Ceramics are the one thing I would prefer not to have specced on any car that I own. The cost:benefit would just never make sense for me on a road car.
There's probably a market for downwards conversions.
I think you're basically swapping depreciation for running costs, ish. Depends how old you go, back far enough to something relatively basic under the skin but still special (996 Turbo?) shouldn't throw any humungous bills and hold it's value. Something like a R-Tronic V10 R8 however, potential for big bills!
As usual, do your research and have an emergency fund.
Radiators and turbo shouldn't be anything like that, i should know as i've had both done.My mate had an old 996 Turbo, two years into ownership, he got an 11k bill, that was a specialist, not OPC.
Radiators, turbo rebuild and some other stuff, it quickly adds up.
You either get lucky, or you do not.
About 20 years ago I was looking at buying a Porsche 928 GTS and a mate said to me: "It may be supercar performance for banger money, but it comes with all the usual banger problems for supercar money".
Radiators and turbo shouldn't be anything like that, i should know as i've had both done.
Fair enough, I should mention I had most of the work done by a local garage not an OPC. One thing that really surprised me is the life of the tyres, I had PS2s all round (an old Tyre, but N rated) and I could easily get 15k out the rears, I think I only changed them once in 40k (while alternating winters). By comparison, my m3 is getting close to 3 mill after 1 year (also swapped out with winters). I still think Porsche is the cheapest supersupercar to buy and run, any others that cost less?There was quite a big list, those were around half the cost, then just lots of other stuff all adding up.
They are cheap on camaro Z28Ceramics are not cheap on any car!
I still think Porsche is the cheapest supersupercar to buy and run, any others that cost less?
My mate had an old 996 Turbo, two years into ownership, he got an 11k bill, that was a specialist, not OPC.
Radiators, turbo rebuild and some other stuff, it quickly adds up.
You either get lucky, or you do not.
With any performance car i'd recommend a warranty so its not an issue. I couldn't get one on mine due to age (and possibly mileage) as mine was a 51 plate. Just for reference though, i remember my dad having an audi a3 2.0 tdi in early 2000's (he was a sales rep) and the turbo died on that and demolished the engine. It was a lease car so not his problem but the bill was 6k and thats for a normal car. I think supercars aren't that much more. Another example, one of my neighbours had a b class diesel and said the last service cost £1000 which is a lot for a mainstream car imo.Never mind the Turbo, a friend of ours recently managed to generate a £25k bill on a not-very-old Carrera 4S.
I’m not sure exactly what happened other than “an engine problem” - I’ll have to quiz her in more detail when she’s calmed down a bit. Currently any mention of the car will cause her to grab the nearest object and throw it at you.
This is probably the best way to describe it.
There's a chap in Streatham who has a 911 Turbo, the generation with the IMS bearing issue?.