Researching the Granturismo Sport
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dickygrace
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Welcome along Tom. £30k should get you into a 10-12 Granturismo S.
safrane
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Tones on info on here, either use the search facility or spend a few hours reading up on historic posts.
Loads of advice will come your way, the one constant is to buy the best you can afford rather than taking a punt on a 'bargain'... and get it inspected.
Richard above is a excellent source of these cars.
Loads of advice will come your way, the one constant is to buy the best you can afford rather than taking a punt on a 'bargain'... and get it inspected.
Richard above is a excellent source of these cars.
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For some wierd reason >50k is looked on as high miles, so your issue maybe resale.
Its daft, but that's the market... however that may get you into a newer car, and you may enjoy driving it more than having the 50k sword of Damocles hanging over your head.
The cars and engine can take weill over 200k if looked after properly.
Its daft, but that's the market... however that may get you into a newer car, and you may enjoy driving it more than having the 50k sword of Damocles hanging over your head.
The cars and engine can take weill over 200k if looked after properly.
dickygrace
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Yes
Hawk13
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Not at all .... if you buy at the right price and understand that to resell you will have to be realistic on price then there is no problem.
However, reliability is NOT the issue and you need to go into this eyes wide open re potential costs. A PPI is important (especially get them to check variators and front subframe) but be aware that general maintenance can very quickly rack up.
A full service, clutch, brakes, tyres and worn suspension can easily rack up a £10k bill.
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I find that there is a balance between mileage and age that a reasonably used car that has been serviced regularly will be nicer to drive and may throw less issues than a garage queen. As a rule of thumb i would target 3-6k miles average use therefore for a 8yr old car would be c. 25-35k miles. Less than that may attract low miles premium while may hide deferred/age related maintenance. A lot more than that may have cosmetic wear and tear which depending how it kept or how much you care about details may be a switch off. A number of cars sharing the GT /QPV platform have 100k+ miles which is sign that fundamentally the cars can take it.
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Bebs
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As above, buy the best you can. PPI essential. I bought a 2010 GT-S MC with 60,000 miles on it. It needed a fair amount of work which I budgeted into the purchase price following the PPI. Had to throw just over 10K at it to bring it up to the standard I wanted. Parts are expensive.
As long as any price is fair relative to work that is required then you are ok. As Bebs says parts are expensive. Mind some can catch you out as relatively cheap (rear brakes, springs, drop links etc) but there seems to be little reason to it.
If it helps I've had mine for ten years and so far it has worked out at £2k pa for servicing and maintenance ex tyres.
If it helps I've had mine for ten years and so far it has worked out at £2k pa for servicing and maintenance ex tyres.
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If a car at 60k plus miles has a good subframe, fresh brakes, good remaining clutch wear, good suspension with bushes replaced, good tyres, strong paper history and no known issues - what's the problem?
Or should owners of sub 60k miles cars sell them before they self destruct and they're only worth 2p?
Part of the enjoyment of these cars is using them, and a Granturismo makes a great mile eater and daily.
Or should owners of sub 60k miles cars sell them before they self destruct and they're only worth 2p?
Part of the enjoyment of these cars is using them, and a Granturismo makes a great mile eater and daily.
stindig
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08 plates have a terrible reputation and 39,000 is the absolutely worst number of miles. I’ll give you £4K
Gazcw
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4k if he throws in a 2 post lift surely!
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As has been said above, as long as the price reflects the mileage then not a problem. Just make sure to get an independent PPI done so you know what the potential costs are BEFORE you buy it.
I know when I was looking a few years ago, I wasn't worried about a higher mileage car at all, but the price difference at the time between that and a lower mileage one, wasn't enough, so went for a lower mile option. Also, it gave me some head room as I do 5-6k a year.
If your buying the car to use though, personally I'd avoid the 'super low' mileage ones as no car likes sitting still for years..
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Can you elaborate on why? what are the key weakspots on these, they haven't stuck me as fragile, rather that when things do fail just the sheer cost of replacement, genuine parts can be expensive.
Has anyone had to do major internal surgery on one of these at that mileage and what was found? I cracked open my ‘other’ car after 200k miles and the honing marks were still visible...i would imagine this engine would similary under-stressed and provided it was serviced correctly and on time then it should be capable of big miles.