10 years of S40 expenses

[Welton]

I've had my S40 for 10.5 years now, always kept a folder and every Invoice and Receipt got thrown in there for keeps.....until yesterday when I put them all in order and totaled them up.

£8,500.00

That's every oil change, every tyre, every suspension repair (lots), the whole lot.

Sounds a lot but if I add the depreciation of the car it works out at 0.18p/mile (plus fuel and insurance) not sure how that fairs in general though.

[domhart10]

Hahaha nice, I dont think I would ever want to do that because everything I have changed has been changed for more expensive parts

[FunkyMelon]

£850 a year isn't tooooooo bad really.

It is depressing adding this up though.

I spent over £6k on my S40 T4 in 4 years of ownership so puts it into perspective!

[LizardOfBodom]

Originally Posted by Welton

I've had my S40 for 10.5 years now, always kept a folder and every Invoice and Receipt got thrown in there for keeps.....until yesterday when I put them all in order and totaled them up.

£8,500.00

That's every oil change, every tyre, every suspension repair (lots), the whole lot.

Sounds a lot but if I add the depreciation of the car it works out at 0.18p/mile (plus fuel and insurance) not sure how that fairs in general though.

Will it help you a bit when I tell you about my 9240Eur sum after owning my car since April 2016? :P
That is also every single spend I did, including full suspension refurb, alloy refurb, tuning ,4 sets of tyres so far and all other things from rear wiper to clutch+DMF...
(loud sigh...)
but I did almost 60k miles since then.

[iainmd]

Originally Posted by Welton

I've had my S40 for 10.5 years now, always kept a folder and every Invoice and Receipt got thrown in there for keeps.....until yesterday when I put them all in order and totaled them up.

£8,500.00

That's every oil change, every tyre, every suspension repair (lots), the whole lot.

Sounds a lot but if I add the depreciation of the car it works out at 0.18p/mile (plus fuel and insurance) not sure how that fairs in general though.

My T5 cost me more than your total in the last 3yrs alone! (years 10-13)
Before that it probably cost me £400-£800 a year.

It was only when I added up the last 3yrs I thought it was time to get a new car.

[Welton]

So are we saying S40's /V50's are expensive to own? worse than other makes?

Apart from my oil breather diaphragm being unique to the T5 then all the other expense would be the same as any other model in the range. Suspension is by far the weakest area.

Something which raised the overall cost was in my first 3 years of ownership (taking the car from 4 to 7 years old) I insisted on using the Volvo Dealer for servicing and looking at their invoices yesterday was eye-watering for what was essentially a quick oil change and 'inspection'....I probably wasted £400.00 there. I do my own services at home now.

Some expenses were voluntary like the wheel refurb and suspension mods (£600.00).

[Clan]

Back in 1981 dad bought a 343 it was an ex demo with 19000 miles , up until 2014 he did 250,000 miles in it .
I did the yearly service , it had occasional sets of tyres and one exhaust kit , other than that ALL the rest is original even the rear brakes are original , it has just had a couple of sets of front pads .

Back in 2014 I was offered another 343 this time a 1988 model in wonderful condition , it had done 55000 miles , I had to buy it , That is completely original , that came with a list of costs and jobs done which were just services , NOTHING whatsoever extra , even the coolant is still the original which back then was a bright green colour .. That is why i go on about Genuine Volvo Coolant all the time on here , however i was using it in my cars from the mid 1970's .

This was typical by the way not just a fluke with us .

That is how Volvos used to be in the golden era 1970 to 2000 .....
Brake pads would last 70 or 80000 miles discs did not wear
Exhausts were not stainless then, they were aluminiumised and would last 10 years ,
Clutches lasted for ever unless it was a CVT :-) Fanbelts would last at least 10 years and often went on a lot more than that . Cooling system hoses were robust and lasted indefinitely, Road springs never broke , Generally suspension ball joints lasted , hard used 240's did need the odd lower ball joint and axle bushes when well over 100,000 miles .
I would say the volvos back then were used harder and did higher mileages than they do today . I can only think of one drawback of them 25 mpg .... !

[Bendolfc]

Originally Posted by Welton

So are we saying S40's /V50's are expensive to own? worse than other makes?

I've not kept track of mine, but over the past 10 years I think the most I've spent in a year is about £850 and that was including the belts service at dealer prices.

Most years have been probabably been in the region of ~350 inc tyres, although the early years I overspent on wheel bearings due to using non genuine parts that lasted about 12 months.

Since then it's been mostly routine servicing and consumables, although to be fair this year has been pricey with new disks and pads all round and a replacement screen. Annoying as it was due to go but having spent ~ £450 on those and it being worth that at most, it can stay another year.

Not too bad I think for a car that has never let me down and has now covered 208K and still on original clutch, exhaust & DMF and ingition, expect one of those to die when I leave work tonight now I've said that!

[Markos01]

Originally Posted by Clan

Back in 1981 dad bought a 343 it was an ex demo with 19000 miles , up until 2014 he did 250,000 miles in it .
I did the yearly service , it had occasional sets of tyres and one exhaust kit , other than that ALL the rest is original even the rear brakes are original , it has just had a couple of sets of front pads .

Back in 2014 I was offered another 343 this time a 1988 model in wonderful condition , it had done 55000 miles , I had to buy it , That is completely original , that came with a list of costs and jobs done which were just services , NOTHING whatsoever extra , even the coolant is still the original which back then was a bright green colour .. That is why i go on about Genuine Volvo Coolant all the time on here , however i was using it in my cars from the mid 1970's .

This was typical by the way not just a fluke with us .

That is how Volvos used to be in the golden era 1970 to 2000 .....
Brake pads would last 70 or 80000 miles discs did not wear
Exhausts were not stainless then, they were aluminiumised and would last 10 years ,
Clutches lasted for ever unless it was a CVT :-) Fanbelts would last at least 10 years and often went on a lot more than that . Cooling system hoses were robust and lasted indefinitely, Road springs never broke , Generally suspension ball joints lasted , hard used 240's did need the odd lower ball joint and axle bushes when well over 100,000 miles .
I would say the volvos back then were used harder and did higher mileages than they do today . I can only think of one drawback of them 25 mpg .... !

When they made cars to last as long as possible, without a pre-determined shelf life!

[T5R92011]

It is not good for the economy to design cars that last.