Can You Afford To Drive A Ferrari? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

vath2001 · 03-30-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Ofishbein

Buying a Ferrari is an emotional decision; a Porsche is an intelligent one. The trick is getting the emotion out of your system before you commit.

I'm with Randall on this one. Buying a Toyota Camry is an intelligent decison. Buying a Porsche is still an emotional choice.... potentially an expensive emotional choice.

JP308 · 03-31-2009, 09:13 AM

Every car I have ever bought has been an emotional choice. I have never bought a car to go from A to B, to me, it's all in the drive to get there.

mylamb · 03-31-2009, 10:05 AM

That article was not surprising. I have read in numerous magazines that the maint. on the 12 cylinder Ferraris is through the roof - makes the 8 cylinders seem like bargains. They pretty much shoot down the notion of purchasing a 456GT.

Still, I can remember shooting the sh#@ with one of the salesmen at Luxury Motors about 360 Modenas, and he said the first major service (12 mos) is $8000. I don't know if he was pulling that from his rear or what, but that seems a little ridiculous.

eightsandaces · 03-31-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mylamb

That article was not surprising. I have read in numerous magazines that the maint. on the 12 cylinder Ferraris is through the roof - makes the 8 cylinders seem like bargains. They pretty much shoot down the notion of purchasing a 456GT.

Still, I can remember shooting the sh#@ with one of the salesmen at Luxury Motors about 360 Modenas, and he said the first major service (12 mos) is $8000. I don't know if he was pulling that from his rear or what, but that seems a little ridiculous.

I believe it, worked with a cardiologist who owned a Ferrari, they are rich men's toys. I only wish I had trained to service such vehicles, if you are a cracker jack Ferrari wrench, you're going to do fine in life...

Perfectlap · 03-31-2009, 02:15 PM

I remember when they wouldn't sell you Ferrari even if you had the cash. They put you on a first time Ferrari buyer waiting list that was years long. if you wanted to buy within a year you had to pony up enough to buy BMW. More millionaires in America than Ferraris to go around. All this was great for used Ferrari auto sales.

ah..... it was only 18 months ago...

eightsandaces · 03-31-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I remember when they wouldn't sell you Ferrari even if you had the cash. They put you on a first time Ferrari buyer waiting list that was years long. if you wanted to buy within a year you had to pony up enough to buy BMW. More millionaires in America than Ferraris to go around. All this was great for used Ferrari auto sales.

ah..... it was only 18 months ago...

Old man Ferrari wouldn't sell you a car if he didn't like you, I love that...

roadracer311 · 03-31-2009, 10:11 PM

I've been keeping an eye on the used Ferrari market nearly every day for the last 6 months. I probably won't buy one any time soon, but if I do, it would be an F355 or a good old Testa Rossa. I've seen decent TR's for $50k to $60k recently, and a fully serviced F355 seems to be around $65k.

Reading the article about the cost of ownership, all I could think was how you could reduce most of the repair costs by a factor of 10 if you did all the labor yourself.

I'll probably hold off on Ferrari ownership until I have a garage with a lift in it. Once I have the ability to do my own engine-out service, I think I'll be all out of excuses not to do it.

I wouldn't sell the Boxster if I bought a Ferrari. I'd have to have something to use to bring home groceries.