Bugatti Veyron as a daily driver?
Discussion
Jim Campbell said:
The wheel thing has always struck me as nonsense. I think i read that the SS wheels are longer lasting. Wheels on certain aircraft have a more difficult job and they don't need changing nearly as often(to my knowledge).
Perhaps an engineer can chime in but it seems to me if they were at all worried about the stress the wheels could have been put under they would have them X-ray'd at 7500 miles. Prancing around Monaco isn't going to stress them, i doubt Vmax runs would either.
Absolutely right!Perhaps an engineer can chime in but it seems to me if they were at all worried about the stress the wheels could have been put under they would have them X-ray'd at 7500 miles. Prancing around Monaco isn't going to stress them, i doubt Vmax runs would either.
We ran a GT1 Porsche in British GT and the Porsche manual said, change the brakes every 1000 kms. We looked at them real closely and could detect little wear, let alone any damage. So the boss said 'leave them on'. So we did and they did the year (and the Championship)...
Porsche MS went apes
t of course, but Germans are pedantic about the safety items and product liability. (Listening Italy?)The Veyron's quite a difficult case though because they have the run-flat inserts so any slight mis-machining gets exaggerated big time. They go apoplectic over the correct mounting of new tyres which is why they need to go back to Michelin.
I mean everytime you run to 250 mph +, it's going to shake itself to pieces ...
Plus the fact of course, that clouting a curb can easily upset the balance, the 'round' etc
I guess of the UK Veyrons, exactly none have done more that 225 ...
Or used the second key.
Absolute hogwash.
Its the work required..CraigyMc said:
type-r said:
Approx mileage: 70,000 km!
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Someone with money to burn! On the other hand, nice to see these cars used rather than sitting in a garage as a museum piece.
Using 2009 prices for things:http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Someone with money to burn! On the other hand, nice to see these cars used rather than sitting in a garage as a museum piece.
18 new sets of tyres (replaced every 2500 miles) at £6325 per tyre is £455400 in tyres.
6 new sets of wheels (replaced every 7500 miles) at £29900 per set is £179400 in wheels.
So, £634K just in tyres and wheels for 45,000 miles.
In context, the new price for a brand new McLaren F1 at launch was £634K.
It's £13,465 for each yearly service, and if you want to extend the standard 2 year warranty by another two years, that's another £63,000.
I expect that the service prices are aimed at people so wealthy they don't notice.
There can be no justification for replacing the tyres and wheels on anything other than a condition basis and no reason why you wouldn't just get the wheels refurbished if they were showing cosmetic damage.
My suspicion is that anyone driving a Veyron as a daily driver will probably do this.
I remember reading that VW lost millions on each car made so I presume they are trying to recoup this via servicing costs...
Also funny how after 5/6 years on sale they still have some available when the P1/Le Ferrari etc... sold out in a few weeks it has almost been a sales flop when you look at it that way!
Also funny how after 5/6 years on sale they still have some available when the P1/Le Ferrari etc... sold out in a few weeks it has almost been a sales flop when you look at it that way!
007 VXR said:
How much does it cost to fill the tank on one of them BIG yachts ?
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527...
Twisted Vicar said:
007 VXR said:
How much does it cost to fill the tank on one of them BIG yachts ?
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527...
Banister $60K
2 landing boats $1M each
$20M a year maintaince
Makes running a Bugatti sound cheap
007 VXR said:
DanielSan said:
drivin_me_nuts said:
But perhaps compared to owning a yacht or a 747, those costs become 'reasonable'.
Exactly this. It's all a question of scale... How much does it cost to fill the tank on one of them BIG yachts ?
Plus in the whole scheme of "big yachts", a 150ft sunseeker is run of the mill. With the big boys (abromavich etc) floating around in 500-600ft yachts which cost in excess of $500m to build! I can only assume their fuel tanks must have a capacity of around 1,000,000L!!!!
greggy50 said:
I remember reading that VW lost millions on each car made so I presume they are trying to recoup this via servicing costs...!
nope. The servicing is done via a dealer network. The parts are supplied by the factory, but the labour bill (huge on a Veyron, it may only be nuts and bolts but an average mechanic would have no chance!) goes into the dealers till...Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff