Have you ever stopped to add up all the money you spend on your car?

[B18CDELSLO]

i got my car for free in september of last year and so far have 9000 in it not including little shit, and in a few weeks its goin in for paint and boost, so ill probly be 14-15000 into it by then, but i have thought about this before and honestly if i had just left my 1st 8 cars stock then i could have more then likely ha a nice house payed for, so that is kinda depressing, but i figure i better do it now, b4 i have a wife tryin to tell me no

[Brick]

I need to get a job where some of you guys work, my Buick's just waiting for money to get thrown at it.

[RJ's325ITS]

Car: $2500
Paint: $1600
Wheels: 800
Suspension$ 1000
LSD $250
Engine Trany: $3700
Drive shaft: $100
Headlights: $220
HIDs: $200
Bodykit: $500
Turbo Kit: $6000
Seats: $500
Drag Radials: $350
Brakes: $300
Shifter: $100
Cutch: $350

Sub Total: $17,750

4 Cylinder - 400
Auto Trany -350

Total: $750

Total: $17,000

So I paid about $37 per HP

[Lankhoss]

Car: $2500
Paint: $1600
Wheels: 800
Suspension$ 1000
LSD $250
Engine Trany: $3700
Drive shaft: $100
Headlights: $220
HIDs: $200
Bodykit: $500
Turbo Kit: $6000
Seats: $500
Drag Radials: $350
Brakes: $300
Shifter: $100
Cutch: $350

Sub Total: $17,750

4 Cylinder - 400
Auto Trany -350

Total: $750

Total: $17,000

So I paid about $37 per HP

Looks like there's a lot more than just HP you bought there.

[dingo7]

not quite sure, but alot of my friends i have meet is b/c of this like that one guy was saying. Is it alot, ur damn righ it is but my car makes me happy so thats were im gonna dump my money. if i find something else i guess ill move on, but as of right now i dont regret it, and i would do it over again in a heart beat.

[198plus]

No never had to figure up, assholes at dealership was very kind and done it for me :idb: Only thing i would have done diff. was to had taken some vaseline with me

It's kind of depressing.

I just got to thinking about it. I spent $23,000 in my Integra over the 2 years I modded it. This isn't including the cost of the actual car. With paint, transmission, motor, turbo kit, fuel system, blah, blah, blah...

Now, with the Z06, I've spent $14,000+ in the past 5.5 months.

I could have a really, really, really nice turbo Viper/Corvette sitting in my garage. =|

How much have you spent on your car(s)? Was it worth it? Looking back, what would you have done differently? Do not include the price of the car.

[Curmudgeon]

Ronnie yer a phuckin' trip

Give a shout toward the end of the week..... maybe we can hook up-

As far as $$$ thrown into the pewter pit.... was well over $60k awhile back and just threw north of $17k into the lastest round of stupidity

I am addicted. It's a terrible thing

[Vteckidd]

hard to add up because i started building cars 6 years ago.

Over that time i flipped cars, sold parts to fund each new project. an each new projectwas bigger than the last.

Car 1
B16 CRX
Skunk2 Stage 1 Camshafts
VAFC
Skunk2 Intake manifold
$4500

Car 2
GSR CRX
OEM Built motor, 11.5:1
Rocket SPrings, Ret, M22 camshafts
ANR Header
AEBS intake manifold
S1 LSD trans, Comp CLutch
Chipped ECU 189whp
$6500

Car 3
LSVTEC CRX
Sleeved block, rods, pistons 12.5:1
2.0l motor, Skunk Pro3 cams (prototypes at the time)
Ported head, RMF header
237whp
$9500

Car 4
2JZ 240sx
Big Turbo
Cams
705whp
$12000

those are the 4 main cars i have built. Car 2 was the most fun, an what made me who i am today. i street raced that thing every weekend, almost never lost, beat alot of cars that shouldnt have lost, it was a beast. It revved to 9900rpms on stock rods, i could beat the shit out of that car an it never broke. lasted 20kmiles before i sold it. New owner drove it for another 20k miles before the motor lost a rod bearing due to the oil pump failing.

the 2.0l car was FUN, but it broke too much, and by the time i built it, everyone else was turbo an way faster. just wasnt what i wanted.

the 2j car would have been fun, but when the motor went, and with me switching jobs i have no desire to rebuild it, and just dont have the time.

Im buying another 240, gonna just drive it at for awile an make it look good before i decide what i want to do. id like to built another 2J but in more of a street form. something with 400-450whp, killer powerband, no maintanence.

but then again im getting the v8 bug now too. i see a C5 z06 in my near future.

[AnclyT]

^ $9500 in a honda to make 237whp vs. $12000 in a 240 to make 705whp!

[Vteckidd]

true lol. thats why i said FUCK NA

[2jz240sx]

soon 2 be 20k just in my engine....in my 240.

mr sr project could be 6k or 10k at the start.

my g35 or evo at the end of summer 20-25k

300zx projekt 30-35k

[TransAmWS6]

I've got about $500 in my Z06...only performance mod is a K&N drop in filter.

other mods are just saftey or apparence, HID's, exhaust plate, harness bar, lap timer, jacking pucks ect.

I love having a "stock" car (besides K&N filter) and being able to run 11's. And if I wanted to step it up a notch I could always throw a nitrous kit and drag radials I've had for years on here and runs 10's. Not to mention it turns heads and get 28MPG

I'm not into drag racing nearly as much anymore

Lately my money has been and will be consumed by road racing...it's more fun anyways!!

