15th Dec 2017, 10:38
These cars used with this age are not really very expensive. Can be found with very low mileage. Parts and labor should be considered if you are buying one. This guy spent close to the used value of the car over a 2 year span. You want cachet or image, you pay.
10th May 2022, 14:58
True, but what is the real cost of running cars like this? Assuming you get a reliable one (why wouldn't you? These cars are owned by enthusiasts surely who look after them) after the buying price, insurance, and of course on going fuel costs for cars like this, surely the maintenance and repairs must at least be reasonable.
Not a car you buy for economy I know, but it must be feasible long term even for those with lots of cash, if like the reviewer stated that this car cost him thousands continually, you would be bankrupt after a few years of ownership if you used it for even close to average mileage.
At the very least, cars like this will hold their value when coming to sell, maybe even go up.
12th May 2022, 18:55
All the questions means why consider one. And if someone spends a lot on maintenance it doesn’t mean they will be bankrupt. They may own a jet paying $4500 or so an hour. The car is then peanuts. It’s not new either.
14th Dec 2017, 22:51
Its a European sports car for starters. But yes - repairing some of these can be very costly. For example I had a former housemate who owned an older Mercedes C class with a power sunroof. One day the sunroof failed to close. He took it in and it turned out the whole thing needed to be replaced at a cost of over $3,500. Still another person I knew owned a BMW 5 Series. One day one of the headlights stopped working. The fix was over $1,500 because a small ECU module had failed.
Another example: Audi Allroads. In order to work on most of the engine you have to remove the entire front clip of the car. So in many cases it's the cost of labor that adds up because many of these cars are not easy to service.