers - £15
  • EGR blanking plate - £5
  • Turbo reconditioned - £450
  • ST170 alloys - £180
  • ST170 centre caps - £20
  • x2 alloys refurbished - £80
  • Two new tyres - £69
  • Seat covers - £20
  • New stereo - £50
  • Stereo facia fitting kit - £18
  • Wind deflectors front + rear - £30
  • Smoked side repeaters - £15
  • Ice white headlight bulbs - £7
  • Ice white sidelight bulbs - £3
  • Blue interior light bulb - £4
  • Ice white 6 LED no. plate bulb x2 - £10
  • Timing belt, tensioner + water pump - £70
  • Brake servo vacuum hose/pipe - £22
  • Steering wheel cover - £11

Perhaps in the future;

  • Stage 1 remap
  • Lowering springs or coilovers
  • MK1 Focus RS body kit
  • DZ Exklusiv DZ1 alloys (don't see this happening any time soon)
  • Devil-eye headlights with incorporated day-time running lights
  • Powerflow exhaust system
  • Different interior seats - Recaro, TDCi Sport leather seats, not sure yet
  • Snap-off steering wheel
  • Better stereo/sound system
  • Perhaps smoked tail-lights, not so sure yet
  • Fix up the bubbling paintwork around the arches
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MK1 Ford Focus Edge 1.8l TDCi

So far;

  • Car - £1,000
  • Insurance - £1,700
  • Tax - £145 p/a
  • Rear brake pads - £15
  • x4 glow plugs - £20
  • Front + rear wipers - £15
  • EGR blanking plate - £5
  • Turbo reconditioned - £450
  • ST170 alloys - £180
  • ST170 centre caps - £20
  • x2 alloys refurbished - £80
  • Two new tyres - £69
  • Seat covers - £20
  • New stereo - £50
  • Stereo facia fitting kit - £18
  • Wind deflectors front + rear - £30
  • Smoked side repeaters - £15
  • Ice white headlight bulbs - £7
  • Ice white sidelight bulbs - £3
  • Blue interior light bulb - £4
  • Ice white 6 LED no. plate bulb x2 - £10
  • Timing belt, tensioner + water pump - £70
  • Brake servo vacuum hose/pipe - £22
  • Steering wheel cover - £11

Perhaps in the future;

  • Stage 1 remap
  • Lowering springs or coilovers
  • MK1 Focus RS body kit
  • DZ Exklusiv DZ1 alloys (don't see this happening any time soon)
  • Devil-eye headlights with incorporated day-time running lights
  • Powerflow exhaust system
  • Different interior seats - Recaro, TDCi Sport leather seats, not sure yet
  • Snap-off steering wheel
  • Better stereo/sound system
  • Perhaps smoked tail-lights, not so sure yet
  • Fix up the bubbling paintwork around the arches

£1700 insurance?Blimey you a 17 year old with a history of drink driving,speeding offences,stealing cars....and sleeping with the local cheif of road policings wife?? ;-)

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£1700 insurance?Blimey you a 17 year old with a history of drink driving,speeding offences,stealing cars....and sleeping with the local cheif of road policings wife?? ;-)

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It was a joke about how insurance is a rip off,please dont take it to heart.It is humour!

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It was a joke about how insurance is a rip off,please dont take it to heart.It is humour!

Sorry Jon you miss understood me I initially posted to say his profile said he's 43 then realised I clicked your profile not the other chap.

I totaly got your thing mate :)

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Sorry Jon you miss understood me I initially posted to say his profile said he's 43 then realised I clicked your profile not the other chap.

I totaly got your thing mate :)

Ah ok Ross.Sorry about that i thought you were having a dig at me and i didnt mean to upset anyone on here.To old to be a troll really at my age ;-) Thanks for putting me right on that one mate.

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