Bugatti Veyron as a daily driver?

[type-r]

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.

[k-ink]

If you don't need to work for a living why not. I would.

[steveo3002]

lazy job on the photos

[Fort Jefferson]

steveo3002 said:

lazy job on the photos

^^^^^^
This, tells a story in it's self.

[toerag]

[BlackLabel]

For once an expensive supercar which hasn't had a haircut - now that's a rarity.

The running costs for so many miles must have been eye watering.

[Kawasicki]

Probably make a great daily driver, in Germany. Driving one in the uk would be a wee bit frustrating for me.

[rich85uk]

Fair play to the owner, if he chooses that as his daily runner i wonder what his weekend car's are

whatever he has im sure the combined running costs on all his cars are staggering!

[soad]

Obviously could afford it.

[The Nur]

type-r said:

Someone who can actually afford to run the car that they have chosen!

EFA.

[exigepete]

Awesome, would love to be rich enough to have a Veyron as a 'Daily Hack' !

[exigepete]

Awesome, would love to be rich enough to have a Veyron as a 'Daily Hack' !

[exigepete]

Awesome, would love to be rich enough to have a Veyron as a 'Daily Hack' !

[stuart-b]

8 litres, 45,000 miles - barely run in !

[CraigyMc]

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:

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.

[JiggyJaggy]

Craigy those figures are mind blowing!!

[soad]

I knew someone would work out the running cost.

[CraigyMc]

JiggyJaggy said:

Craigy those figures are mind blowing!!

Agreed.

They are from previous threads on the topic, but the original source of most of them is Evo. It's not like you can even change to cheaper tyres or wheels as the Veyron has in-wheel pressure sensors which it won't work without and tyres you can only get through the factory.

If anything, the numbers have revised upward.

To be honest, I think VW Group/Bugatti would prefer it if people bought Veyrons then didn't use them.

[CraigyMc]

soad said:

I knew someone would work out the running cost.

[clarkmagpie]

CraigyMc said:

Using 2009 prices for things:

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.

Wow. Just wow!
And the lads at work took the piss at my £700 for new tyres!