Thought I would start a thread about what people roughly (or in detail!) spend on owning and running their FFRR each year.

To start with I tallied up what my 07-09 3.6 TDV8 has cost me in total from purchase (I keep a list on my phone).

From Sept 22’ - October 24’, including the purchase price, tax x3, insurance x3 and maintenance it’s come to £14,110.

This year to date, tax and insurance has cost me £1,115. And maintance £2,109.

Hoping the maintance is a little less in the coming 12 months but these cars are complicated as you know. Despite some annoying issues, it’s been a joy to own and drive. 2009 pre-facelift 3.6 TDV8.

That's quite a number, what is it with the purchase price taken out?

J

It adds up quickly when you include tax and insurance. Let’s call that alone £3k over 3 years (just paid for the coming 12 months).

The big spends were £950 on a remap and diff oils with Bodsey, and have just spent £1,580 on new tyres, a wheel refurb and new front discs and pads.

Without the purchase price and tax and insurance it’s cost me around £4k to maintain over 2 years.

I try to keep on top of everything and only use oem (or better) parts.

The only thing not in my calculations is depreciation, not that there’s any plans to sell! 2009 pre-facelift 3.6 TDV8.

I’ll add mine up but suspect I’ll beat that by some margin. I think £2k per year is very good, bearing in mind some of that is cosmetic.

J

When I recently traded in my 2012 L320 Supercharged (60,000 miles) in July this year against my L405 purchase I added up the maintenance and repairs for five and a half years of ownership. This excluded tax and insurance. The figure was virtually spot on £5500, i.e. £1k per annum. This seemed very reasonable given the size, complexity and performance of the vehicle. "There is no replacement for displacement" - W O Bentley

I budget for £3k pa, tax, insurance and maintenance. That’s for <10k miles per year.

What car is that Andy S? L405? 2009 pre-facelift 3.6 TDV8.