Ok just going over estimated figures for getting Jenny's car to where we were expecting it to be when we bought it. (with some upgrades/new stuff) And well surfice to say should have Saved and bought Nash's 2G. (plus I'm sure Jenny would have been in heavin considering she's wanted that car since she first met Andy)


I think my Total spent on my GS-T/GSX - with Mods, maintance, price of Car, etc.
Probably over the $75K mark now. or at least I'll be damn close after this next round of upgrades. And that's with taking off the money I've recieved back from parts I've sold.


Jenny's Car is going to be WWWWAAAYYYYYYYY!!! over what we expected with having to replace the tranny.

Hell I was hoping to have in the 11.0 range with the amount we've spent so far.

-brian
ps: sneeks up on you! Now I remember why I stopped keeping reciepts for my Car.

I think I've spent around $25K on my car, including purchase price. I did not deduct parts sold or include maintanence.

Wow, it's amazing when you actually think about it....is it really worth it? To me, yeah...it's been well worth it. :D

I should have bought a supra in hind sight. But I wouldn't trade some of the experience's I've had or some of the times I've had with people for anything.

so I guess that makes it PRICELESS.

-brian

That's funny. For some reason I was adding all this up while I was at work last night. I dunno the numbers yet, didnt have time to add them all, but I'll post up later.

11-12k with car, parts, tuning, labor etc.
break it down:
-4k for the car with a clutch install and tranny rebuild, and a free paint job someday when i want to give up my car for a month
-almost 6k on parts
-about 1k for dyno time, maintence, and things i cant recall.

215 a month for the truck. lol

4750 or so.

About $6,000

Car - $1,000
Motor - $3,500
Other stuff - the rest of the money

As far as DSM's go, I've probably spent/financed about $30k all together. But I sold my car before I paid it off, so total cash out of pocket, including depreciation, is probably closer to $8,000 - $9,000. Credit cards suck. Never buy car parts with them. I'm still paying for the turbo, exhaust and tires that I had on my 2G, which I sold well over a year ago.

I lost track about 2 years ago....the mods alone I am sure total to over 10-grand.

10,400-car
800-brakes
650-output shaft upgrade
500-oem clutch
22-2 sets of plugs
65-air filter
40- mbc
150-boost gauge/turbo timer
70-plug wires
total $ 12697 plus oil, gas, and insurance.
Beating a car that has 75k into it, priceless :)
Its like the saying goes, "how fast do you want to go today? How much do you have to spend?"
The goal is 10's with less than 20k into car, pump gas.

$3800 for the car with ACT 2600 with 71k miles, now at 112.5k miles.
$$$$ on timeslips and tickets
$400+$80 on 4 bolt rear
$1k...... in trannys.
$1k in "mods" I'd say.... including the stolen, re-bought stuff. Damn cars. Time is money so I'd say time I've wasted is priceless...hahaha, wait.... :rant:

$18,000 for GSX
$2000 for turbo & tubular manifold
$800 for billet flywheel and clutch for the 2g
$800 for billet flywheel and clutch for the 1g conversion
$800 for GReddy 24R intercooler package
$500 for 272/272 cams
$1000 for DSMLink and laptop
$300 for MAFTranslator & 3.5 GM maf
$6000 for new Magnus longblock
much more I can't even think of right now

$2.95 + tax...... if you will count match box cars cause I don't have a dsm.




Sorry for the bs answer I couldn't resist. Just rember you get what you pay for so yeah I got nothing.

I am thinking maybe $5000 for the car and parts and probably $200 for tools to fill it full of holes ;)

$19,995
That is for the SRT with the following
Stage 1 Upgrade
Turbo XS Dual Stage Boost Controller
ATP UPP
HKS SSQ BOV
Hahn RAcecraft 15lb Wastegate Actuator
Exhaust Depot Exhaust w/race pipe and catalyst included (Race pipe currently installed)
SPP 3 inch O2 Housing
AEM Intake
Deyeme Firm Motor Mounts
Nitrous Express Gen X II Nitrous Kit
AFX UDP
MSD DIS 2 Ignition w/tach adapter
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator Kit
Image Performance Coilovers
Prothane Total Suspension Urethane Bushing Kit
Bogart Skinnies W/Hoosier 26X4.5 inch tires
Kosei K1 Racing wheels w/M & H 26X6X15 slicks
Excel Ennio Gunmetal Wheels
Stock parts included.

And then some... I sold the NX kit though. :stick:

Hmmm, probably around $30K in parts and the car, I don't pay anything for my labor. :bounce:

For the other 47 DSM's I've had, I can't even guess. The good thing is that except for two of them, I've made a little profit on each.

$270 a month on my truck for the next 56 months :wacko:

I added it up a little while back and I had about $25k into it as of last fall. That is to copy it, none of this maintenance BS. It should be up to $32k - $35k come this summer :3gears:

My maintenance has been pretty minimal except for a crankwalked engine ($4200 for that whole ordeal). My first DSM I killed a head and I have rebuilt a tranny on my 2nd one. This is #4 and #5 for me and I think I am keeping them. Unless I find a good deal on a 1g that isn't red!

