Thanks for your insightful reply.Spigzy wrote:Envotech only use OEM parts from my experience of replacing fuel lines & a few bits & bobs. I think if you're haggling over saving a few bucks on parts by sourcing them yourself from overseas & paying import duty & all the hassle, then you probably ought to question whether this is the type of car you really want to own. Whilst cheaper in PP than a damn Audi Q7 by a mile, a RR is still going to come in with repair bills in the hundreds/thousands - and definitely not the smaller bills you get with Toyota/Lexus where parts & labour are super cheap due to the abundance of those vehicles in Cambodia.
Bringing us slightly back on topic, I also own a Porsche 928 back in the UK, but the cost of buying it 20 years ago ($6k) was totally incommensurate with the maintenance & running costs (spent about $40k to date). That car was my first harsh lesson that buying a car you can afford is different from the sale price of the car. Damn that bedroom wall poster & Weird Science!! That's the reason why I'd stick with the older (2004-2009) RR 2.7 diesel & not a 2018 RR Sport Autobiography - I'm doing well, but the latter is totally out of my league, perhaps not to purchase, but certainly to run & repair - and at the end of the day, it's just a car that will potentially become obsolete in the next 10-20 years (as in cars in general, not just old ones!); not sure you could call that a good investment.
Perhaps I should set up a GoFundMe account for this - seems all the rage when you can't plan finances for shit?
Spigzy's Rolls Royce Wraith GoFundMe:
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By sourcing them from overseas, I was more thinking like bringing the needed parts in my own luggages on the next trip
Cars are definitively not a good investment especially brand new one