Cost of maintaining a modern Ferrari

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

very true.
If I could drive a Ferrari every day to the Starbucks and Costco boy that would be something! And if I could afford to do so I would in a heart beat.

But generaly speaking I think most Pcar owners do not drive their cars every day.
of course I have absolutely no data to back this up.
Assuming I'm correct most Pcar owners and Porsche owner are still not in the same ball park because Ferraris are usually sold to second and third owners with very very low miles. But so are tons of Porsches.

If this is going to be just a toy you sell every two years I don't think I see a heck of big difference between owning a $90K Porsche or a modern Ferrari.
Both are money pits just one gets 1000% more excitement from the driver and onlookers.

See it's crap like that that will allow me to talk myself into buying a Ferrari! Maybe I should give up on the Box and buy an Accord for M-Thurs and a Testarossa for Fri-Sun. My wife will love this idea...

[Perfectlap]

do it!! just tell your wife Perfectlap said it was ok.

here's a cream puff. All you have to do is take out a 2nd mortgage on the house, no biggie. Any RATIONAL and SYMPATHETIC woman would totally agree.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-Ferrari-F430-Coupe-F1-Loaded-L-K_W0QQitemZ110072268193QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6212QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem

yikes these things are expensive! $500 a mile???

assuming that F1 F430 sells for $200K and you financed it over SEVEN years your monthly payments would be a mere $2400 a month.
Which makes the $1500 5K service bill all that more of a bargain. Peanuts...

[Dr. Kill]

Nice! There is even a button that says "get low monthly payments."

[Perfectlap]

This whole thing only convinces me that a 2nd hand 911 Turbo really is an amazing bargain. You can park that thing next to any Ferrari (well maybe not the Enzo) and no one would laugh at you. And at the track no one is going to laugh at you lap times either.

These Porsche dudes in Germany may be real arrogant SOB's but they know what they are doing and have the numbers to back it up.

[jeffsquire]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

This whole thing only convinces me that a 2nd hand 911 Turbo really is an amazing bargain. You can park that thing next to any Ferrari (well maybe not the Enzo) and no one would laugh at you. And at the track no one is going to laugh at you lap times either.

These Porsche dudes in Germany may be real arrogant SOB's but they know what they are doing and have the numbers to back it up.

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according to the Porsche website the 911s need only be serviced at intervals of 20k. Isnt that a hell of a lot less expensive than the Ferraris?

[drburton]

I have been working under the assumption I will pull the trigger on a 911 in a couple of years but a used ferrari has to be a consideration. Those maintenance costs don't seem that horrible to me. My Boxster is not a daily driver and my next sports car won't be either.

Like I mentioned in the earlier post a mid 90's F355 can be had for $70-$80k. Can't even get into a well optioned 911 for that (new). Even most used 997's are over that range. Something to consider.

911 or F355? Hmmm

[UroTrash]

Guys, a typical clutch is in the $7000 range. So no burn outs OK?

The craziest cost that I have seen, and seems to be substantiated is the cost to replace the auto transmission in a 456 GTA.

The transmission is about $75,000. That's right, $75 biggies, more than half the price of the cars currently. ($60k for the part, 15k for labor.)

And the crazy part is it apparently is some variation of a GM transmission.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=136023992#post136023992

[NickCats]

Ok, Perfectlap, you got me thinkin'

I found 4 1995 F355 Berlinetta's ( 380 hp ) and 3 1995 348 Spider's ( 300 hp ) on AutoTrader with 18k ( low ) to 44k ( high ) miles all for under $60k !

I love my Boxster, and it is my primary daily driver, but I have to wonder if those that have a new 987S as a weekend "toy" ever considered a used Ferrari as an option ?

I know if I had $60k to throw at a car ( hopefully in 4 more years ) I sure as hell would !

Nick

[FIG]

Roughly what we pay

F355 (non spyder) 38000KM - AUS$160,000 (US$120K)


911 (997 Carrera Coupe) 5000KM - AUS$214,000 (US$160K)


Hard to pick