Not just expensive to buy, expensive to own.

[Mitch]

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/105665/Best-10,-Worst-10-Cars-for-Repair-Costs

[Parts/Service]

We have a customer that owns 2 city blocks in Atlanta.   To say the least he is loaded.  He has a 96 Viper, a 2008 Viper, A prowler, A PT cruiser, 2 CTDs, a SRT-8 300, and a Minivan.  He is in his 60's.  The 96 Viper got away from him and he ruined the hood and both rear wheels.  The hood cost 20 friggin thousand dollars and the wheels were a thousand each.  So, 30 seconds of fun cost him 22 thousand not including paint..

[BigRiver]

David............Man, how does a Viper hood cost 20 grand?

That's scarey unreal !

[mayfair]

Yeah, i gotta get in the hood business

[Parts/Service]

Well on that year Viper, the hood IS the whole front end.  So you are buying the whole front clip....

Part Description: HOOD 
 List Price: 20,525.00  USD
 
Part Description: FASCIA/bumper cover
 List Price: 1,875.00  USD

Part Description: WHEEL/Rear/ Steel 18" x 13"
 List Price: 1,415.00  USD

Part Description: WHEEL/Rear/Aluminum 18" x 13"
 List Price: 3,615.00  USD

[4x4fantasy]

$3600 for a freakin wheel when you can get the same 18x13 through Tire Rack for "maybe" $1000 ?!?!?!?

Who sets these prices?  Are they trying to get rich quick ?!?!

[Parts/Service]

Well that is retail, there is some flexibility according to customer attitude and if they are a good customer. 

[mayfair]

Better be pretty effing flexible huh?

[Mitch]

Jesus! 20K for a hood! The car is ONLY 80K right? How much is a lug nut, $100?

[BigRiver]

Sounds like my horses. They were cheap compared to the monthly expenses.

[Tom Courtright]

yea my sister saw a 98 for 36K, cheap as hell in some places...but id hate to put it in a ditch...
i'll keep my 4-banger 3K$ pickem up