I dont even want ot know... I would guess around 10g

2003 Mitsu Eclipse GTS -- $24,100
T/T/L and extras -- $3000
1st transmission -- Free
Clutch and Clutch work -- $1100
2nd transmission -- $4000
Having my car broken into 4 times -- $2500
Front Bumper Clip -- $250
AEM CAI -- $150

TOTAL -- $35,100 Without intrest. :razz2:

car 3200
timing belt 500
rebuild head 600
uicp 50
licp 75
supra sidemount 150
injectors 200
afc 200
exhaust 400
palm/datalogger 150
clutch 300
cv shaft 70
used wheels/tires 150
fuel pump rewire 20
2g mas/intake 100
o2 dump 100
$6300 give or take

yikes!

its so worth it though, I love my dizzum.

Pat

I would guess somewhere around $9000

You guys who added in regular and unscheduled maintenance, labor (dyno time included) and other general costs associated with owning a car shouldn't even be here if you're going to whine about how much you've spent or are spending to own a car, let alone a DSM money pit. Parts and hard items are the only things you should ever add up when finding out how much you truly have spent on your car(s).

In all, I am going to spend less than $5000 on my car, built engine, and a lot of other goodies. The end product will result in a car capable of over 300whp and mid-12 second 1/4 mile runs... But who cares, read the sig. ;)

If you want to look at just the price of the Car and then the cost of Upgrades only . And No Labor Cost's.

Going off the my MN.dsm.org profile (part for part) - per my reciepts

Cost of Car - $13,500
Interior - $2382
Stereo - $5345
Exterior - $990
Performance - $11,063
Total=$33,280

4 Years of Labor Work - $16,000 (doesn't include work I've done or free help from friends)

The Rest is:
-Repairs - $17,000
-GSX - $5000

$7,000 for car
$1,500 for rims
$10,000-$12,000 Performance

All well worth it.

4Jenny's Car

Car - $1500
Interior Mods - $60
Stereo Mods - $1653(includes price of stuff waiting to be installed)
Exterior Mods - $120
Performance Mods - $3508 (Includes cost of Mods that came with car($475) and Shep tranny)
Total = $6865


All said and done with labor/OEM parts,etc $8208 would be the total of Jenny's car so far.

In reality to get her car up and running only: $4443
-Car
-Shep Tranny
-ACT 2600 clutch
-60K tune up (tensioners,belts,waterpump,gaskets,Fluids)
-NEW head
-ARP's
-Labor I had to pay for

Still needs some body work/paint but Hopefully won't be more then $500

Does that include the 2G? or just the 1G?

-brian

That just includes my 1G. The topic is "What's The Total You've Spent Your Your Car?". Not What's The Total You've Spent Your Your Cars?. I'm not even going to figure out the total spent on all of my DSMs.

HAHA your right.

looking at it that way the total for my GSX.

CAR - $5000
Interior -$2382
Stereo - $5345
Exterior - $990
Performance - $11063

=$24,780


I like this the amount keeps getting smaller vs. Getting Higher!!!!

Exageration vs. Reality

Glad I could help. ;)

That's pretty impressive when you consider my 75K car only runs 14.4 in the 1/4 mile hahahahah.

Plan on a re-match this summer once the cars are tuned

0-140 down france is just nuts. That race would have gone on for ever. It was dead even. But with the Cars coming up you know I had to let off.

I'm taking a rough estimate of around 20k.

I wasn't exagerating when I said I've spent over 70K in this hobby.

anyone that knows what the first 2 years of my dsm carrier were like knows I'm not kidding. hehe

But I was racing every single night back then and getting as much video as I could while doing it.

Those were the days back then. NO FNF, DSMr's were the Best group of people, Most parking lots on Uni were open/free of hastle, Red Rock was awsome no dumb @$$'s, And the cops actually stopped so that they could look at our cars vs. to give us tickets, Frizbee, football.

Hell I even once flew my R/C helicopter inverted down University Ave. Back when Speedwerks was still opened.

IF you want to go back even farther Hell MIAC, Xrated, Volksport were the only import clubs in MN.

ive spent about $3000 on my 92 talon. $2300 on the car and the rest on parts and mods.

i had about $5k in to my 90 talon when the timing belt busted. $2300 for the car. lots of the rest was spent on parts. about $1200 in mods

1990 laser (project 500) bought her for $500 haha
mods- $324
tranny's-$550
misc.-$180
total= $1554

Not to bad i suppose! runs a 13.4@111 too<---thats changing this spring!

Way more money than Ih ave ever had maybe $10,000 who knows

What's your mod list?

How are you trapping at 111mph with only $324?

-Brian

lol...

Driver



LOL
jk brian you know you can drive better than me

oh i forgot the $60 for the mbc in there sorry
ahh 3inch open d/p mbc(elite style yo) rewired fule pump, k&n, act2600...thats it. drop springs too...those were free along with the 2600...and now i just got a S-afcII thats not in there eather. thats it...and im going for a certain record this year.....fwd 14b record...

Kevin

That's pretty impressive when you consider my 75K car only runs 14.4 in the 1/4 mile hahahahah.

Plan on a re-match this summer once the cars are tuned

0-140 down france is just nuts. That race would have gone on for ever. It was dead even. But with the Cars coming up you know I had to let off. [/b][/quote]
hince why I have $800 into brakes, its a good 'just in case mod'.
A few years ago the scene was quite different, everything was more layed back, and competition wasn't as fierce. Oh well, we'll run again this year.
Lets do it at the track, that way you have a fighting chance :).