The difficult thing is not to buy a Bugatti, it is to maintain it: changing the oil costs like a whole new car

Yes, the prices of the cars have gone up. It is no secret and it is very likely if you have been looking for a car lately. It doesn’t matter if it’s new or used. But how much can we value the purchase price of a car? In a Bugatti oil change? In a change of wheels? Or, perhaps, on some tires?

Basically, it depends on the car we choose and its segment. As much as the car market has risen, with the change of tires on a Bugatti we can buy a Cupra Formentor. Or, if we are more modest, we can take the opportunity to buy a Dacia Duster and a second used vehicle for day to day.

The oil change, however, leaves us less room for manoeuvre. We can continue buying a Dacia Duster but if we opt for a Peugeot 2008 we will already be exceeding the budget. Luckily, with the budget of some tires we can return from the dealership with a BMW 3 Series.

What are we talking about?

These are, at least, the figures that are handled for the maintenance of a hyper-luxury car such as the Bugatti Veyron. One of the examples he gave Manny Khoshbin. His cover letter (or part of it) is enviable: millionaire, car collector and owner of a Youtube channel Where do you show your jewelry?

Khoshbin has taken advantage one of his videos to explain how much the maintenance of such a supercar costs. The millionaire manages the amounts like someone who counts at the end of the month how much money the coffees have cost him in the middle of the morning. And that the accounts must be multiplied by each of the three Bugatti that he keeps in his garage.

for a oil changeFor example, it is only necessary to remove the rear wheels, the brakes, the fender and some of its linings to access the 16 drain plugs that the car has. That and the $25,000 he said he had to shell out (three years ago) with each oil and fluid change.

The rest of the figures no longer seem so exorbitant. Change of wheels? $38,000. Tire change? $50,000. A simple maintenance that exceeds $ 100,000 and that Bugatti recommends doing every 15,000 kilometers or, as is likely to happen, every little more than a year. Khoshbin, however, claims to extend the change of tires until after two or three years.

Expensive? Not so much if we look for our own workshops. As with any other car, “take it home” will always cost a little more money. He four year maintenance of a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport is estimated between 340,000 euros and 405,000 euros (without taxation).

And Khoshbin is “lucky” to have his Bugatti in the garage. If we talk about astronomical maintenance figures, there are few things like Ferrari’s Corse Clienti Program, undoubtedly its most exclusive package.

The Ferrari FXX They are modifications designed solely and exclusively for competition, so they cannot be modified. To get an idea, in 2014, a Ferrari FXX K was worth 2.5 million euros (without taxes) and all you found in your garage was… nothing. Because in addition to receiving the 2.5 million euros, Ferrari keeps the car.

In return, Ferrari It included with the purchase the maintenance of the car and access for two years in its private championship for clients. In total, 16 batches spread over four circuits. Of course, with all the logistical support in the brand’s garage, from mechanics and engineers to cooks. That is the good part because it is estimated that, in addition, each batch in circuit supposes the disbursement of between 10,000 and 15,000 euros.

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