Heard about this on the news this morning and sure enough it is one of the 6 Veyron's listed on Autotrader - at £899k.
Then I thought - prices of the six vary by £300k - and they are all similar age so would I really want one? After all colour can't have that big an effect - you will get a very good re-spray for £300k.
Also listed on Autotrader today are
Ferrari Daytona 365 Spyder GTB at £240k (red of course) and possibly free road tax!
Mercedes E63AMG Estate at £72k (silver of course)
Lamborgini Mucielago LP640 at £140k (yellow of course)
Leaving some change for a brand new MX5 for inconspicuous fun, a new diesel Golf for winter and nearly £400k in the bank for insurance, upkeep and fuel.
Would you buy the Bugatti????????
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As the Rolls Royce dealer used to say looking down his nose "If one has to ask the price, one can clearly not afford it"
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Button's example was acquired secondhand, but it's not even run in yet with just 1,500 miles on the clock.....
Perhaps he couldn't afford to run it?
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Apparently (schhhh I read this in the Sunday Times)
The First service is £15k
You need to change the tryes every 2500 miles at £6325 each
THEN the wheels every 3rd tyre change at £29K
You get two years warranty, but warranty for year three is £38k or £63k for year three and four
Its estimated that just 4 years of ownership, 3000 miles and £275k of depreciation would cost £38.51 per mile.
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would cost £38.51 per mile.
That's cheap. I was thinking of making an offer, but have decided against. Wouldn't want to go about looking like a pauper.
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>> would cost £38.51 per mile.
I think I can just about afford a two mile test drive. Should be fun!
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If I was seriously rich, then I'd have one. The maintenance costs for the people who can afford these cars is pocket money. Even a top footballer could afford these running costs within their weekly wage.
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'3,000 miles in four years' - just goes to show doesn't? These things aren't bought as cars, just toys to be played with and discarded. That's why threequarters of the Ferraris in this world have never actually been anywhere - 30,000 miles in 30 years and an engine rebuild somewhere along the line most of 'em. Everyone seems to say now you have to change Ferrari cambelts every two years, whether the car is used or not. What do they do, crumble to dust?
The specialist trade must be laughing up its collective sleeve.
Anyway, to get back to the OP's question: a Bentley Continental, either a 1959 Mulliner coupe with the last of the six-cylinder engines or a 1995 Continental R. And I'd have enough petrol money to make sure it led a working life.
AE - I think the quote about 'if you have to ask the price you can't afford it' was usually credited to Ettore Bugatti, the man who made the real ones...
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I think id save a whole lotta money and get a Bentley Brooklands and an Arnage in light blue please and with the change, id buy a house :-)
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change Ferrari cambelts every two years whether the car is used or not. What do they do crumble to dust?
sounds like you have not discovered the joys of owning an italian vehicle.
wires made of coloured pasta, electrical connections made of cheese and plastic chrome that still rusts. ahh hours of fun.
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The one for sale at £1,000,000 is descibed as unregistered but with 3000 miles.
That's a lot of test drives on trade plates!
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The one for sale at £1 000 000 is descibed as unregistered but with 3000 miles. That's a lot of test drives on trade plates!
at 38 quid a mile thats 90ks worth of test drives.
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