Been having an expensive time with cars recently:
£290 cambelt/waterpump change on the Passat
Serviced the Passat
Got the welding + mot done on the mini - £530
Only to find that I'd missed a few bits of rust and not asked them to do it!!! (so it still needs some more welding before a respray can be done)
And to top it all off on the way to pickup the mini and pay for the work on the mini, the Passat says "Engine Workshop!" and it's MOT is due this month