How much have you spent on your car

[Njay]

Any pics of the 911 big foot?

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[vwthunder]

James I would. Love to see what a polo with 20k of. Mods look like

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Hmm I aded it up the other day and my mods cant to about 20k, still going tho, KW V3's just came, changing exhaust again, bigger brakes coming also

[bigfoot]

Any pics of the 911 big foot?

This is pre suspension work so it sits quite a bit lower now:

Bilstein Suspension
Warm Carrera 3.2 engine
SSI headers
Monty Exhaust
PMO Carbs
WEVO Short-Shift Kit & Billet Lever
WEVO semi-solid engine & trans mounts
Half-cage
etc

[Stuwey]

^^^ Froth!

I suppose i've spent just over $10k on my Polo?

Suspension
Recaros
Tune
Intake
Tint
Wheels
Wheels again

etc etc....

[Njay]

This is pre suspension work so it sits quite a bit lower now:

Bilstein Suspension
Warm Carrera 3.2 engine
SSI headers
Monty Exhaust
WEVO Short-Shift Kit & Billet Lever
WEVO semi-solid engine & trans mounts
Half-cage
etc

nice I'm looking at buying a 964 and restoring it but then part of me wants to have a decent amount of money saved...... Ah the dilemmas I face Haha

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[bigfoot]

nice I'm looking at buying a 964 and restoring it but then part of me wants to have a decent amount of money saved...... Ah the dilemmas I face Haha

well you only live once

If you are going to do it, do it while the $A is strong and get all the parts from the US. The $ was only 70 odd cents when I i did mone

There is a black 964 RS in my area which gives me wood every time i see it.

[Njay]

yeah i really want to do it, but im gonna struggle financially so I might put it on hold

I wanna lower it with some decent coilovers and put some bbs rs wheels on it

[vwthunder]

^^^ Froth!

I suppose i've spent just over $10k on my Polo?

Suspension
Recaros
Tune
Intake
Tint
Wheels
Wheels again

etc etc....

Yeah I am in Love with your seats lol

[dylan8]

god, wouldn't know where to start, lots of things done in the last 5+ years
must be over $10k in wheels and rubber at my house right now though.
plus all the mk3 gear/cars that iv been collecting the past 6months.

bit sad for a super slow, stock looking car that now is worth like $5k

[Speed]

Nice !!! Please excuse my ignorance but what year is she?

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Not much on my Golf. Been there done that.

In the late 90s I had spent 30K on a lancer.
Sure I loved it and it munched everthing, whilst being a sleeper but when you can't insure it for what it's worth, then I just can't make sense of it.

Actually, come to think of it, I spent huge on everything up until then but things have changed dramatically since.

Our daily "to the station car", cost a massive $400.

My Charger owes me very little for what she's worth.
RX7, have spent in total what she's insured for.. maybe a little more.
Mini, will be also close to what she's insured for.. when finished.

With the Golf, am happy to spend on little things like; N75, TIP and CAI etc but just can't justify a K04 & retune etc.
The reason is simple, that's not what I bought the car for. Is supposed to be a daily after all and I'm an old fart.
The other reason is MY WIFE WOULD LITERALLY KILL ME!!!

[blumtns]

$3000
and that just got me wheels, suspension and about 75% of the interior

I don't plan on going over 10 grand...on a mk1
I wish i knew what i got my self into before i started and bought somebodies project car that they spent alot of money on.

[jamesatfish]

That sounds like quite a Polo how does it go getting power down - and what sort of 0-100 does it do?

Power down isn't too bad but at the end of the day it's still front wheel drive so standing starts aren't it's forte. Last time I checked a 0-100 it was around 6 sec so not much difference compared to a stock car - it's in the higher gears that you notice (and can use) the power. With a mate driving it ran 1:10.1 around Wakefield last year - it's a circuit that suits smaller cars but for comparison Warren Luff testing for Motor Magazine ran a 2008 WRX STI around the track in 1:10.2.

any photos mate?

Nothing of the Polo in it's current stage (I just remembered I hadn't included the vinyl wrap in my mods list) but a few months ago before I ripped off the vinyl it looked like this:





It's now back to black waiting for me to figure out what colour to wrap it next.

[ryana89]

I think I'm past/up to 100% of the purchase price on mine.
Have been told NUMEROUS times that I should have bought a common car (white good on wheels).

But I don't think I could ever go away from VAG cars now, addicted from less 2 years ownership

That 911 is gorgeous bigfoot, I take it you've owned it for a while going off the photo?

[Stiggy_21]

definitely past the 200% mark, and still not where i want it yet.

true ryan... i'm always getting told the amount of time and money i spend on my car, i could have bought a brand new one for the same price. i too am a VAG addict, wouldn't have it any other way

beauty 911 bigfoot

[balkanac]

I spent peanuts compared to some guys here

CAI was $300 incl a k&n filter
short shifter was a b'day present
springs $200
dvd payer, amp, sub and the sub box $1300
10% tint $180

and thats it