Cost of ownership for my e34

[billb]

Let me know what you think and feel free to use it as a template

http://www.kidkrash.com/expense.xls


I should get royalties for that thing!

Bill B.

[ryan roopnarine]

reading your spreadsheet, i'm beginning to think that i'm expecting too much in the "repair-free" department for this age of a car. in the last 9 months, I've put just under 21,000 miles on the car, and i don't even drive it during most of the week. i guess i can expect for stuff to fall off under stress, and EVENTUALLY (hopefully) taper off. being able to put off a heater core replacement until sept. helps too, i guess. i'm curious, too, how you managed to only spend 10 for an oil change...isn't the filter like $5 by itself? most good quality SJ oil is at least 1.25-150, and if i'm not mistaken, your m30 uses roughly the same 6-7 quarts my m50 does.

[ryan roopnarine]

pps....how do you do a tranny and oil for $20? i don't have a manual, but even when the motor oil was almost free, i still paid almost $15 to change oil and tranny fluid at the same time, not including a filter (or the carb spray to clean stuff up). i'll be conservative and say.....Rebate on maxlife 10w40--free

filter--about $6 after i drove across town for it
two quarts of maxlife (as the rebate is only for 5 qts)--$4.22 plus tax
1 gallon wal mart transmission fluid $4.5x
can of carb spray for this and sundry other tasks--.75

=16-17 dollars...

i'm a cheap son of a b'....share your secret.

[Scott E]

The oil filter was $4 from BMA and I try to find Valvoline 20/50w on sale for a $1 a quart after rebates and such. The tranny filter was $10 from BMA and I was given a case of tranny fluid awhile back.