I remember my first look at the awesome Bugatti Veyron. It was on an
episode of Top gear where Jeremy Clarkson drove the beast of a machine
from Italy to the UK in a race against his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and
James May who were doing the same route in a small passenger plane.
After watching that episode and hearing all about the car, I thought to
myself: "That would be an awesome car to own!" For this reason I own
many Bugatti Veyron... Pics! It turns out however, that even if you can
afford the enormous Bugatti Veyron price tag of the car, chances are you
won't be able to afford to maintain it.
A recent comparison was done between the maintenance costs of a Bugatti
compared to a small private jet. The results may surprise you:
If you manage to find a car dealer in your vicinity that actually has a
Bugatti for sale, you could expect to pay about $2,128,230 for the car.
Once you have plucked up the courage to pay for the car, you need to be
prepared to pay for the service plan which will set you back about
$20,000 a year. $20,000 for an annual service is almost 8 times the
amount it would cost you to service a Ferrari Enzo. OUCH! The Bugatti
uses tailor made tires which manufacturers advise you replace every 2500
miles. Replacing the tyres will set you back about $10 000 - EACH!
That's $40 000 per set of tyres. The manufactures of the Bugatti Veyron
(who clearly think money grows on trees) also advise that you replace
the cars wheels every fourth tyre change to ensure optimal performance
and safety. Not a problem, I'm all for safety. However, when wheels cost
$60 000 to replace then I think I'd rather just take my chances with
the ones I already have.
So now, if you take into account all of the above costs and add in the
costs for insurance (I shudder at the thought) and fuel, your annual
costs for owning this beast of a machine start to near the $300,000
mark. That is a lot of money.
Perhaps, you have a car dealer nearby and feel you can afford the above
costs for the Bugatti Veyron because you like to travel in style. This
is why we've compared it to costs for a private jet, I mean, what's more
comfortable than travelling in a private jet?
I don't want to go in to too much detail about the costs of owning a
private jet, but what I can tell you is that it will cost you about $200
000 a year for a medium sized private jet. This includes all
maintenance costs, catering costs as well as paying someone to fly the
thing. Value for money springs to mind in this instance.
A blogger from the Autocar blog stated that they had a client who owns a
Bugatti Veyron as well as a private jet. However, when travelling long
distances, the gentleman prefers to transport his Bugatti in the back of
a trailer and fly himself to the specified location. The reason for
this, it's simply cheaper to fly than to drive the Bugatti Veyron all
that way. Case closed I say! I think I'll just stick to staring at my Bugatti Veyron Wallpaper.
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