Quick under-the-hood cost summary

[worzella]

I was reminiscing through some old files and came across my shopping list spreadsheet from a couple years ago when I was rebuilding the motor and most things related to it under the hood. I ended up buying my pistons from TEP for about $700 I recall despite what I have on the chart. Not sure why I have them in two columns too :) Just a quick glance that basically says it pays to shop around for many items. Sorry I did not have the formula to add it all up. That was always too depressing to see the number grow :) Also I did buy many things from Blunt, Rock Auto and others, but this was my starting point.

 

FWIW -

 

Randy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark92131]

48 minutes ago, worzella said:

Sorry I did not have the formula to add it all up.

 

Just highlight the items in the column and hit the "Sum" button.  I did the same thing ordering trim parts for the repaint of my former 75 Mintgrun Car, very depressing when you add it all up, see file below.

 

Mark92131

~$75MintGrunBMW2002Parts.xlsx

Edited January 18, 2019 by Mark92131
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[Simeon]

Anything significant that you ended up buying that wasn’t on the list?

 

You should post the spreadsheet as an aid to those who may wish to do similar. 

[Dudeland]

32 minutes ago, Mark92131 said:

 

Just highlight the items in the column and hit the "Sum" button.

 

Mark92131

Beat me to it. 

[xr4tic]

I posted this in my last blog entry, but here is almost everything I bought for my engine rebuild

 

Parts from IE, Blunt, FCP, and ebay.  Definite savings by shopping around.

 

[TobyB]

15 hours ago, Mark92131 said:

 

Just highlight the items in the column and hit the "Sum" button.  I did the same thing ordering trim parts for the repaint of my former 75 Mintgrun Car, very depressing when you add it all up, see file below.

 

Mark92131

~$75MintGrunBMW2002Parts.xlsx

 

Oooohhhh- don't do that...  Just because you CAN, does not mean you SHOULD!

 

The money's spent, the job's done, go enjoy it!

 

My version of a budget is to get prices for everything I can find, 

add it all up-

 

then double it, and add a 50% coningency on top.

 

That usually pays for half of it...

 

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