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After the recent flat battery saga, took the car for MOT today, passed ok. Advisories for front brake pads getting low and two tyres getting near wear limits. So two new tyres ordered, having Falken Ziex ZE-914's fitted Tuesday PM. I have a set of them on the Rover 75 and am impressed with them. I asked the tester to check the sills at the rear, fortunately all ok, so this year so far the car has/will cost me about £550 once the new tyres are fitted, four wheel alignment carried out and new pads fitted, just the insurance (£229) 15th of this month, and tax (£290) to pay for by December!!! Quite happy with that really as tyres, pads, tax and insurance are standard running costs. Hopefully set now for another year of happy motoring.

Ive had my car for nearly 2 years and have spent approximately £500 on it so far. Not doing too bad

Yup! It's your pride and joy, plenty of people spend plenty more money than us on their cars, and get less for their money I bet! I've spent equivalent to my original purchase price this year on maintenance and upgrades, but the total of what it owes me is pretty small considering what she is and how she goes. If they become the classics I expect them to in a few years, it'll be those that were looked after that'll be worth having. But forget the future and what the second hand market says they're worth, they're good, undervalued cars now and if we want to spend money keeping them up. As you have done, it is your / our choice and right to do so

Further update: Took the car to the local garage, they diagnosed glow plug relay stuck on (hence the battery drain), probably caused by the broken battery terminal, they ordered and fitted said unit, everything fine now I'm £200 lighter though. Happy with that though as apparently it's difficult to get at. I had to contact H A Fox in Cheltenham for the radio code, which they supplied free of charge, as the radio reset method in Paul's document only works on cars up to 2006. As everything has been reset, the car seems more responsive especially when accelerating quickly from stationary. Hopefully with a bit of "spirited" driving it will stay more responsive. All in all happy result for me.