Batman 357

Has anyone else looked at their cost per mile for maintenance.

Not counting fuel, tires or insurance mine is over .30 per mile. So far there have not been any big items. No major motor or transmission work just switches, brakes, horn......

Anybody else do the math.

Andy Kay

why?

Steely

$0.77/mi.
Possible reason: higher initial outlay for some overdue maintenance after purchase, and higher costs owed to wrench labor.

I now feel a lot more comfortable doing things myself, so I expect to have the number drop as I do more myself and buy fewer parts (hey - it's a theory).

I don't normally keep track, but I had the mileage and the mat'l costs, so I just did the ratio.

Batman 357

I feel a little better.

I don't have any track time or street racing. Just Sunday drives and autocross. About 3k miles a year.

Ed Hughes

I'm never going to add up my receipts.

Steely

revised above - I flipped the numbers.
Still, it has turned out to be an incentive to drive more - but now I want to do the suspension.

theiceman

mine would cost a lot less if i quit working on it

Ed Hughes

Yeah, maintenance on mine is minimal. It's the extracurricular stuff that adds up.

Daniel Dudley

The more you drive them the better they run, and the cheaper it runs out.

dshepp806

+1.

Doyle

theiceman

Well my car shifts great , stops on a dime and has no issues whatsoever .... I put it on axle stands last night to change all the super Blue brake fluid put fresh swepco 201 in it , do a general inspection and clean the grease film around the CV joints, so it will cost a few bucks .... din't need to but i love this stuff and it is raining today anyway ..

SCOTITUDE

i go by smiles per mile, not dollars. and when im drivin its ear to ear. worth every cent. if your worrying asbout cost per mile your not drivin enough or you need a different hobby.

Steely

No one is worrying here - info was at my fingertips.
Someone may want the maintenance records I kept during the resto, just as I appreciated the ones handed me.
Dividing by the mileage I put on was straight math.
I suppose if one did a top-end recently, the number would certainly be skewed (like mine might be with the extras).
So much for keeping on topic.

Batman 357

Boys boys,

I don't care if you spend your money on Porsche parts or crack. With some it may be a sensitive subject.

I was thinking my .30+ cents per mile was kind of high. After this post and talking to the PCA guys it looks like my car is on the thrifty side.

I know most everyone keeps track of their maintenance records and can to the math. It looks like we have to pay a premium to drive a classic.

hamah

smart
I spend .20-.30 of every dollar spent the Pcar on toys to distract my wife....life is safer that way