[1gDSM]

about 4k

i dont regret anything except not buying it as a GSX, if you know anyone selling a 90-93 GSX lmk

[Big J]

Damn big ballers, I'm in maybe 2k, but that includes the old and new turbo setups, but I've gotten some money back out of it allready, so less than 2k. The second turbo setup being free allways helps. I'll be in another 1k if I buy some more tuning stuff, but then I'll need a flywheel and clutch................. I guess that's how it starts. But with checks comming in from some stuff I did, it'll ballance out.

[YoungGun]

I could have bought a new Z06 with what I've put into the car without the price of the car, but now I can outrun them and most anything else so its worth it to me. Though I guess having a Cobra and a Z06 would have been cool...

[Humphrizzle]

lol.. i feel like a douche.

600 for wheels and tires
200 for brembo CD rotors and Ceramic pads
20 for a shift knob
120 for a AEM intake
150 for catalytic convertor
40 for new red cool kid floormats
3 dollars for I Heart my SI sticker

1133 dollars for all my "modifications"

+ 6000 for my car

[RollaAce]

I regret in a way cause i've always wanted a stock 91 NSX and easily could've had one but when i get so much money in my hand and a "good" deal comes around i tend to buy it.
05 Repsol $11,000, 900RR $5300 91 and 88 civics $6,000, toyotas $9800, bike stuff $2700 this is just off the top of my head. Can't spend like some of u i have a mortgage and child support.

[axistang]

My '91 LX :
Vortech was $1473 shipped, $1000 c4 / converter / cooler, $250 full exhaust, $500 fuel pump, injectors, maf, typhoon intake. Misc gaskets, oil pump, slicks $500. Replacing blown headgaskets 3 times, broken oilpump shaft: $600. $4400 bux. Should have went all motor. Know better now.

[Incontt]

a bunch....

[Hunter02SS]

About $50,000, in the last 8 month's. This include's the car also!Would of been a little less if I didn't do a 6 speed swap! It sure is fun, and you can't take the money with ya when you die!!

[GAtegs]

<$10,000

[Tracy]

We spent $40K on the Supra that doesn't include the car ($28k) or the racing we did with it (travels, gas etc.) We spent $20k on the EVO. We spent about $20k on each 240 (that doesn't include travels to drift). This is what we spent. It doesn't include sponsorships and free stuffs. AND we don't have to account for labor.

Man! No wonder I have no clothes to wear. My clothes money gets spent on our cars.

[Tank]

more then id like to admit, most of it stems from shop labor cost

topspeed = $5k

Mainsteam = $3k

?????????? = $7k

New wheels setup =$3k



now in parts around 6k

my car cost was $12k

having the last shop do her right and shes running so beautifully now like she should be = priceless :-)

[Vteckidd]

im up to $3000 in the silvia, including the car

[1000cckiller]

more then id like to admit, most of it stems from shop labor cost

topspeed = $5k

Mainsteam = $3k

?????????? = $7k

New wheels setup =$3k



now in parts around 6k

my car cost was $12k

having the last shop do her right and shes running so beautifully now like she should be = priceless :-)

you are a spufcake good fellow

[Tank]

you are a spufcake good fellow

yeah i kno right , shit well when you have a honda take it to a honda shop when you have a supra take it to a supra shop, this is the biggest lesson ive learned

[PSINXS]

i got receipts for all my stuff and I am about 21k after 2 blown motors to a fully built one, to a new turbo and misc. shit

guess you gotta pay to play

[onebadgt]

without looking at recipts somewhere between 25,000-30,000 in mods on my car, as for bn worth it yes i have never loved a car more, but if i could go back i would have put all the money into a vette instead

[bigdare23]

I got around $15000 invested in REX. The bad part is.............. it's no where finished!

[atl4love]

i spend almost 5k in my aristo already.....still undercontruction..

[Alan®]

I honestly have never thought about it. I am on my third car and I'm only 18.

Car 1:
Body Kit:600
Wheels:400
Spoiler:300
System:1000
paint:250
Misceleneous:800

$3300

Car 2:
Payments $7k
Tint:170
Wheels and tires:550
exhaust:250
Intake:150
Springs new strut and labor:500
System:900

est. $9500

Car 3 is really not gonna have much done to it. I put a short throw and a k&n in it the car already had a chip in it. College will pretty much have me tied up for the next 4 years im going to be saving up to have a down payment on a supra when i get out.

[TS240]

Got my first car(s13) in May of last year, got my second car(s14) last February. I've spent close to 7K over the last year not including the price of the cars. I turned 18 last May and I still havent finished building my new motor yet. To make things worst, both cars for the most part are still stock. Hopefully I'll have my first turbo setup in a few mounths, as for regrets I have none. Its all been worth it, after all Im still young and stupid!

Actually the only thing I do regret was pulling a Nick Hogan in my s13.
(ice was invovled)
(If any one knows a good, afordable body man PM me. Thanks)

[Dietcoke]

Sky.... $32k

Wheels (18x8, 18x9) + Tires $2000
Intake - $250
Turbo Hardpipes + T Clamps - $300
Nice Intercooler - $900
Programmer - $1000
Exhaust - $600
Hids - $200
Paint/Body mods - $400
Second set of taillights painted body color for shows - $300

$37,800 and not nearly finished. Time for a BIG turbo and some real horsepower. Ouch.

[ATL86]

$680. Half of that is the HID kit. $3000 for the car.