Cost of maintaining a modern Ferrari

[Perfectlap]

Interesting thread

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133725

[IowaS]

a 5000k service at $1,500 or $4,000??? Either one is ridiculous.... not to mention brakes, belt service, valve adjustment and god forbid a clutch...typically not included.

[Perfectlap]

$1500 for 5K doesn't sound so bad to me. Five thousand miles in an F430 sound like they would be a heck of allot more fun than the same in a PCAR.

$4,000 was the major service which is probably 15K Miles? And that doesn't sound too bad either considering the car is everyones dream.
There is a factory warranty as well so before you hit any real mileage just keep trading up!

think about it how many people here and on the 911 boards sign up to "eat" more than $30,000 of depreciation on their Pcars in a four year period.
If you are going to be "o.k." with that then coughing up $4,000-$6,000 for operation a prancing horse doesn't seem so outrageous to me.

the non-track driving Ferrari owners I know say the improvement in reliability in the last 7 years is truly amazing. I guess all those F1 dollars are indeed trickling down to the road cars.

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

think about it how many people here and on the 911 boards sign up to "eat" more than $30,000 of depreciation on their Pcars in a four year period.
If you are going to be "o.k." with that then coughing up $4,000-$6,000 for operation a prancing horse doesn't seem so outrageous to me.

I hear ya, but doesn't the story change if you drive your car every day?

I recognize that not all Pcar owners do, but I always thought of our cars as high-end production DDs while a Ferrari is more of an exotic for weekend and track activities. What is going to happen to your maintenance costs if you put 15k miles per year on the clock of the Ferrari fighting traffic?

I think we are talking about apples and oranges here.

I know there are plenty of people who only drive 911s on Sunday and treat them like they are priceless artifacts, but that doesn't put the car in the same league as a Ferrari for ownership comparative purposes. I also know guys who do the same thing with Mustangs.

[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.

[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...

[Rail26]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

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.

I wonder if this is true? My Box is a daily driver and I don't know why other people don't use there car as a daily driver (except for the obvious fact of kids, etc). It gets great gas mileage, is comfortable, looks good and is fun to drive. I don't care about racking up the mileage because I bought the car to drive...not to sit in the garage trying to "protect" my investment (worst investment in the world).

My rule for any car I will buy is it has to be a daily driver.