Matt32AMG
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- Joined
- Mar 30, 2007
- Messages
- 667
- Location
- Dorset UK
- Car
- June 2002 SLK32///AMG. OCT 2007 CLK350 AMG Sport Convertible.
Ok there I was having a dig out of my filing cabinet and came across the car file that has all the service history and receipts etc. Well I had a few invoices to file that had been kicking about on my desk and thought I’d file them.
Well instead of that I thought well as the files out, I wonder how much the SLK32AMG has cost to keep appropriately fettled since I took ownership back in 2002. That, I thought, could be a sobering process, but game for a laugh, I continued on.
The result was, I thought, quite surprising.
The car has covered 42,000 miles in the eight years I’ve owned it, and it has been serviced with the main dealer since day one.
I’ve not included in that figure warranty work such as the
· Heated seat squab covers X 4
· Heat seat back rest X 2
· A complete offside Xenon unit.
· Stereo tweeters/speakers.
· Near side and offside bottom ball joints.
· Two shock absorbers.
To date it has cost £4344.97, that includes replacing all four Tyres, Brake pads, Front discs, Supercharger Pump, a Battery and two performance exhaust CATS.
Having owned the car for eight years I have divided that figure by eight unsurprisingly, and rounded it down to the nearest decimal place, which means it costs me on average:
Ok I've not factored in Depreciation, or fuel costs, but then the last two factors I’d have to have absorbed no matter what I drove. Besides, depreciation is a factor only if you are going to sell the car, well as I’m not planning to do that I’m not bothered.
Anyway I thought it an interesting exercise and it may help prospective buyers appreciate running costs of V6 AMG cars, Of course this could be considerably cheaper going to a Merc Specialist, as opposed to a main dealer or cheaper still by doing it yourself.
Well instead of that I thought well as the files out, I wonder how much the SLK32AMG has cost to keep appropriately fettled since I took ownership back in 2002. That, I thought, could be a sobering process, but game for a laugh, I continued on.
The result was, I thought, quite surprising.
The car has covered 42,000 miles in the eight years I’ve owned it, and it has been serviced with the main dealer since day one.
I’ve not included in that figure warranty work such as the
· Heated seat squab covers X 4
· Heat seat back rest X 2
· A complete offside Xenon unit.
· Stereo tweeters/speakers.
· Near side and offside bottom ball joints.
· Two shock absorbers.
To date it has cost £4344.97, that includes replacing all four Tyres, Brake pads, Front discs, Supercharger Pump, a Battery and two performance exhaust CATS.
Having owned the car for eight years I have divided that figure by eight unsurprisingly, and rounded it down to the nearest decimal place, which means it costs me on average:
£543.12 a year in servicing and maintenance.
On top of that
£220.00 Car tax
£350.00 Car Insurance
Grand total £1113.12On top of that
£220.00 Car tax
£350.00 Car Insurance
Anyway I thought it an interesting exercise and it may help prospective buyers appreciate running costs of V6 AMG cars, Of course this could be considerably cheaper going to a Merc Specialist, as opposed to a main dealer or cheaper still by doing it yourself.
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