> Singh’s insurance policy covered the cost of the repairs; he declines to specify the total amount but says the incident did not increase his monthly premium.<p>I assume they did so only after the at-fault driver's insurance was maxed out?
I've noticed that as the price of a car goes up, or if its marketed as a "luxury", its complexity and difficulty of repair also goes up disproportionately; this is true also for cars far below $100K. Given things like the placement of consumable parts, it's almost as if they are deliberately designing them for <i>anti</i>-serviceability, so that they can charge more for servicing.<p>On the other hand, I have an old American car and all the major parts for it --- powertrain, suspension, brakes, etc. --- are still cheap and widely available, even after nearly 5 decades. It's very serviceable and relatively simple, yet still quite comfortable and pleasing to drive; and despite the powerful engine, probably still has better fuel economy than these supercars.
> Aston Martin Vulcan went so far as to include a repair and maintenance clause for all customers, promising that the original technicians and engineers who built the cars would conduct any necessary work.<p>I guess this clause is null and void in USA?
> Fast-forward five months, and Singh was reunited with the car in Italy<p>Still faster than some Tesla owners have had to wait for their cars to get fixed. Lengthy and complicated repairs aren't limited to $3M cars.<p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/cars/article/tesla-repair-wait-time-complaints-electric-car-13796037.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfgate.com/cars/article/tesla-repair-wait-time-c...</a>
To (most) people commenting and reading this, the question 'why would you pay that much money for a car' is just about context.<p>To much of non-first world countries, buying an iPhone Pro Max would evoke the same question. That amount of money symbolises food for a long period of time.<p>Unfortunately your context shifts out a lot. It becomes normalised to buy an iPhone. It becomes normalised to pay a lot of money to buy a house, and if you're lucky enough to build wealth the normality bar just keeps being raised.<p>And then, poof, you just bought a supercar. Or a Patek Philippe. Or whatever other expensive thing that has no real purpose beyond it's a thing that you like.<p>I feel the same way with private jets. But a private jet was a completely trivial sum of money for me, maybe I would. Hard to say.