Is the GTR expensive to run and why ?

[Taipan]

Greetings fellow RS246 keepers,

It´s been a long time since I posted in your community -and FON PhilT -

I heard and read here and there that "the GTR is an expensive toy to run".

Could owners here confirm and detail if/why that's true with specifics ?

And also some granularity analysis -if available- between early models vs. latest versions.

Best regards,

Eric

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The why is easy - it's a 100k plus car that happens to be sold for a massive price cut.

http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/GTR_ ... _costs.pdf
Reputable independent - figure +25% at least for Nissan high performance dealer.

[PhilT]

My data from a year running a MY10 GTR:

Cost/Day
Fuel - £10
Insurance - £5
Tyres - £4
Servicing - £3
Tuning - £3
Detailing - £2
Other - £2
Total ~£30/day

Cost/Mile
Fuel - £0.35
Insurance - £0.20
Tyres - £0.15
Servicing - £0.10
Tuning - £0.10
Detailing - £0.10
Other - £0.10
Total ~£1.10/mile

Not sure how that compares to other cars. Of course I have not included depreciation.

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11,000 a year before depreciation at 10k miles per annum?

Depreciation has to be at least another 4k year so 15k?

[Taipan]

The why is easy - it's a 100k plus car that happens to be sold for a massive price cut.

http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/GTR_ ... _costs.pdf
Reputable independent - figure +25% at least for Nissan high performance dealer.

Hello Adsgreen,

Thank you for your quick reply.
Two immediate questions (forgive some of it but I am not a native english-speaker)

1. Massive price cut: you imply that new cars are sold with a massive discount ?
But if so, what about second-hand market (which I intend to look into) ?

2. I looked into the PDF you attached.
What is the the difference between the first chart total value, say G1: GBP 55, and the second chart total value, say G1: GBP 144.82 ?
Which is the actual value to take into account as a potential buyer ?

Best regards,

Eric

[Taipan]

My data from a year running a MY10 GTR:

Cost/Day
Fuel - £10
Insurance - £5
Tyres - £4
Servicing - £3
Tuning - £3
Detailing - £2
Other - £2
Total ~£30/day

Cost/Mile
Fuel - £0.35
Insurance - £0.20
Tyres - £0.15
Servicing - £0.10
Tuning - £0.10
Detailing - £0.10
Other - £0.10
Total ~£1.10/mile

Not sure how that compares to other cars. Of course I have not included depreciation.

Hello PhilT,

Thanks for your data.

Some of it seems to be mileage-based (Fuel, Tyres and somehow Servicing) while some of it seems fixed per year (Insurance and Tuning).
Not sure what Detailing and Other includes/means.

What is the yearly mileage you based your data on ?

Cheers,

Eric

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The why is easy - it's a 100k plus car that happens to be sold for a massive price cut.

http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/GTR_ ... _costs.pdf
Reputable independent - figure +25% at least for Nissan high performance dealer.

Hello Adsgreen,

Thank you for your quick reply.
Two immediate questions (forgive some of it but I am not a native english-speaker)

1. Massive price cut: you imply that new cars are sold with a massive discount ?
But if so, what about second-hand market (which I intend to look into) ?

2. I looked into the PDF you attached.
What is the the difference between the first chart total value, say G1: GBP 55, and the second chart total value, say G1: GBP 144.82 ?
Which is the actual value to take into account as a potential buyer ?

Best regards,

Eric

It's not a price cut as such.
When the gtr was released it was circa 60k which appears to be a bargin (and it is really).
The point is Nissan dont make any money out of it and it's purely advertising and brand awareness.
If it was th only car Nissan made then it'd be realistically 100k.
The point is dont look at the gtr and think its going to have running costs of a 60k car.
Think of it as an exotic supercar of 100k plus then you won't be surprised at the running costs.

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The why is easy - it's a 100k plus car that happens to be sold for a massive price cut.

http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/GTR_ ... _costs.pdf
Reputable independent - figure +25% at least for Nissan high performance dealer.

Hello Adsgreen,

Thank you for your quick reply.
Two immediate questions (forgive some of it but I am not a native english-speaker)

1. Massive price cut: you imply that new cars are sold with a massive discount ?
But if so, what about second-hand market (which I intend to look into) ?

2. I looked into the PDF you attached.
What is the the difference between the first chart total value, say G1: GBP 55, and the second chart total value, say G1: GBP 144.82 ?
Which is the actual value to take into account as a potential buyer ?

Best regards,

Eric

The bottom line - 144.
First is parts costs, the next including labour, finally including vat.

[PhilT]

Some of it seems to be mileage-based (Fuel, Tyres and somehow Servicing) while some of it seems fixed per year (Insurance and Tuning).
Not sure what Detailing and Other includes/means.

- Detailing is paying someone to do a deep clean, paint correction and protection.
- Other includes things like track days etc...

What is the yearly mileage you based your data on ?

~11,000 miles.