With oil changes and routine maintenance included, I probably spend about $400 to $500 a year. I like spending money though so I usually buy a lot more than I need and overmaintain the car. Recently though, I had to change one of the rear trailing arms, replace the starter, convert the A/C to R134a, and replace some of the front end stuff. The total of all of that work was a lot but I'm hoping that that's the last time I'll have to go through that. All in all, my car has been pretty solid and hasn't required anything that I would call inappropriate for a car of this age.

Alex

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1983 300D (parked for four years)
2012 VW Sportwagen TDI Manual
2001 Miata SE
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside