reliability/running costs es vs turbo

bigbrown 480dave · Post by **bigbrown 480dave** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:15 pm

i have ran my 1992 es now for a year with know problems just an oil change for mot but i have seen a turbo for sale on 91 plate 74000 miles but the reliability and other costs consurn me after such a good run with the es so are the turbos as reliable is there any thing i should look for any info would be great BBD

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:07 am

wahey! another rotherham lad.....
turbo....depends really....it really is one of those 'piece of string' questions....
if you get a decent car, in good nick....the costs could be just what an es could be....initial fix of things like clusters, pop ups...yo know the general stuff.
after that the running costs are no more than any other car....regular oil changes are probably the most important thing you could do.....possibly a bit more than an NA car.
to try to give an example.....
1st car - 480 paris blue S - cheap to buy, spent nowt on it...ran forever
2nd car - 480 met black es - spent loads to get it ok, maybe 60 quid running costs for the time i had it.
3rd car - 480 silver turbo - cost bucket loads, never got it running right, sold on
4th car - 480 paris turbo - cost hardly anything, spent hardly anything, ran like a dream....right into a wall

so it all depends really buddy

rgrds
rob

bigbrown 480dave · Post by **bigbrown 480dave** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:51 pm

cheers for that info yea it all way cool to talk to someone who speaks yorkshire

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:45 pm

i havent got a wedge at the mo...still looking for that elusive late turbo in good nick for peanuts, but if you ever want hand with anything, or advice or whatever, pm me....you can always drop round and we can get the spanners out lol

see ya later dude
rob

Matthew Brennan · Post by **Matthew Brennan** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:50 pm

480 1.7i Running Costs = No one knows because no one ever buys them
480. 2.0i Running Costs = Ã‚Â£200000 a month
480. 2.0i Running Costs = Ã‚Â£2000010 a month (uses more petrol)

480's suck.... at least mine does

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:17 pm

cheaper than Volvo 744 2,3 TIC