Runing costs ?
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hi chaps... i know its a how long piece of string question
but how much should one budget for running a 3r for ~6k miles a year, no trackdays
also, is there any info online about servicing and consummables costs and also common problems, costs of rebuilds, new turbos, diffs etc... so I can fully reasearch the outer margins of what ownership might cost ?
cheers, R
but how much should one budget for running a 3r for ~6k miles a year, no trackdays
also, is there any info online about servicing and consummables costs and also common problems, costs of rebuilds, new turbos, diffs etc... so I can fully reasearch the outer margins of what ownership might cost ?
cheers, R
Had my GTO-3 for a year already BUT only done 2k 
in that time its been petrol/insurance etc, will be a service soon tho. erm thats about it. 
Some info here if you not seen it www.gto3.com
in that time its been petrol/insurance etc, will be a service soon tho. erm thats about it. Some info here if you not seen it www.gto3.com
done 13k miles in mine since I got it last June...
Services have been around £750 (6k intervals) as I had the biggest one and a few things like ball joints... also I had a set of rear tyres (fronts are still original at 25k!!!).
Its doing around 25-30mpg and using very little consumables between services.
I have had the windscreen wiper snap off and had to replace the ecu due to a starting fault (not that expensive)... but its never actually let me down and has seen some horrible weather.... guess i have been lucky tho as some have had a lot of trouble.
Overall so far its the same money to run as my E36 M3.
Services have been around £750 (6k intervals) as I had the biggest one and a few things like ball joints... also I had a set of rear tyres (fronts are still original at 25k!!!).
Its doing around 25-30mpg and using very little consumables between services.
I have had the windscreen wiper snap off and had to replace the ecu due to a starting fault (not that expensive)... but its never actually let me down and has seen some horrible weather.... guess i have been lucky tho as some have had a lot of trouble.
Overall so far its the same money to run as my E36 M3.
Had my GTO-3 for a couple of months.
The floors seem to leek, I have pulled the carpets out of mine, wiped all the tacky sticky off the floor, had the seats out (easy enough to do 4 bolts), put some LSX sealer around all the joins, also painted the underneath of the car with joint sealer. Not expensive but well worth doing as otherwise the carpets soon start to stink badly.
Electrical joints seem to be a problem in the engine bay, had to have my relay bases redone with new units (£300-00).
Services seem to be about the £700-00 - £1000-00 mark but remember that they have 6000 miles intervals.
I am about to put a BOV on mine which seems to help the life of the turbos and turbo lag.
Its never going to be a cheap car to own / run but then how many rocket ships are.
The floors seem to leek, I have pulled the carpets out of mine, wiped all the tacky sticky off the floor, had the seats out (easy enough to do 4 bolts), put some LSX sealer around all the joins, also painted the underneath of the car with joint sealer. Not expensive but well worth doing as otherwise the carpets soon start to stink badly.
Electrical joints seem to be a problem in the engine bay, had to have my relay bases redone with new units (£300-00).
Services seem to be about the £700-00 - £1000-00 mark but remember that they have 6000 miles intervals.
I am about to put a BOV on mine which seems to help the life of the turbos and turbo lag.
Its never going to be a cheap car to own / run but then how many rocket ships are.
guys thanks,
happy to do work on the car... in fact i would want to get my hands greasy
used to custom caterhams, older generation lotuses and the like so not unused to a bit of unreliability and niggles. The one thing that would concern me is if the engine has a propensity to fail e.g. oil starvation issues etc. (i know about the baffled sump and ful pump wiring)
From a durability point of view would the M400 be a better proposition having better upgraded components on it ?
happy to do work on the car... in fact i would want to get my hands greasy
used to custom caterhams, older generation lotuses and the like so not unused to a bit of unreliability and niggles. The one thing that would concern me is if the engine has a propensity to fail e.g. oil starvation issues etc. (i know about the baffled sump and ful pump wiring)
From a durability point of view would the M400 be a better proposition having better upgraded components on it ?
jackal said:
From a durability point of view would the M400 be a better proposition having better upgraded components on it ?
Hope so as just paid a deposit on one today!...will not be used regularly but the (s)miles will be hard ones. As it will be serviced before sale I am hoping that the costs of ownership will not be too significant (other than the usual petrol, tyres, brakes etc). It was a close decision between a Noble and an Ultima so hope I have made the right choice!!Gassing Station | Noble | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff