Motoring Discussion > Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. Specialists
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 10:29 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - VxFan
From EVO magazine.

Veyron running / ownership costs.

The first Service on a Veyron costs £13,645 – and then they get more expensive.

Bugatti says the bulk of the cost is labour £6000 which includes the checking of the many and complex systems on the car.

Then there’s the monumental cost of replacing the Veyron’s bespoke tyres, something Bugatti insists is done every 2500 miles.
They cost £6325 each and to make matters worse only Bugatti can fit them.
Also all 4 wheels need to be replaced every third tyre change ( after 7500 miles tops ) and that will set you back £29,900.

At least you get a 2 year warranty with a Veyron but if you want to extend it then you’ll be asked for an extra £38,000 for a year or £63,000 for 2 years.

Just 4 years of ownership, 3000 miles and £275k of depreciation would cost £38.51 per mile.

Needless to say, I've cancelled my order.

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New Fri 13 Jul 12 10:57 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Zero
cancelled mine when I found out you had ordered one. Common as muck.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 11:57 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - DP
The service costs are just an extension of the phenomenon you see further down the scale where a BMW costs more to service than a Ford, but less than a Porsche, which in turn is less than a Ferrari, which in turn is less than a Bugatti.

In terms of actual maintenance requirement, the difference between the maintenance needs of a supercar compared to a family saloon car is much smaller than the difference in cost between maintaining the two types, making the aftersales care of supercars an incredibly lucrative business for both manufacturer and dealer. No owner with a couple of hundred grand tied up in a car is going to baulk over 2,3,4 grand service bills given what skimping on these will do to the value of his or her investment when they come to resell it. Likewise, nobody having spent over a million on a Veyron will baulk at £13,545. It's easy money for the manufacturers and dealers.

Servicing is one area where supercar manufacturers have you by the short and curlies. You are not going to risk such a major investment by skimping or going outside the official channels, and by even owning the car in the first place, you are clearly a person of sufficient means to pay pretty much anything within reason.

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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:24 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - oilburner
No chance of a Haynes manual then?
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:29 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - WillDeBeest
Surely an independent could do it just as well; people on other forums are always saying there's no point in using a main dealer and that a bloke in overalls in a draughty shed is every bit as good as a manufacturer-trained tech. He's got a plug-in code reader from Halfords and a big hammer, so why pay more?
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:36 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Runfer D'Hills
S'pose remoulds'd be out of the question? Or Singalongamax Rainmasters?
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:48 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - DP
A nice set of WanLi's or Sunny's is what you want. Coming to an eBay shop near you soon in Veyron sizes :-)
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 16:49 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Meldrew
Wheels only lasting 7500 miles sounds like unfit for purpose, particularly looking at the cost of them. What is the technical thinking behind this requirement I wonder?
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:40 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - madf
>> Surely an independent could do it just as well; people on other forums are always
>> saying there's no point in using a main dealer and that a bloke in overalls
>> in a draughty shed is every bit as good as a manufacturer-trained tech. He's got
>> a plug-in code reader from Halfords and a big hammer, so why pay more?
>>

I've got a pit and a hammer AND a code reader.

Book in your Bugattis NOW .. 50% off dealer rates.. a bargain..

PS
: I promise not to drive it on the roads when it is with me....
















































at speeds over 200mph.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:48 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - WillDeBeest
Book in your Bugattis NOW ...

Only if I get the leftover bits back in a velvet bag.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 14:42 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Zero
I was going to get one as a company car, but the 47p per mile didn't quite make it viable.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 15:03 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Meldrew
Can't honestly see why the wheels need replacing at 7500 miles. Sounds a bit like "Not fit for Purpose" to me, if they haven't been kerbed or potholed
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 15:20 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Armel Coussine
All supercars are damn silly but this one takes the biscuit. Who but a twerp would buy a Veyron, however rich they were? The thing's a monstrosity.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 15:55 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Slidingpillar
Exactly - for the price of a Veryon, one could have several usable, fast, and nice cars.

As for the tyres and wheels - it's the top speed. Few tyres are rated to that speed etc.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 16:19 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Armel Coussine
>> for the price of a Veryon, one could have several usable, fast, and nice cars.

Several? A dozen or two, unless one of them was a real Bugatti. Those are a bit dear.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 16:42 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - zookeeper
do veyrons depreciate when you drive them off the forcourt?
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 16:46 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - DP
I have never wanted a Veyron in the way one should 'want' a car of this type.

It would not be in my lottery win garage. A McLaren F1 would be, which for me represents a much more impressive and elegant way to achieve ultimate performance. And it has motorsport pedigree to boot.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 18:36 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Slidingpillar
And a McLaren F1 looks nice, a Veryon doesn't.
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New Fri 13 Jul 12 16:42 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - madf
>> All supercars are damn silly but this one takes the biscuit. Who but a twerp
>> would buy a Veyron, however rich they were? The thing's a monstrosity.
>>

It's not a monstrosity.

It's a monument . To conspicuous consumption.


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New Fri 13 Jul 12 21:03 
 Bugatti Veyron - Ownership and running costs. £38.51 per mile. - Dave_
>> Servicing is one area where supercar manufacturers have you by the short and curlies.
>> You are not going to risk such a major investment by skimping or going outside the official channels

Not quite, there are several specialist workshops where work is carried out to, or above, manufacturers' standards. We get quite a bit of work transporting the cars back and forth there - these workshops are held in such high renown that their names are often mentioned in adverts when such cars come up for sale. They service, rebuild and remanufacture parts for Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin and more.

Not sure there are many alternatives for getting your Veyron serviced though. It was the same for the McLaren F1 twenty years ago, almost the only car in the same rarefied category.
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Fri 13 Jul 12 at 21:03
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