how much have you spent?

[Euan]

following on from the "best pics of your car" post i was just wondering how much everyone has spent on there nova?

i bought mine for ?600
think i've spent bought ?1500

but i had to buy a whole load of tools etc.

[XZiBiT]

swapped mine for a cav (well modded one)
spent bout 600quid

[Riggy]

up to now bout ?2500 but thats no where nears as some on here :D

[rob_wilkinson]

Previous nova bought for ?1000 spent ?1500 on it then van crashed into me writing off.

This nova bought ?80 spent ?3000 with another ?2000-3000 to come.

[Ben3042]

Bought mine for ?400

Lost count of how much i've spent since :roll:

[dan16v]

bought myne for ?2800 august last year now spent another 10kish on top needs 4k to finish it now should be done by march

[Stanton]

mad ^^^^^

(oh btw i got the manifold sorted and the turbo at a good price fo ya dan)

only spent about 400 quid so far on both of em :D

[dan16v]

nice 1 m8 pm me a price, is the manifold design similar to the courtenay option with a t3?
dan

[Stanton]

^^^^ pm sent

[scott.parker]

bought car for ?1400 as standard,so far spent ?2600 on it..so total around the 3k mark?? ish.. :lol: :D

[Mark]

bought car for ?1400 as standard,so far spent ?2600 on it..so total around the 3k mark?? ish.. :lol: :D

Unless I am getting worse at math, ?1400 + ?2600 = ?4000, not ?3000?

[scott.parker]

soz must have pressed wrong key!! it was ment to say 4k_but i must have hit hte 3key..chears i never noticed.. :?

[Philsutton]

Brought the car for 900 an then spent about 5-6k on it with plenty more to get it how i want.

[Rick Draper]

Think when i brought it about 2.5 years ago it cost me ?2.5k or ?2.7k got the recept somewhere.

Since that day the costs have just rose and rose but at the last time or reconing its cost me ?28k with around another ?4-5k needed to get it running and show worthy for this season :cry: :cry: I fuucking hate novas its cost me TVR tuscan money now which is gay and its totally unsailable now as i would get a max of ?5-6k back for it so i might as well keep the bastard thing for life now, the fuucking joys. Rick

[Adam Moran]

Rick you no as soon as you get to drive it it will all be worth it! seeing peoples faces as you "sail" by :lol:

well thats what ive been telling myself fot the last 3 months !

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[Dan]

everything including car purchase and the 3 different cams i bought to get the car spot on totals at around ?3500

[Chris_W]

Yeah, but Dan, how much was your bill for food consumed while working on the car? LMFAO!

Chris

[Bilbo ballbaggins]

car cost ?4k, spent ?1500 so far and another ?6k till its perfect

[yellow nova]

i tacke it you lads still live at home if you have 10k or 28k to spend on your cars ?mine cost me 4k over 2years up to now :D

[Tazzy]

i swapped my current car for a GTE which i once had, of which, i paid ?1400 for!

already on it though in the 5 weeks ive been driving it, but owned it since september, ive spent on it ?628.70, and rising daily!

[peester]

bought it for ?2700 spent just over a grand on it.

[Barn]

Bought mine for ?500...spent about ?650 on it so far in about 4months

I fcukin love it....


p.s. only need about 10k then i'll be happy :lol:

[masterclarkson]

My Gsi: bought for ?850

wheels ?300
Ice: ?200
Respray:?600
other shit:?200

Total: ?2150 (and rising)

And lent my girlfriend ?780 for her GSI, with No chance of getting it back
(lol)

[blingmachine]

bought for: 1200
spent: more than i'd like to mention :(
Total: i refuse to add the costs, and i havent started on the interior yet :cry:

[5_door owner]

bought the car early last year for ?100
spent bout ?700 i'm only 16
need ?895 to finish it off (sounds preety cheap but it will look quite good)

dam i need a job :D :D

[krobinson]

Bought for ?800 in may 2001

When i have it back on the road, about ?10,000

And i know i still wont be happy.. So instead of ripping it apart again i'm gonna build another one, i know all my mistakes and could probably build the same car for much less!

Keith

[Breeny]

Far too much. One of the biggest regrets I have is spending so much on Novas...

Oh well you only live once lol

[krobinson]

Thats one thing, i dont regret it at all...

If you really think about it, and put it into perspective..

Any mates from school who dont drive, spend the majority of there money going out and getting pissed, taking drugs etc.

Others have kids, and one of my mates is actually married with 2 kids which i still find hard to believe, were only 20/21!!

And then there's me, i go out the maybe twice a month, enjoy myself, good social life, and a Nova that i'm very proud of..

Keith

[Will]

indeed breeny how much did you piss up the wall over 2/3 weeks this xmas?? ;)

ROF

I am going out a lot less and not drinking much in order to pay for my head work over the next few months, then comes the bottem end so another few months, it will all be worth it in the end.

As for money

Sting: ?925 (in May 2001, with 58k FSH etc etc, was mint bck then*SOB*)
Mods: ?1500 (inc ?350 alarm, lmfao)
Engine: ?500 approx for everything done and parts etc etc (thanks to those important ppl there, you know who you are)

so ?3k?

broke it for ?700 in parts

GSI.... havent added it up

project......... gona total 5/6 grand when finished (most on engine)

not that bad imo

[dave.gsi]

everyone allways goes on about how much theve ploughed into their cars, and ppl take the piss cos they say 'oh, you'll only get a fracton of what youve spent when you sell it'.

thats not the point. surely?

i see it as a sort of hobby. not a way of making money


my bro spends all his money on vinyl and new dj stuff i spend mine on my car.

my mum is always on at me for spending money on the car but never says anything to him about spending ?500 on new speakers :roll:

its just society at large sees modifying cars as a waste of money, yet they dont stop to think what their wasting their money on