Cheapest Supercars You Can Run On A Day To Day Basis?

[ROB2828]

What are the cheapest supercars you can actually run on a day to day basis? I'm starting to wonder how much supercars would cost to run regularly and if it would be possible to keep up with the bills. Obviously there are many things to consider here such as depreciation, maintenance, road tax and insurance costs, so please keep these in mind.

....and if supercars are too expensive to run, what cars offer the same thrills but can be used everyday?

[MJK 24]

Very vague question!

Depends on your definition of a Supercar for one I suppose! Ferrari 355's (if you consider them to be a supercar) have stopped depriciating. Yet if you were to do 15k per annum in one for 3 years, it's going to knock a chunk of its value and cost a fair but in maintenance if you put it into a garage for every little job that crops up!

What're you considering?

There was someone on one of the Lotus forums who ran an Evora (not a supercar) to 38k miles in less than 18 months.

[davepoth]

It's going to be a 996 Carrera 2. I doubt it'll cost any more than a`new Mondeo to run, aside from insurance and fuel.

[MJK 24]

davepoth said:

It's going to be a 996 Carrera 2. I doubt it'll cost any more than a`new Mondeo to run, aside from insurance and fuel.

Is that a supercar though? The value for money factor cannot be ignored however. They just made so many of the things that they were never going to hold out price wise long term.

[ROB2828]

Okay, well what i call a supercar is anything special really, something quick and something that's going to attract attention. For example, Maserati 3200, Aston Martin DB7 or Noble M12 3R.

[MJK 24]

ROB2828 said:

Okay, well what i call a supercar is anything special really, something quick and something that's going to attract attention. For example, Maserati 3200, Aston Martin DB7 or Noble M12 3R.

What would your annual mileage be?

[Steve996]

996 Turbo takes a bit of beating, less worries about big engine bills than a cooking 996 too. I'm seriously thinking of getting one this year as a toy.

[anonymous-user]

Audi r8, 5 years warranty for a few k, then factor in consumables should allow worrying about costly issues.

Not a true super car to some but I think they look amazing.

Another would be a 911 TT or GT2.

[ruff'n'smov]

davepoth said:

It's going to be a 996 Carrera 2. I doubt it'll cost any more than a`new Mondeo to run, aside from insurance and fuel.

How can you say it won't cost anymore than a new Mondeo to run. Except for fuel and Insurance.

Tyres, consumables of any description, servicing. everything.....
mmmmm might be worth it though

Even the bloody Porsche air freshner costs 5 quid more FFS

Edited by ruff'n'smov on Saturday 28th January 21:54

[ceebmoj]

ruff'n'smov said:

davepoth said:

It's going to be a 996 Carrera 2. I doubt it'll cost any more than a`new Mondeo to run, aside from insurance and fuel.

How can you say it won't cost anymore than a new Mondeo to run. Except for fuel and Insurance.

Tyres, consumables of any description, servicing. everything.....
mmmmm might be worth it though

Even the bloody Porsche air freshner costs 5 quid more FFS

Edited by ruff'n'smov on Saturday 28th January 21:54

Cost of tyres is not to be underestimated

[Adam111]

I reckon the noble m12 is right up there when it comes to budget supercars... but of course i am biased!!

[davepoth]

ceebmoj said:

ruff'n'smov said:

davepoth said:

It's going to be a 996 Carrera 2. I doubt it'll cost any more than a`new Mondeo to run, aside from insurance and fuel.

How can you say it won't cost anymore than a new Mondeo to run. Except for fuel and Insurance.

Tyres, consumables of any description, servicing. everything.....
mmmmm might be worth it though

Even the bloody Porsche air freshner costs 5 quid more FFS

Edited by ruff'n'smov on Saturday 28th January 21:54

Cost of tyres is not to be underestimated

911 996 Carrera 2 runs on 205/50 R17s at the front, and 255/40 R17s at the back. Which means rubber can be had for not ridiculous sums of money (certainly the fronts are well into repmobile territory these days, and the rears are the standard size for an E90 3 series as far as I can tell). The first indie I checked, in London, charges £65 an hour. That's really not that bad at all, compared to a Ford main dealer. It's not mad money by any stretch of the imagination if you don't go to the main stealers, and for a 14 year old car, why would you?

http://www.portiacraft.com/workshop.asp

[redgriff500]

An old Ferrari.

Still a supercar albeit a modern hot hatch is probably faster.

No electronics, cheap tyres, no real depreciation.

[trackdemon]

Honda NSX's are a great shout. Peanuts to run as very well built and little serious to go wrong - engines/gearbox's very tough. Low insurance, normal Honda service prices, depreciation proof (going up if anything right now).

[0a]

Audi R8.

[RWD cossie wil]

I would find it very hard to look past a 996 turbo for that job.... A TVR Cerbera with the Rover V8 should be pretty good if you don't mind tinkering as well.

[ESOG]

Lotus Esprit.

[Hughesie]

Left field choice for me.

M6

500+ bhp
200+ mph
4 seats so fairly practicle

Eats most supercars, but then I am biased...

[bakerstreet]

Porsche 996
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
BMW M3 (E46)

Loads of specialists around for the porsche, but I dont believe they have the same running costs as a Mondeo.

[Johnston]

C5 Corvette. Cheap to buy. Looks and sounds every bit a supercar, 170 MPH, 5 sec 0-60. Very reliable and relatively cheap to run.