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Looking forward to a taste of Serek's 'special brew'
Said the vicar to the choir boy!
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1100696_this-is-how-expensive-it-is-to-own-a-bugatti-veyron-video
WTF? And what bloody idiot civil servant approved it and authorised the spending of our money on such sh1t? The mind boggles!! 
.Well deposit paid , it is a minter every service bill MOT & even all previous tax discs all displayed in a ring binder all in document wallets .Drove superbly power delivery is awesome but so quiet & smooth .l love it .
I wouldn't dream of asking what it cost?........
You could have a guess see if anyone is close.
This thread made me look again at what's out there, a new ish big diesel or petrol.... I could buy some things like this:
Jag XJ TDVi (again could get a Petrol cheaper, like XJ-R and LPG)
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201509086722859?onesearchad=used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew&keywords=Sport&model=xj&fuel-type=diesel&make=jaguar&sort=default&radius=1500&page=2&postcode=tw89de&search-target=usedcars&logcode=p
Merc CLS 320
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201510137783692?sort=default&page=2&onesearchad=used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew&make=mercedes-benz&fuel-type=diesel&model=cls&postcode=tw89de&keywords=Sport&radius=1500&search-target=usedcars&logcode=p
Spending £8-10k ish on something new(ish) that's going to be smooth, comfy, refined and not tooo bad on fuel. Get around 35-40mpg out of them.
But issues are even at that young-ish age, issues like DPF failure, Turbo's, Injectors are all too common. Looking on forums, it's not uncommon to see a 4 figure bill for a turbo failure or DPF change.
Even basic work though, things like new rear shocks. That cost me £50 on the 2.2 which is cheap as chips, one thread I read on the CLS said the Air-Matic shocks for the CLS were "only a couple of hundred cheaper, than another Merc" - Just looking at the air-shocks on the XJ, they are £673 each on ECP?
"Arnott Air Spring Unit"
Things will fail on these cars, so suspension changes will be needed. So replacing both rear shocks could be as much as £1.2k even DIY
Oil changes, basic pad changes on the rear all become super expensive. These electric handbrakes need computer-tools to sort rear brake pads.... for the Omega it costs about a tenner and takes 30 mins DIY.
They maybe cheap to buy, but not to run, Omega parts really are cheap as chips. Driving 3.2 yesterday, I thought, what is wrong with this? Nothing. Smooth, comfy, fairly quick, Bose sounds etc. If I was to LPG it, be just as good really as the above.
