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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665   
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Just did it... and wished I hadn't...
£4700 over 5 years of ownership Big items: Naka Swing-away Wheel Carrier LRI Leather Seat Upgrade (most expensive item by far) LED Trucklite Headlights NoiseKiller & Dynamat (£360 in total) Bumperettes Koni Heavy Trak's all round TGE side panels Full Dinitrolling PIAA spots on Flat Fog bar NAKA Cruise Control SVX / Dual Finish Alloys (almost cost neutral after some buying/selling of Alloys) etc...etc,,, I guess I'm almost finished...until something else catches my eye. Probably HD front bumper next... Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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15th Jun 2016 9:15am |
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| languedoc Member Since: 13 May 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 283  
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15th Jun 2016 9:40am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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On my v8 90, that I bought for £2k....I'm in around £17k.
My td5 110 has had hardly nothing spent in 12months, it was mot'd today and had an advisory of a loose wheel bearing! Mrs Greeni's 90, which we have had for a week is at around £1200 so far :lol:plus £2300 on Sunday for a 'runaround town car'! It's a good job we don't smoke/drink or have kids! |
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15th Jun 2016 9:44am |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288 
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Really I'm just having everything done in one shot, rather than spreading it out over a few years. If I lived in the UK still, I'd probably do it gradually, but as I'm having to drive up from the south of France to have this done in the UK, I only want to do that journey once. Well I'll do it again in four or five years to have the Dinitrol redone probably.
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15th Jun 2016 9:55am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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I don't smoke, or have kids... The Drink's too much to sacrifice  Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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15th Jun 2016 10:12am |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288
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The one thing we don't have to worry about over here
 You can always afford wine  Not that I buy it, but a little cave in the next village has a perfectly drinkable plonk made from local grapes for 1 euro per litre. Just need to take a large container as its on a petrol type pump  |
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15th Jun 2016 10:15am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2298 
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STOP this MADNESS I say... STOP NOW...
 Click image to enlarge SKIP https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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15th Jun 2016 10:21am |
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| srod Member Since: 20 Mar 2015 Location: Argyll Posts: 190 |
Upgrades!?
 All my money goes on keeping the car up to standard!
A few months ago I calculated first year of ownership cost me about £4500 in which I did around 10k miles. This includes EVERYTHING - fuel, tax, insurance, oils, filters, new tyres, wiper boxes, fpr, UJs, dinitrol, clutch, DMF, a few other bits... (all DIY) 45p a mile all up isn't bad though! |
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15th Jun 2016 10:43am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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and hopefully VERY low depreciation costs compared to other vehicles Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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15th Jun 2016 10:53am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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I dread to think how much I have spent in repairs and fuel.
My fuel bill this year alone since Jan is over £1300! Not spent too much on "upgrades" most of them have been things like having a solid rear cross member or a non cracked head (that came to nearly £3k by the time I had paid for everything  ) Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
Self confessed mileage hunter |
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15th Jun 2016 12:03pm |
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| LoveTheMud Member Since: 19 Feb 2015 Location: Weybridge Surrey & Pontefract West Yorkshire Posts: 411 
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Roofrack and Awning - ~900
Wheel Spacers - ~140 Mantec Swing away - ~130 Speaker 2 Headlights - ~550 Mobile Storage Solutions 1.1m Goliath drawer - ~1k Sound deadening and insulation plus carpet & dual battery system - ~2600 Rear Tow Step - ~350 Electrics - ~200 Miscellaneous - ~300 Total SO FAR (as i'm not even a 1/4 of the way through) = £6,170 Very happy with all my mods... To come: Full leather interior including dash and seats designed for someone bigger than a 5 year old...or my 31yr old misses... Audio upgrade with double din Cubby box upgrade and modification Winch and winch bumper Lazer light bar for roof rack working lights at rear sumo steering track rods external rear window guards waterproofing of engine electrics, accelerator electrics and under seat electrics Waterproofing of mantec snorkel and airbox gubbins ARB air compressor with bonnet inflator (just like Bosshog - the original bosshog) ARB lockers front and rear And finally after 40k miles, replace shoes with BFG or Goodyear |
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15th Jun 2016 12:21pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288
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Mine just went up again (I must stop Googling) I've decided to add a Lazer Triple R24 light bar. Mines going to look pretty similar to this, albeit a 90 version and no raised air intake.
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15th Jun 2016 12:30pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17610 
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In the five years to 1/1/16 I put £26,850.47 of fuel into my Defender's tank.
There are times when being OCD with this data recording business can seriously compromise one's sanity. |
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15th Jun 2016 12:33pm |
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| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226 
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That's a great stat. Blackwolf! A whole second Defender's worth of diesel to fuel your Defender for 5 years. How many miles' worth is that?
That averages £450 / month, so must be fairly high mileage? I get it to around 2,000 miles per month / 24,000 per year? So 120k miles in the 5 year period? 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green |
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15th Jun 2016 1:00pm |
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