EB_1920

Thought you guys might be interested in this report that finds the 911 as the 3rd most expensive car to maintain based on the price of commonly replaced parts (oil filters, air filters, brake pads, etc).

http://frugalmechanic.com/press/best_and_worst_cars_to_maintain/

Top Five Most Expensive Makes:

1. Porsche
2. Jaguar
3. Mercedes-Benz
4. BMW
5. Hummer

Top Five Most Expensive Cars:

1. Mercedes-Benz ML550
2. Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG
3. Porsche 911
4. Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG
5. BMW 750i

And just for fun.....the Least Expensive Cars:

837. Pontiac 6000
838. Buick Reatta
839. Yugo Cabrio
840. Nissan Pulsar NX
841. Chevrolet Celebrity

Check out the full report here: http://frugalmechanic.com/press/best...s_to_maintain/

theiceman

They lie ....

911tracker85

I cannot believe Audi isn't in that list. based on my experiences it SHOULD be. or at least the A8 my wife has.

EB_1920

Audi is #6

http://frugalmechanic.com/press/best...maintain/makes

ked

something tells me their database didn't include pre-'89 911s... the subject of this forum.
however, it does appear that cars w/ the least expensive parts are highly correlated with the biggest POS.

butzip

yugo cabrio, are you f-ing serious??? parts are cheap because they are nonexistent!! any list that even includes this atrocity is instantly discredited...... and what's with #841. Chevrolet.....? like ANY chevy? wtf kind of list is this?

EB_1920

my mistake......#841 is the Chevrolet Celebrity.

What a beauty

abe

Bought any Ferrari parts lately? As far as the YUGO...they are maintainance free since they are disposable.
abe

theiceman

yeah i thought with the yugo you kept the filters but changed the car every 5,000 miles

Marc Gelefsky

I'm with ya, Audi is worse than Porsche!

When is the last time anyone ever SAW one of the cars?

bxtech

I think I saw all of those in Pick N' Pull last weekend!

whiteNSXs

Did they say what years of the 911? My 1989 911 3.2 has been very reliable as well as my previous 1980, 1984, and 1985 911. My current Cab has some alarm gremlin currently. My 928 seems to be a lot more expensive to maintain.
Steve

Ed Hughes

My 911 is OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive to maintain, I concur. I can't seem to ever stop buying parts.

I've had a couple of Celebrities for company cars in the late '80's. I know they could make it through 50,000 miles of extremely abusive driving.

ivangene

saw a Buick Reatta the other day and almost broke my neck trying to see it go by.. have not seen one in maybe 8 years... kind of a rare car to begin with. The only reason I know about it is I had a boss that bought one.... he liked younger girls... I was younger

he had some nice passengers!!!

500

The link is dead for me, but from what I understand all this ranking is is simply a compendium of parts prices for normal maintenance items. So we can conclude that 911s (of whichever vintage that list applies) have more expensive oil filters, air filters, brake pads etc then Pontiac 6000s... Don't know what is surprising about that!

Really has nothing to do with reliability or true cost of ownership etc.