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My GTR just passed 100,000 miles last week, all driven by me.



While 100k is “just a number,” I thought some of you might be interested in how it’s holding up, how much it’s cost, what’s gone wrong, and what hasn’t.

I bought the car new in June 2009, a base spec in DMG from Middlehursts (non-dimming rearview mirror, non-bose hifi). The basic price was £52,345.60, including mats and reversing sensors.



I had the first few services done by Middlehursts and have used Litchfield's since the 4th one. I stuck with a 6000-mile service interval until it was three years old and then switched to 9000 miles.

The car is pretty unmodified, except I’ve run a generic stage 1, Cobb, access port map from the beginning, I had the later gearbox software installed when it became available, and I have had Andy’s Audio system fitted. It has the original exhaust.

The interior is holding up well, not creaking significantly, and the seat bolster is holding up well despite my lardy ass.

The exterior is mainly very good – I had a clear wrap applied to the entire front of the car the day after I picked it up – there are four areas where the paint is starting to bubble a little: the rearview mirror and around the door handle, both on the driver’s door; the passenger side mirror, and a little bit on the bottom lip of the boot.

Oil consumption has been pretty constant. When I had it serviced every 6000 miles, I never needed to add any between services; with the 9000-mile services, I need to add a litre between 6-7k miles after a service. This hasn’t changed with the higher mileage.

I bought it for my everyday car and used it for most journeys. I’ve never tracked it and never intended to mod it significantly. It does spend a lot of time on motorways, but I do live in the middle of nowhere, and the start and end of most long journeys are either 30 or 65 miles of A and B roads to/from the M6 or M42.

What’s gone wrong? The gearbox would only engage 1/3/5 and went into a limp home mode (50k miles), a power steering pipe sprung a leak (64k miles), a wheel bearing got very noisy (60k miles), the front speakers decomposed (from about 10 miles), and the multi-function display expired (90k miles, two months out of warranty).

The gearbox was cured by the fitting of the piston caps, the power steering pipe was replaced with a “pipe kit,” the wheel bearing was replaced, the speakers were upgraded, and the MFD was replaced with an exchange unit.

The disks and pads lasted 75k miles, and the battery began showing its age after five years.

I had the steering lock fixed under warranty, but it wasn’t causing a problem.

I haven’t had any water ingress to the headlights.

The service costs have been:
30 Oct 2009, 5985 miles, Middlehurst, £210.50
1 May 2010, 11696 miles, Middlehurst, £479.19
21 July 2010, 18418 miles, Middlehurst, £905.00
15 Oct 2010, 23740 miles, Litchfield, £327.12
24 Jan 2011, 28817 miles, Litchfield, £149.98
24 Aug 2011, 36279 miles, Litchfield, £764.35
22 Nov 2011, gearbox software upgrade, Litchfield, £300
3 Jan 2012, 42736 miles, Litchfield, £154.79
4 April 2012, 47049 miles, Litchfield, £511.49
18 July 2012, 50942 miles, Middlehurst, Gearbox Piston Cap Kit, £513.32
30 October 2012, 56604 miles (54k service), Litchfield, £485.64
2 July 2012, 64367 miles, Middlehurst, Power Steering hose, £455.12
19 July 2013 65561 miles (60k Service + wheel bearing), Litchfield, £1102.45
19 December 2013, 74812 miles (66k service + F/R disks and pads + replace rear anti-roll drop links) £2554.92
June 2014, Speakers replacement (along with Sub, Amp, Processor, Install, R35 audio) £1900
21 June 2014, 84802 miles (72k service + battery), Litchfield, £346.00
August 2014, MFD Display, Middlehurst, £980
1 Dec 2014, 94593 miles (78k service), Litchfield, £512.76

Tyre costs have been:
9 April 2010, Event Tyres, 2x Yokahama, £700.62
16 August 2010, Event Tyres, 4xYokahama, £930
November 2010, Tirerack (USA), 4x Blizzaks, £1350
28 April 2012, Event Tyres, 2x Yokahama, £613.28
3 July 2013 2013, Event Tyres, 2x Yokahama, £481.16
2013, eBay, 2x Goodyear, £300
October 2014, Tyreleader, 4x Dunlop Winter, £980

So how much has it all cost? – well, I may have missed a set of tyres along the way, but strictly speaking, half of the audio costs weren’t “necessary,” so I think that evens out.

