R8 Running Costs

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Couldn’t find a section for R8's, so thought this was the next best place to find R8 owners.

A friend is looking at running one as his everyday car. Now that early examples are down at £50k they are starting to looking very good value. He does around 25kpa and is concerned about running costs. I think it will be one of the more "economic" supercars to run every day and am looking for some feedback from owners on the costs they have incurred and mpg they are achieving.

I realise mpg, tyres etc are very much determined by the driving style but it is much more realistic than looking at the manufacture quoted figures.

[steelej]

While there won't be a specific R8 section of the forum there is an Audi section, link below.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...

John.

[propaganda]

You may not get much help in the Audi section, I suggest you go to www.r8talk.com instead.

[franki68]

I had an r8 ,ran it for 3 years from new.mpg ranged from around 15-25 ,and aside forit liking an oil top up every now and then it cost me £400 for it major service and About £500 for 2 tyres ,both of which were punctures .
Aside from that ...most reliable car I ever owned by a distance,running costs very low and a great drive.your friend will be making a good choice.

[anonymous-user]

franki68 said:

I had an r8 ,ran it for 3 years from new.mpg ranged from around 15-25 ,and aside forit liking an oil top up every now and then it cost me £400 for it major service and About £500 for 2 tyres ,both of which were punctures .
Aside from that ...most reliable car I ever owned by a distance,running costs very low and a great drive.your friend will be making a good choice.

I agree with this. Mine was bulletproof.

[Jimslips]

garyhun said:

I agree with this. Mine was bulletproof.

Yeah but surely very expensive brakes, tyres? Or not too bad compared to M3/RS4 etc?

[anonymous-user]

Jimslips said:

garyhun said:

I agree with this. Mine was bulletproof.

Yeah but surely very expensive brakes, tyres? Or not too bad compared to M3/RS4 etc?

The only thing I had done was a replacement front tyre for a puncture that could not be repaired. Can't remember costs but was not silly.

[rj1986]

franki68 said:

it cost me £400 for it major service

Bargain!!
What was its service intervals?

[ferdi p]

Running costs will be negligable compared to depreciation...
If he does 50k miles in a couple of years then I suspect any £50k R8 he is looking at now would end up having its value hammered...

[franki68]

rj1986 said:

Bargain!!
What was its service intervals?

20,000 miles or 2 years whatever came first.

[johnnyreggae]

But if its already lost the best part of fifty grand in a couple of years isn't a further hammering a bit of an over-statement ? Are you saying in another two years it will have no value at all ?

[ferdi p]

johnnyreggae said:

But if its already lost the best part of fifty grand in a couple of years isn't a further hammering a bit of an over-statement ? Are you saying in another two years it will have no value at all ?

A below £50k R8 today will have circa 25/30k miles on it...
If someone put a further 50k miles on it in 2 years then I suspect the value of a 6 year old R8 with 80k miles on it will be £30k Max...

What I'm getting at is the service costs are the least of his worries..

[JazzyO]

johnnyreggae said:

Are you saying in another two years it will have no value at all ?

High mileage, I would say less than 30k so that's 20k down the drain. Not a problem per se, just go in with your eyes open.


Onno

[Tazio1]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3334578.htm

Looks like 50k can find you a low milages one if the one above is anything to go by.

[Dr G]

Challenging colour combination mind - I not long ago sold a black/black 08 with 10k for £56,950.

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Thanks for all the replies. This is exactly the sort of info he was looking for.

Unless you are looking at classics or bangernomics then depreciation is always going to be a major factor.

So what do people think would deprciate more, a 2007 with 5k or a 2008/9 with 30k assuming both were the same price and he is looking to sell in 2 years with another 50k on?

[nagra]

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Thanks for all the replies. This is exactly the sort of info he was looking for.

Unless you are looking at classics or bangernomics then depreciation is always going to be a major factor.

So what do people think would deprciate more, a 2007 with 5k or a 2008/9 with 30k assuming both were the same price and he is looking to sell in 2 years with another 50k on?

As with all cars, I would GUESS the one with the higher mileage would sell for less.

2007 with 55k or a 2008/9 with 80k - Which one would YOU want to buy?

[anonymous-user]

nagra said:

As with all cars, I would GUESS the one with the higher mileage would sell for less.

2007 with 55k or a 2008/9 with 80k - Which one would YOU want to buy?

Exactly. The 2007 car would look like average mileage too.

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garyhun said:

Exactly. The 2007 car would look like average mileage too.

That was my thinking.

I'm guessing they are also pretty spec sensitive, although most look fairly well spec’d any "must haves"?

[anonymous-user]

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That was my thinking.

I'm guessing they are also pretty spec sensitive, although most look fairly well spec’d any "must haves"?

Must have = Magnetic Ride

Must have when I had mine = Audi Parking System Advanced (reversing camera), full leather (dashboard etc), Sat Nav

Nice to haves = Electric front seats, Heated Front Seats, Bang & Olufsen Sound System, Tyre Pressure Monitors, Lighting Pack, Pedals and footrest in stainless steel,