Just thought i'd share this (taken from Evo magazine, Jan 2006 issue). Don't ever feel too bad about the cost of our obsession !!:
Chap counting the cost of his Lambo Murcielago (car in rather a fetching orange I must say):
- acquired Sept 2004, total mileage in just over a year of 21,021 miles
- insurance 2,600
- first service 1,129
- second service 2,908
- third service 995
- two addn oil changes 370
- 2 sets of pirellis 1,816
- brake pads 303
- exhaust (he says .. optional but advisable ..) 2,800
- i won't include the Sat Nav ... not strictly mechanical
- petrol .. .average 11 mpg ... 7,850
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS ... just under 21,000
Now that's not A$, it's not even US$ ... that is POUNDS STERLING !!!!
AND THEN .... there's more ....
- depreciation ... at least 35,000 POUNDS ... in a year
- nose job paint spray of 1,500
and lastly, he says he needs to keep the mileage down as it's replacement is due in the next few months ....
Chap counting the cost of his Lambo Murcielago (car in rather a fetching orange I must say):
- acquired Sept 2004, total mileage in just over a year of 21,021 miles
- insurance 2,600
- first service 1,129
- second service 2,908
- third service 995
- two addn oil changes 370
- 2 sets of pirellis 1,816
- brake pads 303
- exhaust (he says .. optional but advisable ..) 2,800
- i won't include the Sat Nav ... not strictly mechanical
- petrol .. .average 11 mpg ... 7,850
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS ... just under 21,000
Now that's not A$, it's not even US$ ... that is POUNDS STERLING !!!!
AND THEN .... there's more ....
- depreciation ... at least 35,000 POUNDS ... in a year
- nose job paint spray of 1,500
and lastly, he says he needs to keep the mileage down as it's replacement is due in the next few months ....