bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 22/01/19 10:00 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:00 AM I don't particularly like this guy but in his review he compares with the BM and the Merc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,175 Member For: 16y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/01/19 10:03 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:03 AM buy a car worth $400k new, servicing costs go to around what it would be when the car is new, can't afford the value of such servicing because you actually bought it as a $175k car, sell up and fail... seems like a fairly likely scenario (just speculating, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 22/01/19 10:06 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:06 AM I'm sure that @JETURBO could service his own car if he wanted to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,175 Member For: 16y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/01/19 10:08 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:08 AM just the parts, mate, not the fluids and labour rates haha - they're the expensive part of servicing an expensive vehicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 22/01/19 10:10 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:10 AM with 30k on the clock, I don't think you would be buying "parts" any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,175 Member For: 16y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/01/19 10:12 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:12 AM wearable parts are part of the servicing process, hence the high expenses... rotors, brake pads, tyres etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 22/01/19 10:14 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:14 AM tires and brake pads aren't expensive that only leaves rotors come on @k31th , you can do better than that https://www.carid.com/2017-audi-s8-brakes/ even the rotors aren't that expensive GOTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,433 Member For: 15y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/01/19 10:35 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 10:35 AM you dont buy a 400k audi and put ebc replacment pads come on bcb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 22/01/19 11:12 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 11:12 AM Course not. Go Repco brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 22/01/19 11:44 AM Share Posted 22/01/19 11:44 AM I think with the brakes j@t sold me - I can save money by buying the Audi R8 pads and shaving them down so they fit. The R8 pads aren't cheap.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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