Maybe now we know why the Veyron owner sunk his...
01-18-2010, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by NuncoStr8,Jan 17 2010, 12:06 PM
Did someone expect cheap maintenance on a car that costs over a million dollars?
The car is what it is. What it is not is a cheap daily driver in any way shape or form.
The car is what it is. What it is not is a cheap daily driver in any way shape or form.
So I guess the S2000 comes in at roughly ~30k so that means you can assume that ~$6,000 annual maintenance is fine?
01-18-2010, 12:22 PM
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As I already pointed out, the car won't cost remotely close to $300K a year to maintain. Someone made up some numbers, nearly doubled what they come up with, then pronounced it as fact.
If you drive the Veyron a lot, it will cost you a lot but still nowhere near $300K. However, it's not the sort of car you put thousands of miles on every year. The risk of wrecking it (even through no fault of your own) is too great to do more than drive it occasionally, even if it's fully insured. Who wants a "fixed" Veyron?
If you drive the Veyron a lot, it will cost you a lot but still nowhere near $300K. However, it's not the sort of car you put thousands of miles on every year. The risk of wrecking it (even through no fault of your own) is too great to do more than drive it occasionally, even if it's fully insured. Who wants a "fixed" Veyron?
01-18-2010, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NEODYMIUM,Jan 18 2010, 12:10 PM
Even if I had enough money to easily buy and maintain a Veyron, I'd still be pissed if I had to fork out $30-$40K for a set of tires.
01-18-2010, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 08YellowCR,Jan 17 2010, 07:23 PM
So true man i just spent $600 on 2 rear tires for the CR. And 2 days ago i bought me a beater to take my CRs spot as a DD. The beater cost me $450.
any tips on what i should be looking for?
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Excerpt: Here are just a few names of some owners, Richard Berry (Yellowpages) Ferdinand Piechs' wife (he was the former chairman of VW) she has chassis number 007, Ralph Lauren, Tom Cruise, Simon Cowell, Tom Brady (New England Patriots quarterback) and the most outrageously painted bright pink example belongs to Nigo the Japanese fashion designer...
There is absolutely no way to describe the feeling of power, unless perhaps you have been in a Formula 1 car or an F-18 Hornet trainer. The W-16, quad-turbo, 64 valve engine and seven speed DSG gearbox which I had just flipped into 4th gear was putting out 800-hp on the 1001-hp gauge. Things were happening so quickly that I daren't take my eyes off the road to even look at the tachometer....
I have already given you a few names of owners who can afford to pay $137,500 for each of the 16 cylinders. Schulenberg told me that customers are only paying for the car and not the development. He is probably correct, considering they lose $300,000 to $400,000 on every one that they build.
The price of admission is just the starting point. The manufacturer recommends that you change the tires every 4,000 kms, with careful driving you could probably stretch that to 10,000 kms. Each specially built tire is worth $10,000; it is suggested that you change the wheels every three tire changes, which will set you back $60,000. Throw in the scheduled maintenance, insurance for a 40-year-old male with a clean driving record, fuel and what else you can think of and your yearly running costs will be approaching $300,000.
Source: http://www.theprovince.com/World+greatest+...1597/story.html
There is absolutely no way to describe the feeling of power, unless perhaps you have been in a Formula 1 car or an F-18 Hornet trainer. The W-16, quad-turbo, 64 valve engine and seven speed DSG gearbox which I had just flipped into 4th gear was putting out 800-hp on the 1001-hp gauge. Things were happening so quickly that I daren't take my eyes off the road to even look at the tachometer....
I have already given you a few names of owners who can afford to pay $137,500 for each of the 16 cylinders. Schulenberg told me that customers are only paying for the car and not the development. He is probably correct, considering they lose $300,000 to $400,000 on every one that they build.
The price of admission is just the starting point. The manufacturer recommends that you change the tires every 4,000 kms, with careful driving you could probably stretch that to 10,000 kms. Each specially built tire is worth $10,000; it is suggested that you change the wheels every three tire changes, which will set you back $60,000. Throw in the scheduled maintenance, insurance for a 40-year-old male with a clean driving record, fuel and what else you can think of and your yearly running costs will be approaching $300,000.
Source: http://www.theprovince.com/World+greatest+...1597/story.html
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