[timado404]

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Hello everyone, I am the new owner (14 days in) of a 2011 GranTurismo S and I don't believe anybody has attempted to daily drive one to the extent that I am.

I do an average of 35,000 miles per year on my daily driver and around 10,000 on my other car. I have recently sold my 2011 Audi A8 that took almost 40,000 miles per year in the 1.5 years I've owned it, and replaced it with the GranTurismo as my main car. It was the cheapest I've found, and I feel I've gotten pretty lucky. I purchased it 14 days ago with 34,000 miles and 2 prior owners for a cash deal of $21,000. This will be a true daily driver that I'm looking to run for the next 100k miles/2.5-3 years, and sell around 130k. It's not my first exotic. I have previously owned a Bentley GT speed that did 33,000 per year, and my favorite car was my 2011 Rapide which did a hair under 40,000 in the year i had it (before a drunk driver totaled it.)

I plan on documenting what a REAL daily driver looks like. The trip computer photo is from the last 14 days, with NO road trips, just driving around Long Island, NY for personal pleasure. A little over 1700 miles and almost 60 hours means I'm averaging 122 miles per day, and a little over 4 engine hours every day, which is on par with my habits. The true test will see how it holds up between the local city driving and the weather as temperatures have been in the high teens lately with most days being in the 20s (F) this time of year.

This will be the ultimate test of a Granturismo as a daily beater car, and so far it's been fabulous. I have only done an oil change so far and it's performed flawlessly. Attached are some images of the car, i hope to document this so others can see how it is as a REAL station car, a REAL daily driver, not just a 7,000 mile/year "daily driver." Wish me luck. View attachment 161402
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Congrats, welcome, and good luck. 👍🏾
A properly sorted GT should be able to handle this mileage, no prob. I had my 2014 for almost 5 years before I recently handed it over to my lil bro with 167k miles on the clock. I put 145k miles on it during my ownership.

 

[timado404]

I’ve ridden in his car in the May time frame of last year and it was in really really really really good shape. Kindly, v/r, Stephen

Drove mine about 150 today to cross the 50K mark. And guess what, they even drive in the snow!😁 View attachment 161416

Drove mine about 150 today to cross the 50K mark. And guess what, they even drive in the snow!😁 View attachment 161416

Drove mine about 150 today to cross the 50K mark. And guess what, they even drive in the snow!😁 View attachment 161416

And the rain.... 😆

 

[timado404]

I’ve ridden in his car in the May time frame of last year and it was in really really really really good shape.

Kindly,
v/r,
Stephen

Thanks bro...and have to admit, when the valet pulled it around, I was thinking, "damn that's a good looking machine!"

 

[timado404]

Thank you both for the warm welcome. And timado404, WOW! 160,000 miles, I wish more people like you spoke up on the forums! Now that these cars can be had for such a low price of entry, we will start to see more people like myself treating them as regular transportation instead of garage queens. This means more DIY maintenance and less stringent, less "perfectionist" standards.

You do not have to take a beating on ownership costs if you can be a bit thrifty. I was once quoted around $1,100 for each brake rotor on a car, just normal iron rotors, which would also take 3 weeks to arrive. This situation led me to contact a man in the midwest who custom-makes brake rotors for custom built vehicles. After all, It's just a piece of round metal with 5 holes in it! There's no reason to pay the name tax for some metal. I simply sent him one of my stock rotors from each axle, and a few specs, and he machined me a MUCH higher quality set of rotors for around $400 each. I didn't save any time, but saved a ton of money and recieved a high quality handmade product instead. They were still on the car (installed by me, in the driveway with a stock scissor jack and a walmart tool kit) with tons of life left in them when I sold it.
Another time, a part of my "start/stop" button cracked off on a fairly rare car...nearly $500 off the parts catalog for a 12 mm piece of plastic, and next to impossible to source used. A visit to my local trophy shop yielded a much higher quality metal piece customized to my liking for under a tenth of that price.
These are just machines after all. A brake rotor is still a metal disc wether it's on a Corolla or a Ferrari. A power window motor is a power window motor no matter what it's packaged in. In nearly every case, they all function the same. I could go on, but you get the picture...cars like this don't scare me one bit.

Everywhere I have researched prior to this purchase gave the impression that 100k miles was outrageous and any "daily driven" GT meant a 10 mile trip 5 days a week. Input like yours is valuable to me (and others like me) because a 150k mile GT is largely unheard of and proves that these cars aren't as delicate as they are made out to be. Would you mind sharing any major work you've had to carry out beyond regular maintenance?

Had the valve cover gaskets replaced, Engine mounts, I did the trans mount and the thermostat. That's about as major as it got for me.

 

[timado404]

Well 20k miles/year is actually quite a bit!

20k-25k was my usual as a daily...