Please tell me why I shouldn't buy this S8

"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter) 01/25/2015 at 17:41 • Filed to: None

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I found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Carmax and am so very tempted to buy it. I don't need another car right now, but I have a thing for S8s, and I like the V10. I know these can become a maintenance nightmare, but with a CarMax warranty how bad can it be? Is $35k a decent price?

 > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 17:45

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If you have 35k to spend on an 8 year old German luxury car then maintenance shouldn't really be a concern.

thedevilinside > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 17:46

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If you can afford it, insurance, CarMax warranty, and have room, I have no reason you shouldn't.

Steve in Manhattan > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 17:49

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It is an 8 year old car. I would look at comparables. The price seems high. If CarMax is pricing in the warranty, you'll pay for it twice. If you have the cash to buy one on the open market (and the cash to keep it on the road) go for it.

ly2v8-Brian > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 17:49

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Maintenance cost. Unless you have the skill (or at least bravery) to fix it yourself (mind you parts are still expensive).

BadMotorScooter > thedevilinside 01/25/2015 at 17:57

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I can feel my wallet getting lighter... I wonder what maintenance problems these things really have though. I know a guy with an 05 Gallardo who says it has been rock solid and as reliable as any contemporary car. I think it may be more a matter of what it costs to fix IF something breaks, not necessarily that they are inherently unreliable or trouble-prone.

thedevilinside > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 18:25

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Ya, they may be super reliable but if you get unlucky, the cost could be very high. I don't know anything about A/S8's specifically, they're not a car I would be looking at any time soon

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 19:06

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Fuck the S8. Spend the same amount of money to get a hoontastic E60 M5 with a better V10 and beleive it or not more reliability.

Tom McParland > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 19:27

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doooo it!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 20:44

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Very NP if you get a carmax warranty.

pip bip - choose Corrour > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 20:56

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do you like being poor?

coqui70 > BadMotorScooter 01/25/2015 at 23:37

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You need to buy this because Robert DeNiro and Jean Reno may need your help one day retrieving a mysterious silver case from an international group of ruffians.