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Originally Posted by porscheracer
Nice F car but be prepared to be good friends with the Ferrari mechanic and dealership.
Also I presume this is a Sunday car...So what do you drive everyday?
Ferrari unlike Porsche is a show car or weekend car.
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While it's true that most Porsche's see more miles quicker than Ferrari's, I think you're holding on to an older myth about the differences in maintainability. Since the 360, Ferrari's have had a big jump in reliability. With the 430, the jump was even bigger (chains instead of belts).
From dual owners that I've talked to, lots of them have had issues with the transmission on their 911s when pushing them hard. I've read lots of fun stories about RMS issues too.
So Porsche's are not perfect, no high-performance car is.
Just for another point of reference, I've driven my Lambo 2400 miles in a few months with the only issues being a few squeaks (that were promptly fixed) and a battery that died due to my mistake of leaving the cockpit lights on one night. When the weather is nice, I try to drive the car every night or every other night. There's no garage queening going on here.
I've talked to lots of 360 and Gallardo owners that have had their cars for years with no issues at all.
The world of supercars today is very different from even the mid 90es.
And I have every intent on putting on as many miles as I possible can in these cars. They are so most certainly not for Sundays or shows. I consider them for Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
No, I won't be grocery shopping in them. But that's not a question of reliability, but of practicality.