Exige S running costs

[Scranville]

What would a MY06 Exige S cost to service if I did 10K miles in it per year? Having had a look at various posts I've seen one that says £200 a year, and another at £500 every 9 months. That's quite a difference!

[Phil-CH]

Scranville said:

What would a MY06 Exige S cost to service if I did 10K miles in it per year? Having had a look at various posts I've seen one that says £200 a year, and another at £500 every 9 months. That's quite a difference!

I'm not sure about the prices in the UK, but I would think £ 500 a year is more like it.

First service is a A service (after sales) which isn't expensive (I think mine was free) after the drive in procedure.

Then it's 2 B services (every B service comes in at around 10K miles) and is oil-change among others.

The expensive one is the C service.

So it's something like A, (2k miles) B, (10k miles) B (10k miles), C, (10k miles) B, .. B, .. C, .....

[Scranville]

Thanks!

[Shnozz]

If you are genuinly concerned about £500 every 9 months to run this sort of car I would be questionning whether you can really afford it.

[RichyBoy]

Its more than £500 a year to run. What about tyres £600 each 5000 miles, brake pads if track use and then there is the desire to modify.

[bogie]

Shnozz said:

If you are genuinly concerned about £500 every 9 months to run this sort of car I would be questionning whether you can really afford it.

I do always find it slightly bemusing on here (and other car forums) where people are going to buy a £35K car and then ask these questions ...at least we arnt discussing whether it does 30 or 35Mpg

dont forget the biggest running cost of all is depreciation - bank on £500-£750 a month if you buy new...if you are going to do 10K a year in it, id try to find a 6-12month old one in the right spec which will take the sting out of it a bit

[111KAB]

10,000 miles a year means, as a minimum 2 sets of rear tyres and one set of fronts = best part of £1k if you run A048's. Insurance is going to be at least £500 and road tax £205. Add the depreciation mentioned plus your annual service and a drop of petrol. Drive it hard and there will be some wear and tear and a new set of pads each year.
111 KAB

[S Works]

I don't think there is a Lotus in the world that costs £500 a year to maintain.
~£1k in my experience, and that's before tax, insurance and petrol.

[Gooby]

S Works said:

I don't think there is a Lotus in the world that costs £500 a year to maintain.
~£1k in my experience, and that's before tax, insurance and petrol.

...and tyres...

[Furyous]

Toyota service intervals are every 9k miles.

First aftersales service, then 9k, 18k(9k), 27(9k + air filter)

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[shangani]

Gooby said:

S Works said:

I don't think there is a Lotus in the world that costs £500 a year to maintain.
~£1k in my experience, and that's before tax, insurance and petrol.

...and tyres...

£500 a month more like, especially the way I go through tyres!

[Scranville]

Thanks for the replies; all points appreciated.