visionology
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In general, the cost of a car's maintenance is proportional to its performance envelope. --Andre
I think the maintenance is more relevant to the cost of the car as there are many super high-end cars with high maintenance and have mediocre performance in relation to other cars costing the same. The automobile companies who make cars in such small numbers have to have high maintenance costs to re-coop the costs to develop the cars which can't be spread out over volume. I always point to this article, http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/939 which I am sure many of you have read, documenting the maintenance of a Ferrari 550 over the course of 6 years. The amount of parts that had to be replaced frequently (including the windshield washer reservoir for $529?) was astounding for a car with very few miles and no track time. It seems as though they replace parts simply based on a mile number rather than on wear.