How much did you spend?

[martinholmesuk]

On your 480 from it's past owner!

94, Turbo, £450 and it's been worth every penny!

[Ral]

£120 and counting. Replacement battery, battery connector, earth loom and electrics sorting out under the bonnet to get intermittent IC non-intermittent. Still intermittent though, so...

[Jimmy]

I have a feeling I may have paid over the odds slightly, but I got it from a garage I know well who took my Mondeo in exchange for it, no cash changed hands. It 'cost' me £1100.

[esta]

Paid £400 for my ES. Biggest bargain ever, she was really very good for that money!

Paid £1500 for my GT, well £1000, PX my ES...well, when i said i bought the GT, i meant my kindly bank manager bought it, and i give him a small donation of my wages every week

Either way...there is only one other car i would go out of my way getting a loan for, and its a Jaguar, so i think thats a very nice comparison to make for the 480

[480 Tatey]

I paid £690 for my celeb in near enough mint condition spent about £300 on it though! But it's worth it, i rekon another £250 will get her perfect. And £1200 on insurance!!!!! UUUURRRRHHH But if i were to sell it as Esta said i rekon its worth a bit more cash for finding the service history in a pool of water in the back!!!!!

[BLK_480]

350£ on mine, + another 150£ on miscellaneous expenses

[Dan the 480 Man]

Too much...

Bought her for £1500-ish and spent over £1k on her. But that was stereo, springs, ECU, arches, interior etc etc.

That wasn't as bad as the amount i spent on the 440 mind... Easily done when you're into your cars!

[chris1roll]

£600.

[1900sr]

£500 on the GT, and well worth every penny.

[murphymanuk]

On your 480 from it's past owner!

94, Turbo, £450 and it's been worth every penny!

I spent £450 on my 1990 ES... Where the hell did you find that bargin on a 94' turbo!?

[SMOOTH 480]

£350 on the car
£1000 on bits so far

[paulsgarden]

bought for £750 and spent atleast £900 and i'm sure there will be more to spend.. is it worth it ?????

[dyne]

Phew cars are cheap to buy and run/maintain in the UK. If I can manage to find a place to restore the 480 I'm looking at, my budget will probably say around 1k£ for the car (in bad condition), and another 2-3k£ for parts - maybe even more when new leather is needed on all seats, and a major paintjob...

Just for reference, since I haven't done it yet - how much is a 94 Pug 306 1.9 TD with around 400k km on the counter in the UK? Here it is around 3,5k£... Danish carprices are insane

[480 Tatey]

My mate has a 1998 pug 306 D-turbo that had 108k (miles) on the clock when he bought it, with some s history and in good nick for £1,300. Good buy i thought with 12months ticket and 4 on the tax! Trust me no matter what car you have it's expensive! When alls done after insurance, tax, MOT, fuel, and maintenance it aint too rosy on the old wallet!

[JohnTurbo]

My pride and joy I saved from the scrap yard. It was given to me by my father's friend. (see COTM some month) Astonishingly.

Other 480:-

Black ES (that i converted to turbo). - Was a freeby off the board, but gave him 50quid as a gesture.

Red Turbo:- Same as above.

Silver Turbo:- Ebay, £72

[glasgowjim]

first 480 a white rust bucket ebay £365 stripped and cubed
skippy white 480 2ltr ES smooth as guiness in great nick full leather £295 ebay
KFr 480 turbo lots of problems now in garage being stripped down to absolute bare metal. £575
Kiri 480 1.7 NA project car soon to be sold on £70 note left on windscreen ie please buy this car!
Louis 480 turbo from exiled falcon through the forum £150 +£270 to fix
same colour as Kiri! originally bought as a spares car to do up the 1.7 but too good to strip.
MLS through Ebay £780 2ltr extremely good condition all electrics perfect 1994 runs like a dream.(now sold on)

No more have put a parental control on to stop wife looking up 480s on ebay when I am at work

[barnsleyGT]

FREE!! family hand me down.

and has cost about £600 ish in repairs and maintence since. bit steep but its had a new alternator, downpipe, some electrical work, usuall 480 stuff. needs quite a bit spending to get mint and with my finances it aint gonna happen tomorrow. bring on the sunshine so i can clean it. dan would cry. hehe

[glasgowjim]

£180 for maroon gt which I renovated from spares stock and sold on
£160 for a second maroon GT which is being run by my son (a great car)
white celeb ( my current car ) £600
and my most recent acquisition is a black m reg 480 for spares at £175

not to mention squeezing in a 340 which has been sold on.

Oh forgot a semi defunct turbo for £100

[glasgowjim]

Amazin remember the old piggy bank was fair dented due to the slashing of 5 tyres (4 on my daughters car and one on mine) just the week before

[gingherheed]

My Turbo Auto, £400 from a very nice lady owner. Not cost much since.

My 88 ES (57k on the clock) was £100. The previous owner pulled the front off and it cost £200 in welding. I'm in the process of reassembly. It starts fine and is in great shape generally.