GTO 3R Running costs

[morrisf]

I have been looking through all the Noble owners comments on the Pistonheads list and I was very surprised to see one owner had spent £28,000 over 2 years and two months of ownership on servicing cost's, I appreciate this could be a one off but as a prospective buyer what sort of annual costs do other owners average ?

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

morrisf

[sjc]

I think you'll find that was an early car and a large portion of the cost was upgrades. For what it's worth I've had mine 6 months ( car is now 2 years old 5000 miles)and had /spent nothing of any consequence so far.

[V6GTO]

16 months, 11k miles, about £1k plus upgaded BoV.

Martin.

[morrisf]

Thanks for your replies, I thought the £28k would probably be upgrades but wasn't to sure.

morrisf

[joust]

All services have fixed figures from the factory, so unless something serious breaks out of a warranty, or you have upgrades, minor services are around £600, major £800-1000.

J

[lucozade]

My 3R since new, July 2004:

1000 mile run-in : £100
6000 mile service : £600
12,000 mile service: £1200 (other bits needed done out of warranty including new rear tyres)
Track day prep : £100
18,000 mile service: £1800 (other bits needed done out of warranty)
Requires new tyres : £800

Car is now 18months old, used everyday, covered 17,000 miles, total cost so far: £4600 ish.


>> Edited by lucozade on Wednesday 25th January 10:12

[Badapple]

Is that stuh's car IIRC from a previous thread the £28,000 he put in the costs was either a mistake or he added depreciation

[DanH]

I think a lot of it depends on luck, and how often you track the car. Stuh's was expensive as his ECU went amongst other things. If you buy an old car with no warranty and then find that your manifold goes, your turbo goes, your speedo sensor goes, your lambda sensor goes it would be a very bad day and all of these things have been known to fail sometimes - I had a bit of a bad run and spent over 3.5k in 9 months including a 1000 quid service (that doubles in cost with other things) and 1 new tyre. Large chunks were down to workmanship though as its not the easiest car to work on and dealer rates aren't cheap.

Suffice to say, whilst you are getting the performance of a 70k car, you are imho paying some of the difference in running costs

[morrisf]

Thanks to all of you for your response's, could anyone tell me what warranties are there on new cars from the factory and how long do they last, are they transferrable to a new owner and how comprehensive are they ?

Thanks

morrisf

[micknall]

On all current new Nobles, the manufacturer's warranty is for 12 months or 12,000 miles. It's a comprehensive warranty that excludes the usual wear and tear items and it is tranferable.

Simon Hucknall
Press Officer
Noble Automotive Ltd.