It's not cheap to own a 480

Patrick 480 Turbo · Post by **Patrick 480 Turbo** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:48 pm

I' very angry. Two weeks ago my clutch began to slip so there had to be a new one and on wednesday the gearbox broke. So my 480 costed me 2000â‚¬ in the last 2 weeks. But I love my 480 that much so I hope it will be cheaper in the next months

JayTee · Post by **JayTee** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:27 pm

add all the costs up and treat it like heat and light bills ( for home )
YES it can be pricey but it sure beats living in the dark

Sophie · Post by **Sophie** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:53 am

don't talk about 480 expenses, nothing on my ES has been changed and she was born in 1989, so I guess a couple of things'll need changing

specially as I've done more miles in it in a month than my dad in a year when he drove it

I think I might go for a diesel thing for driving around and only use the 480 for weekends...

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:59 am

Money Pit comes to mind,

Every week I spend money on her!

It was cheaper having my wife around!!!!!

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:23 am

480's aren't "that" bad, think of the savings in fuel economy (especially when they are off the road being fixed). A lotus for example would cost twice as much to run.
For the type of car they are the 480 is a cheap sports car.

Sophie · Post by **Sophie** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:25 am

yeah, ok, but 1000miles in about 3 weeks is too much for me, and I can't keep up with the petrol cost, specially as Ive got a rather heavy right foot...

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:28 am

I've been known to cover 1000miles in a long weekend when I'm in New Zealand. Fuel is cheap there though, which is fortunate because I drove a 3.5L V8 everyday.

JayTee · Post by **JayTee** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:08 am

[quote="martinholmesuk"]Money Pit comes to mind,

I know the feeling but touch wood its been fine for the last two months

rpruen · Post by **rpruen** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:59 pm

Sophie wrote:yeah, ok, but 1000miles in about 3 weeks is too much for me, and I can't keep up with the petrol cost, specially as Ive got a rather heavy right foot...

That's not so much.

In the last two weeks I have done almost 4000 miles

That is in no way normal though.

Richard

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:03 pm

According to a friend of mine this is the definition of a sailing boat:
"A hole in the water in which you throw a lot of money"

The same applies to a 480??

Jan

pol · Post by **pol** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:06 pm

Suppose it depends on how good you get to know your car and fix yourself. My new gearbox was Â£30!! With a lot of hours spent...

pol

Patrick 480 Turbo · Post by **Patrick 480 Turbo** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:13 am

pol wrote:Suppose it depends on how good you get to know your car and fix yourself. My new gearbox was Â£30!! With a lot of hours spent...

pol

I know the car very well, it my second 4xx since my 440 and I also had a 480 which I deconstructed. The problem is that I need the car to get to work and I have to work till 10 pm so it'S nearly impossible to go by public means of transport there and I had enough from dad's citroen ax diesel after 2 days

. The car was at my volvodealer and he had a gearbox so he got the job and fixed it in 6 hours(he said it will last for some days because he had so much cars there but then he called on the same day that th car is finished)

lee · Post by **lee** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:58 pm

6 hours is about right for a gearbox change. If you don't have a ramp anyway.

My record on the 480 is 2300 miles in 6 days. 3 of these days were down the german autobahn doing flat out speeds. Last year between MOT's i managed to clock up 27,000 miles.

I miss my 480 so much it hurts. She is currently getting her cancer sorted.

Erics480 · Post by **Erics480** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:24 pm

about 2 years ago, 3 times a month from the of South France to Amsterdam, up and down. = 3 x 2800 km 8400 km every 3 weeks. And that for a period of 6 months.

It was fun to drive on the french toll roads at night.

Eric