But if you can charge, say, $50,000/year to keep a Lamborghini top notch ... how many customers do you really need?

> The Murcielago will run you about $2000 for an oil change, $4000 for plugs and the best part $12000 for an E-Gear Clutch. The Gallardo on the other hand is more docile and similar to the Ferrari 360 Modena at just $400 for an oil change, $2000 for plugs and finally about $3500 for an E-Gear clutch. The Lamborghini maintenance ranges heavily based on the line you select and should not be taken lightly as the cost of new transmission could cost you $50,000 if a replacement is needed and lets not even talk about the engine failing.

If a new transmission costs $50,000 in parts alone. How much can you charge to put it in?

And let's not forget that polishing these cars can cost thousands of dollars per shine.

Relevant link:

http://www.secretentourage.com/lifestyle/autos/cost-of-owner...

http://www.esotericdetail.com/detailing-services/ferrari-lam...

That's fine, as long as there's one Lamborghini per mechanic. We can sustain a society off of that.

Why on Earth would an oil change cost $2000, or even $400? Are these stealership prices or something? What keeps you from just changing the oil yourself in your garage? Surely a Lamborghini uses some standard oil like 5W-30 and some standard filter; it's not like they make their own oil and filters. And why would plugs cost $4000? Again, they surely don't make their own spark plugs, but instead get them from a vendor like NGK or Bosch, and are probably the exact same plugs used in various BMWs or something, which you can buy anywhere. Specialty parts, made specifically for that model (or for Lamborghinis in general), are of course going to be expensive because of limited supply, but the oil change thing really doesn't make sense, that just sounds like price-gouging.

The technicians get very little of that $50K.

Based on what I can tell, most of us are going to be self-promoting, angry, victimized doomsday scenario peddlers. That gig has been around since long before Malthus and no matter how many folks are doing it, there never seems to be a lack of demand.

I truly can't work out from this and your earlier comments if you're trolling, being intentionally obtuse, believe you're immune by nature of inherited wealth or sanguine expectations around your employment, or simply don't understand the nature and scale of the problems that are being described here.