Want to know how to make a small fortune out of buying a GT-R? Easy: start with a big one, that’s how.
Before everyone gets up in arms, yes, the “why spend 50 thousand euros on a 3-Series and not a used supercar?” has crossed every petrolhead’s mind and we’re no exception – if we had 50 big ones to spare right now.
You can debate all you want whether the GT-R can rightly be considered a supercar or not, but the fact is it does cost supercar money to run and maintain. If you intent to drive it, of course, and not just park it in your garage and take it out once in a blue moon, in which case a. you’ll have 50k worth of metal just sitting there and depreciating, and b. you will still have to cash up for license plates, insurance etc.
No need to go into details here, but here’s a couple of pointers on why the old “if can’t afford it new, then you probably can’t afford it used, either” adage applies.
First off, fuel consumption. It runs on 100 octane premium gas, and you will not skimp on that, so with an average of 18 lt/100 km or more, you’ll make your local petrol station owner a happy man.
You certainly will not skimp on tires in a super performance car, either. The problem is not their price (though they don’t come cheap), but the fact that it’ll eat them up in as low as 3,000 km. This of course varies on your driving habits. No one buys a GT-R to drive like a grandma though, right?
Still undeterred? Before you start scanning the classifieds for a prime example, make sure you watch the following video.