R8 V10 inspection in Norfolk
Discussion
Mario149 said:
Mornin' all, contemplating an R8 V10 and want to get an independent inspection done. Can anyone recommend someone to do this in the Norfolk area?
No idea in the Norfolk area but the RAC will do a PPI on an R8 nation wide. I had the most comprehensive report done in December 2016, cost me £500, but it was fully detailed and highlighted some issues (I pulled out of the deal and 18 month on the exact car is still for sale...it's quite a story!) in a very comprehensive written report under-written by an insurance policy.A local independent will probably charge £200-£250 but it'll just be a verbal report and you'll have no route to come back on if something goes wrong. And you've got to find one too.
Fingers crossed!Durzel said:
R8 uses the same magnetorheological shocks as the Ferrari 458 from memory, and from personal experience you do not want to be on the hook for replacing those out of warranty.
Out of interest do any R8 owners replace the mag shocks with normal ones when they fail? From what I understand the ride is not that different but the standard shocks actually last and are a lot cheaper.Zippee said:
Out of interest do any R8 owners replace the mag shocks with normal ones when they fail? From what I understand the ride is not that different but the standard shocks actually last and are a lot cheaper.
I don't really know many R8 owners, but I'd be surprised if many didn't take up that option.Zippee said:
Durzel said:
R8 uses the same magnetorheological shocks as the Ferrari 458 from memory, and from personal experience you do not want to be on the hook for replacing those out of warranty.
Out of interest do any R8 owners replace the mag shocks with normal ones when they fail? From what I understand the ride is not that different but the standard shocks actually last and are a lot cheaper.Zippee said:
Out of interest do any R8 owners replace the mag shocks with normal ones when they fail? From what I understand the ride is not that different but the standard shocks actually last and are a lot cheaper.
In my experience most replace like for like, OEM (£1k per corner) or refurbished from a company in Poland (£1k a pair).Mag ride is always on, a common misunderstanding, so its integral to the cars performance but annoyingly failures are common. Depends how deep your pockets are!
So, bit of an update....
Inspection went well, couple of minor bits but nothing unusual for an 8 year old car. Overall I'm not massively enamored with the RAC though. Claimed they couldn't do an oil test as it doesn't have a dip stick. 30s of googling showed that it does unless I'm being an idiot. They refused to send the bloke back out to do it unless I paid £125 or something ridiculous.
Biggest PIA about the whole thing is the fact that the car was financed and on SOR. Garage wanted a 50% deposit before the owner would clear the finance (from his own pocket, not with that money), I pushed back as it was not a garage I was familiar with, didn't want to hand over mucho cash to strangers, and I can only collect on weekends so there's no opportunity to ring up, clear finance on the day etc. Anyway, long story short, owner decided to clear the finance in advance of his own back and I got confirmation the other day. Can see it from his side as you only want to go to the hassle of doing that if you're entertaining a serious buyer (and of course they don't know me from Adam either), but equally, selling an 8 year old car with outstanding finance at a small non-specialist outfit doesn't massively instill confidence in the punter.
Anyway, notwithstanding all of that, it's seems to have turned out okay in the end (famous last words!) - I'm picking the car up on Sunday, so rather excited to say the least
Inspection went well, couple of minor bits but nothing unusual for an 8 year old car. Overall I'm not massively enamored with the RAC though. Claimed they couldn't do an oil test as it doesn't have a dip stick. 30s of googling showed that it does unless I'm being an idiot. They refused to send the bloke back out to do it unless I paid £125 or something ridiculous.
Biggest PIA about the whole thing is the fact that the car was financed and on SOR. Garage wanted a 50% deposit before the owner would clear the finance (from his own pocket, not with that money), I pushed back as it was not a garage I was familiar with, didn't want to hand over mucho cash to strangers, and I can only collect on weekends so there's no opportunity to ring up, clear finance on the day etc. Anyway, long story short, owner decided to clear the finance in advance of his own back and I got confirmation the other day. Can see it from his side as you only want to go to the hassle of doing that if you're entertaining a serious buyer (and of course they don't know me from Adam either), but equally, selling an 8 year old car with outstanding finance at a small non-specialist outfit doesn't massively instill confidence in the punter.
Anyway, notwithstanding all of that, it's seems to have turned out okay in the end (famous last words!) - I'm picking the car up on Sunday, so rather excited to say the least
well done on the purchase mate...having owned many cars in my time I honestly think the R8 is amongst the best cars (in its price bracket) in terms of the whole package of performance, reliability, sense of occasion and theatre. I also can't see the V10 R8's dropping much more in value (assuming Gen 1 here).
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