Thread: How much have you spent so far

$60 for a used Earthmate
$7.99 for Regular Bondo
$10.99 for Fibre-Reinforced Bondo

Lets see, this is just quick off the top of my head, all funds in Canadian Dollars

PC STUFF
Old PC - 150
80 Gig HD - 100
Bluetooth Dongle - 60
SoundBlaster GO USB - 90
Mini USB Keyboard - 40
450 Watt Inverter - 50
Misc Switches/cables for Comp - 40

TOTAL PC - $530

Car Audio Stuff
2 - 300W Visonik Amps (2 Channels each) - 140
1 - Rockford Fostgate 300 Sub Amp - 250
Infinity Perfect 10 and box - 550
Pioneer Headunit with MP3 and Aux In - 550
6.5 Visonik Components - 100
6 x 9 Pioneer Speakers - 80
2 - Amp Wiring Kits - 40

TOTAL CAR AUDIO - $1710

TOTAL $2240


hahaha, my car cost only $2500, and i dont' even have a screen yet.

Granted most of my money was spent before I got into CarPCs, Every dollar was worth it.

seesig

QUOTE : *Slot Slim DVD Drive - $65.00

Is that a cdrw as well ?

May I ask where you purchased it? I have fond the Panasonic slim slot drive for 70 at two differnt sites (new egg and another) but both are out of stock and everywhere else is charging upwards of a 100 dollars

Well over 1500$. Didn't have anything to start with. All the components are brand new...Linitx TS, M10000, 512RAM, 120HDD, DVD, Opus 150W, Travla C137, GPS, CCD back up cam, rear view switcher, USB HUB, USB irda, rf kb&mouse, wireless lan... and miles and miles of high quality cables...

Hmmm.... Here, let me give it a shot.

Truckputer:
Xenarc 700TSV: $430
VIA M12000: $230
Opus 90W: $160
60GB HD: $50
512MB RAM: $80
CDRW/DVD: $35
Wireless-G PCMCIA: $30
USB Bluetooth: $30
Bluetooth Phone: $520
Bluelogger GPS: $150
iGuidance 2.0: $100
Supplies to build case: $30
*In-Dash Xenarc: $500
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Total: $2345

Audio System:
1200 Watt Amp: $650
12" eD Subs: $270
eDi 6.5" Speakers and NINE.2 Amp: $465
Pioneer HU: $320
Wires: $60
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Total: $1765

Grand total: $4119


* To be purchased in a week.




That's just if I got everything... I'm sure I missed some stuff...

EPIA MII10k MB w/512mb ram, 60gb HD, slim DVD, Morex case & 60W Pwr supply-$549
Rayming GPS and iGuidance 2.0 software-$170
Carnetix P1260 regulator & shutdown controller-$85
Lilliput 7" VGA w/touchscreen-$269
Gyration wireless keyboard & mouse combo-$110
DLink 802.11g wi-fi card-$40
XMPCR-$250 (I know!, I know!)
USB hub-$30
Total CarPC - $1,503

Misc wiring, materials, etc-$100

Total project cost - $1,603

OUCH! I'm sorry I went back and added everything up!!

Let's see...
I estimate that I've spent 1000 hours over the past 4 years reading MP3Car.com and building my machine. I bill myself out at $60/hr (I know, cheap) so that would come to $60,000.
Minus hardware, coffee, and pizza expenses, of course.

im guessing with my
xenarc
gps
m10k
256ram
120GB HD
cables
PSU


around 800