100,000 miles

[350doc]

Total Costs over 100,000 miles:

 

Hardware

350Z GT with RAYS alloys, Alezan Leather, Supaguard and Phone Kit (18/12/2003)

£28,561

 

350Z Valve Caps, Car Cover (18/12/03)

£292.49

 

Nissan mats, trunk net (20/12/03)

£100.17

Subtotal: £28,953.66

 

 

Servicing

Nissan High Mileage Service Plan:

£1031.19

 

FP1 (8/3/2004 @ 9,059 miles)

Included in Service agreement

 

FP2 (10/7/2004 @ 18,838 miles)

Included in service agreement

 

P1 (2/12/2004 @ 27,010 miles)

Included in Service agreement

 

FP3 (30/4/05 @ 37,362 miles)

Included in service agreement

 

FP1 46,621 miles (and brake fluid change) (31/8/2005)

Included in service agreement

Rear Brake pads replaced (£234.41)

 

FP2 (23/1/2006 @ 53, 775 miles)

Platinum spark plugs replaced.

Included in service agreement

 

FP1 (16/6/2006 @ 62,182 miles) (oil supplied)

customer supplied clutch fluid changed, replacement of auxillary drive belts

£284.45

 

FP3 (14/9/2006 @ 71,042 miles)

Flwheel + Nissan Clutch + Windscreen wiper arms + replacing customer supplied brake fluid

£1615.47

 

FP1 (24/2/2007 @ 78,039 miles)

£87.94

 

 

FP2 (3/8/2007 @ 88,796 miles) (own engine oil and gearbox oil)

+ change gearbox oil

£231.69

 

FP1 (5/12/07 @ 99,448 miles) (own oil supplied)

£76.96

(+£15.39 to replace customer supplied differential oil)

 

 

Subtotal: £3579.50

 

 

Consumables and Non-warranty/non-scheduled maintainence

 

Nissan Clutch, cover, clutch release bearing and fitting (15/10/04 @ 23,388 miles)

£543.32

 

 

Fitting of tyres *2 rear (Hi-Q Motorway) (22/1/05)

£35.25

 

Supply and fitting of front brake pads, supply and fitting of rear parking sensors (painted at body shop), loan car (14/2/2005@ 32,055 miles)

£670.42

 

 

2* Pirelli P Zero Rosso (225/45 R18) (Hi-Q Motorway) (4/3/2005)

£313.21

 

Nismo clutch, Nismo Clutch Cover, Clutch Release bearing (Ordered from Performance Nissan, USA) (30/4/2005 @ 33,222 miles)

US$ 693.15 + Tax/Duty

£305.50 (fitting)

 

 

Fitting of 2 tyres (Bower Lane Tyres) (31/8/05)

£28.20

 

Nissan Clutch, Nissan Flywheel, windscreen wiper arms (15/9/2006 @ 71,042 miles) (own oil supplied)

see servicing FP3 for costs

 

Passenger window regulator, passenger door trim, driver's seat belt and fitting (28/9/2006 @ 71,843 miles)

£1606.99

 

FP1 (24/2/07 @ 80,359 miles) (own oil supplied)

£87.94

 

Coolant (31/5/2007)

£9.98

 

Subtotal £4100.81

 

 

Insurance

Estimated at £700*4

£2800

 

Petrol

100,000 miles at estimated 22 mpg at estimated £1.00 per litre:

17901 litres

£17,901

 

 

Special note regarding clutches:

My last clutch (an OEM Nissan clutch, flywheel and cover) is the first clutch which has felt normal in my car; it has lasted considerably longer than the initial Nissan OEM ones, and interestingly, is the only clutch I have used on a driver training day, or at the Nordschleife.

 

 

GRAND TOTAL (not yet complete, some items, e.g. tyres, brake pads and one set of brake discs missing):

£57,334.97

 

Current value of car (Parkers: private sale: (100,000 miles) Good Condition: excluding satnav)

£11,195

 

Cost over 4 years= £46,139.97

Cost per mile= 46 pence

Driving experience: Priceless

[Digsy]

Nice little write-up, Doc!

 

What's the plan then? Keep it for another 100k???

[350doc]

Yes; no point in selling it now!

[Sarnie]

Superb post

[lomoto]

Very interesting write up

[wanta350]

4 clutches during ownership!!

[Guest prescience]

Excellent post for owners

 

Any lessons learned in terms of servicing plan adopted etc?

[jim]

How come you got through 4 clutches?

 

Excellent post, by the way.

[Trev-the-Rev]

You say that the last clutch to be fitted is the only one to feel normal. What was wrong with the others then?

[Ebized]

An interesting read but unless I have missed something you seem to have got through more clutches than tyres That aside your last line sums up what the ZED is all about - sod the cost, eh

[Sarnie]

Also, how come you only did 652 miles between aug 07 and dec 07?

[GIXXERUK]

i would never ever do that add up the cost i prefer to plunder blindly otherwise i would never buy anything !

 

GRAND TOTAL (not yet complete, some items, e.g. tyres, brake pads and one set of brake discs missing):

£57,334.97

 

thats

[350doc]

Also, how come you only did 652 miles between aug 07 and dec 07?

Error on the mileage; now corrected.

[350doc]

An interesting read but unless I have missed something you seem to have got through more clutches than tyres That aside your last line sums up what the ZED is all about - sod the cost, eh

 

I haven't found the costs of most of my tyres, a set of brake discs, and a few other things yet (see grand total).

[350doc]

How come you got through 4 clutches?

 

Excellent post, by the way.

 

My personal belief is that there was something wrong with the setup on clutches 1 and 2 (used mainly for motorway driving only; absolutely no track use). The clutch pedal had an abnormal feeling (as it did with the Nismo, but that was to be expected). I complained, but to no avail. Clutch 4 feels completely normal, and has been used on a driver training day and the Nordschleife; it's still going strong.

[350doc]

Excellent post for owners

 

Any lessons learned in terms of servicing plan adopted etc?

 

The service plan was worthwhile (interest free and covered expensive platinum spark plugs and labour for replacement).

[xStric9x]

One of the best posts in a while bud

[M13KYF]

Brilliant post

 

will add the post to the FAQ

[Beavis]

Brilliant post

 

will add the post to the FAQ

 

 

+1 Read it last night

[stanski]

Yikes!!!

 

Excellent post - but erm erm now I am wondering if I should stick with my Pathfinder after all?

 

£17,000 on petrol alone - ooer I feel a bit dizzy.

 

Costs me about £4.5K on diesel a year which is bad enough I suppose?(34K miles on average - even though I am no 54K next week)

 

Oh stuff it if I can just scrape the cash together and keep it - think its gonna have to be my lst car ever - just sell the house and live in the car!

 

I hope you keep it after all those bills ?

 

Enjoy it......

[Ebized]

Yikes!!!

 

Excellent post - but erm erm now I am wondering if I should stick with my Pathfinder after all?

 

£17,000 on petrol alone - ooer I feel a bit dizzy.

 

 

The s s s s s fully justify the £s

[Liam's Z]

I can't even find todays receipt for the petrol I bought

 

Defo a top 10 post

[H5]

Top post. Here's to another 100k!!

[350doc]

Just go back from taking it to Riga. Still going strong, although the suspension is getting a little squeaky.

[StephenG]

Great post! Sorry I got here so late...

 

Petrol is approx 30% of your expenditure, ouch!

 

However that's excellent value for 4 years, it really is.