Total Service costs: £12652

Total Tyre costs: £5355

To work out some interesting numbers, we need a valuation, so the current part-ex valuation from the Autotrader site with my reg and mileage is £30,750. Whilst some of you may disagree with this, I intend to keep it for a while longer and will update this post occasionally so that we can use this for comparison purposes in future posts.

So, having done 100,000 miles in 5 years and eight months, an average of 17647 miles/year:

Total service, maintenance and tyre costs: £18007.

Original Cost: £52,345. Current part-ex value: £30,750. Total Depreciation: £21595

Total annual costs, including maintenance, repairs, tyres and depreciation: £6988, or 39.6p per mile

Guy
 
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#207 ·
Hi

I was getting 8-9k miles out of the original runflats and everything else I tried other than MPSS and Blizzaks, which seem to last about double. It's possible I've missed the costs of one or two sets as I usually do updates at service time, and tyres come in between!

Average MPG is between 20-21. Car is driven in auto mostly, and sits on a lot of motorways.
 
#214 ·
Not been on the forum in a while and this is a great read! My car is ~97,000 miles at the moment and climbing. Would be good to do 100K in it!

I too have had mine from new in April 2010 and have done all the miles myself. Was stock for 1.5 years then went to stage 1. After another 1.5 years went to 4.25 ( around 2013) and has been at that level since.

Only bad news is that its up for sale at the moment:bawling:

Took it for its last service end of last year as I did 6000 miles in less than 3 months - lives on the motorway!
 
#215 ·
152,271 miles

Just before Christmas I did a few quite long journeys where the car would go into limp home mode close to the end of the journey, usually in slow traffic. Once I'd left it for a couple of hours it would start fine.

Then over the course of a couple of weeks the distance I could drive before going into limp home reduced to....about 3 miles. I was booked in for a service at Litchfileds, but it ended up being trailered there.

Once the chaps removed the undertray they condemned the rear subframe.





So while I hunted down a replacement subframe (£350 from ebay) they took out the gearbox, replaced a faulty pressure sensor and a whole load of other rusty bracketry and did a 24k service

Total cost £3636.11

So, having done 152,271 miles in 8 years 6 months, an average of 17,914 miles/year:

Total service, maintenance and tyre costs: £41370

Original Cost: £52,345. Current part-ex value: £21,210. Total Depreciation: £31,135

Total annual costs including maintenance, repairs, tyres and depreciation: £8530, or 47.6p per mile

Done a couple thousand more miles since and it's back in good form
 
#217 ·
Once the chaps removed the undertray they condemned the rear subframe.
Why was that not picked up on previous services? As surely it would take a good while for it to get to that state!
 
#224 ·
As of this evening, 157,894 miles



Had an MOT last week - needed front pads, one sidelight and both indicator bulbs

The MFD has stopped working. Checked the fuses - OK. Will go and see Andy to get it checked out soon

Battery died a couple of months ago (car is now nearly nine years old, that was the second one)

Just about all the smd leds in the dash binnacle have given up the ghost

Paint by the window switches looks sh*t



Paint has started bubbling near driver's doorhandle again



Had this done a few years ago, but the bloke has done a runner....

Have moved to the coast so the car is constantly covered in seagull sh*t



(Got planning app in to build a garage)

Apart from that, "she's running like a dream" haha

Odd - inserted images don't seem to work today - here's some links to the pics if you can't see them

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#228 ·
:middlefinger-smiley lazy ass!! get reading and its actually a good read this thread, as guyblue has updates all thru... including the items that you're after.. and also other info that one would find interesting as well!
 
#230 ·
You cant exactly pull a figure out the air though, I've heard of some people needing them done as low as 40k and others who at 80k looks good as new.

It depends on a variety of factors as to when you personally will need it done. I guess 100k is a good arbitrary time to have it checked if not previously.
 
#238 ·
on that note i was wondering, with all the miles you do.. How often are you filling up the tank?! Daily? ...
 
#241 ·
Good going on keeping it throughout the high miles. After the first service book was finished what did you and the other high mileage owners hear do?

Mine used to "chirp" between 2nd and 3rd. Litchfield’s gave the solenoid pack a clean last year and I have not heard it since.
 
#242 ·
I'm at 85K miles for early 09. Always service at Litchfield and I now have two stamps on the inside back cover. There is room for 4 more so a couple of years left before I need to think about a new book.

The only 'chirping' i had was where the hub nuts needing tightening.
 
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