Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 355 maniflod & valve issues,any 360 issues?

[Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxton]

As bad as your last sentence sounds on the F-list I agree with you 
completely!

Brian


Charles G. Perry IV wrote:

> I have experienced every known 355 issue except the valve guide problem:
> 1) Melted headers (rebuilt by QVLondon)
> 2) Bad seat sensors (3 times, spiders only)
> 3) Leaking shocks (rebuilt by Delta V)
> 4) Melting interior (will probably replace with Valence carbon fiber)
> 5) Alternator Issue (ground strap added)
>
> Plus a couple that are rare:
> 1) Broken timing belt (my fault for waiting so long)
> 2) Broken valve springs (bad luck)
>
> Luckily all of the common problems have been irritating but not disabling, 
> but if I were shopping for a 355 I would either make sure the above issues 
> have been addressed or I would put aside a serious chunk of change for 
> addressing them. I will probably have spent $10k on stuff to make this car 
> the way Ferrari should have made it by the time I'm done. If you count the 
> rare items, more like $25k.
>
> I still love the car, but if I had it to do over again I would probably wait 
> another couple of years and buy a depreciated Gallardo spider. My experience 
> with my Diablo leads me to believe Lamborghini is head and shoulders above 
> Ferrari in terms of build quality and engineering. Flame on!
>
> -- charles
>