Coupe, Roadster, or... Hardster?

[Lucky1]

Originally Posted by mmm-five

It’s going up slowly now, as it’s semi-retired from daily driver duties...a leggy Alfa diesel is doing the 25000 a year commute.

Did you need any major maintenance work to keep her running to that mileage? Engine rebuild, suspension, ? I'm at 30,000 miles so still a ways to go to catch up to you.

[Enchipotlado]

M Coupe (my first post)

[wdb]

LOL @ this thread. It's amazing how passionate the Moupesters are, compared to the roadster folk -- who *should* outnumber us 10 to 1!

[mmm-five]

Originally Posted by Lucky1

Did you need any major maintenance work to keep her running to that mileage? Engine rebuild, suspension, ? I'm at 30,000 miles so still a ways to go to catch up to you.

Biggest bills have been whilst it was under warranty...engine at 23,000, diff at 80,000. Never got a satisfactory response as to the cause of the engine failure, but as the misfire started about 10 miles after collecting it from an inspection at the dealer, they couldn’t really argue over warranty covering it.

It’s had lots of oil services & inspections as it was used on track a bit, so doubled up on the maintenance schedule.

Normal stuff like pads, discs, tyres, etc. are purely down to how hard/frequently it is driven. Even doing 3 Ring trips a year, I was getting 20,000 miles out of a set of rear Michelin SuperSports.

As for big bills, they didn’t start to appear until about 110,000 miles as I decided to replace the original suspension with Bilstein B16/PSS10.

Next big bill was for clutch & flywheel at 140,000 miles.

It had an accident at about 150,000 miles so had lots of rear-end mechanicals replaced then...diff, RTAs, drive shafts, etc.

All in all, much cheaper to run than an e34 M5.

[tiltmode43]

Originally Posted by wdb

LOL @ this thread. It's amazing how passionate the Moupesters are, compared to the roadster folk -- who *should* outnumber us 10 to 1!

I agree. It's pretty interesting how enthusiasts (basically all of *us* who are here on the forums) really tend to gravitate towards the coupe more than the roadster. Many less coupes exist yet still looks like us roadies are the minority around here