Is a Zonda really worth it?
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PinkHouse said:
Watch the Harry's Garage video of why he sold his many years ago. Essentially the running costs (insurance/servicing etc) over a few years would have dwarfed the purchase price many times over. I'd hate to think what those costs would be today given the values.
Really not true. Insurance is expensive due to value but servicing isn’t too bad. I had my first one same time as Harry, insurance was couple of grand and servicing similar . Give then values have gone 30x then really not and issue. andy74b said:
PinkHouse said:
Watch the Harry's Garage video of why he sold his many years ago. Essentially the running costs (insurance/servicing etc) over a few years would have dwarfed the purchase price many times over. I'd hate to think what those costs would be today given the values.
Really not true. Insurance is expensive due to value but servicing isn’t too bad. I had my first one same time as Harry, insurance was couple of grand and servicing similar . Give then values have gone 30x then really not and issue. I also seem to remember a titanium exhaust manifold being discussed and Harry nearly falling off his chair to be quoted £20k.
But, to be fair, I think servicing is reasonable - it's the upgrades that are £££££££
Yours is lovely Andy74b - I have to ask, who came up with 'Attack'? You or Pagani?
But, to be fair, I think servicing is reasonable - it's the upgrades that are £££££££
Yours is lovely Andy74b - I have to ask, who came up with 'Attack'? You or Pagani?
PinkHouse said:
Watch the Harry's Garage video of why he sold his many years ago. Essentially the running costs (insurance/servicing etc) over a few years would have dwarfed the purchase price many times over. I'd hate to think what those costs would be today given the values.
Really not true. Insurance is expensive due to value but servicing isn’t too bad. I had my first one same time as Harry, insurance was couple of grand and servicing similar . Give then values have gone 30x then really not and issue. I think official work can be expensive (I remember a 30k paint job being discussed years ago), but think a lot of the engine stuff can be quite cheap. I think one owner in the past just stuck his car into the local Merc dealership for a bunch of the stuff as a lot of it was standard parts there?
Andy had one of the earliest cars, tried a few other things and went back. So a bit different to a new buyer going for one to me.
Still Mulling said:
ChocolateFrog said:
It's funny reading back with hindsight.
Doesn't seem that any of the posters looking for cars in this thread actually bought one?
Unless they did and never came back to update.
5 posts above.Doesn't seem that any of the posters looking for cars in this thread actually bought one?
Unless they did and never came back to update.
TBCTBC said:
PinkHouse said:
I think he mentioned that the car had to be trailered back and forth to Italy which massively added to the cost, perhaps the situation has changed now?
I thnk Harry said insurance was £9k and think there are service centres in the UK now.Now third party only after a lot of years of paying that - people in the UK are so lucky on insurance cost (and when it was in the shop for a no fault repair the courtesy car would have been a c220 or sth like that which I declined for obvious reasons and just accepted being down a car for 5 months)
I believe there is only one C12 still in its original spec that's still owned by a Belgian lady. The others have all been upgraded over the years.
I think Horacio tried for many years to buy it back off her unsuccessfully.
Nicest spec I've seen was the Tricolore which I saw at the old Pagani factory many years ago.
And once you see the smiley face in the lights and indicator it's impossible not to see
I think Horacio tried for many years to buy it back off her unsuccessfully.
Nicest spec I've seen was the Tricolore which I saw at the old Pagani factory many years ago.
And once you see the smiley face in the lights and indicator it's impossible not to see
Davey S2 said:
I believe there is only one C12 still in its original spec that's still owned by a Belgian lady. The others have all been upgraded over the years.
I think Horacio tried for many years to buy it back off her unsuccessfully.
Nicest spec I've seen was the Tricolore which I saw at the old Pagani factory many years ago.
And once you see the smiley face in the lights and indicator it's impossible not to see
You've ruined it for me forever!I think Horacio tried for many years to buy it back off her unsuccessfully.
Nicest spec I've seen was the Tricolore which I saw at the old Pagani factory many years ago.
And once you see the smiley face in the lights and indicator it's impossible not to see
That's a truly stunning spec though
Yes the Belgian one is a yellow coupe.
They differ from the later C12S as it has the one large rear wing as opposed to the twin smaller ones that later cars had
Coyft bought a yellow roadster a good few years back. He seems to have disappeared from here though so no idea if he still has it.
They differ from the later C12S as it has the one large rear wing as opposed to the twin smaller ones that later cars had
Coyft bought a yellow roadster a good few years back. He seems to have disappeared from here though so no idea if he still has it.
coyft said:
Very excited! Just bought a Pagani Zonda S Roadster in yellow! It's a 2004 with 4,000 miles, I'm looking forward to putting a lot more miles on it. 
Will post some decent pics when I collect it.
Looking back at an old thread on here about Zonda's there's one from 2006 which mentions Chris Palmer (owned an orange F1 amongst other things and was on 5th Gear) who's Zonda was sold for just over £200K. Will post some decent pics when I collect it.
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