Bargain Supercar gets expensive

kontradictions · Apr 1, 2009

2009 Nissan GT-R: Bargain Supercar Gets Expensive

Those of you 2009 Nissan GT-R haters out there, you're going to love this one. To the GT-R fanboys, well, sorry, this is going to be hard to make excuses for.

Last week we took our Nissan GT-R to Nissan of Santa Monica for routine service. We knew going in that this was going to be an expensive one. We'd been warned ahead of time that this service was not only an oil change (already expensive on these cars), but also a routine change of the differential and transaxle fluids.

Should be simple, right? Consider this: Automatic Transmission Fluid (GT-R specific) lists for $114.98 per quart. That's not a typo-- maybe an accounting error on Nissan's side, but not a typo. Forget Cristal we're going to start seeing hip-hop videos with rappers pouring this stuff on the ground while throwing dollars in the air. Don't worry, though, we didn't pay that. We got a deal; only $84.24 each. What a bargain.

Once you regain your breath-- lost either by laughing or screaming-- follow the jump for the full break-down of this service.

(photo by UnderPressure and originally posted on the North American GT-R Owners club forums)

Now that we've all had a good laugh (or cry), here's the breakdown.

Transmission & Diff fluid change:

8 Quarts (Our car took just under 8. They quote 10 quarts, but the ammount used is rarely, if ever, that high. Honest dealers will tell you what your car took. Dishonest ones can easily charge you for the full 10.) of GT-R Automatic Transmission Fluid @ $86.24/ea: $689.92

3 Quarts of GT-R specific differential oil @ $62.02/ea: $186.06

Labor: $500

Oil Change:

1 Oil Filter: $6.95 (finally, something normal)

6-quarts Mobil 1 Synthetic 0W40 @ 9.38/ea: $56.28

Labor: $150

New Engine Air Filters and in Cabin Microfilter: (We could have saved a few bucks and done this one ourselves, but the car was already in the shop.)

2 engine air filters @ $52.86/ea: $105.72

1 Micro Air filter: $53.38

Labor: $115.00

The remote entry was repaired at no cost.

Our service advisor also noted that our right-rear tire had lost a strip of rubber on the inner edge, metal was showing. We have a set of tires already orderd from Stokes Tire Pros in Santa Monica.

TOTALS

Labor: $817.50

Parts: 1,101.31

Tax: 90.86

Total charge: $2009.67

Days out of service (including estimates for the repair): 4

As easy and fun as this is going to be to skewer in the comments, here's a side challenge (which we've also got posted on a white board in our office): What could possibly be in the GT-R specific oil to make it cost $114 per quart?
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http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/2009/03/2009-nissan-gt-r-bargain-supercar-gets-expensive.html

Holy shit!!!

tonkachi · Apr 1, 2009

GOOD LORD that is a lot of mula just for some transmission fluid...they must have it running something very very special for that price....

gordonng85 · Apr 1, 2009

I saw that one Autoblog lol.
This is definitely not a car I want to get 10 years from now when all the problems surface.

fearless_fx · Apr 1, 2009

Yeah, i had been thinking that in like 5-10 years when the prices drop significantly i'd buy one, but the long term maintainance costs would be immense

Aoes · Apr 1, 2009

guess i gotta sell my other kidney for the service... damn...

Akki · Apr 2, 2009

by golly i don't even think if i won the lottery that i would want to buy this car >__<

dim8sum · Apr 2, 2009

looks like they spilt a lot of it on the floor as well -dead

ShaamanRyu · Apr 2, 2009

you sorta expect that when buying a nice car..I mean...since when was service for a ferrari cheap?

Aoes · Apr 3, 2009

^but this isn't a ferrari... infact... this is ~3x less than a ferrari...

tonkachi · Apr 4, 2009

ShaamanRyu said: ↑

you sorta expect that when buying a nice car..I mean...since when was service for a ferrari cheap?
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but that is what you expect when you buy a ferrari...the maintenance is supposed to rape you silly...but this is a nissan, in your mind you don't think nissan's are supposed to be that much for maintenance

dim8sum · Apr 4, 2009

^tbh i expect any "performance" car to have to rape my wallet at maintenance, something like a Ferrari will rape you silly, but something as tuned as the GT-R i expect some sort of rapage

aint that how car (st)dealers make their money these days, not really through the cars but the after service and parts

Bargain Supercar gets expensive

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