Ferrari Mailing List: Re: costs of ownership

[Jim and Cheryl Brown (barchetta]

"The first bite came in August 2000, five months after the warranty expired. At 
13,637 miles, the owner brought the car in for a 15,000-mile service, two rear 
tires, and an oil, filter, and coolant change for $2,665.70." 
   
  I am clearly in the wrong line of work with a charge like that. Now do the 
belts get changed on a 550 with a 15K service like most everything else?
   
  Jim

LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com> wrote:
  I think one of the problems is using "race-like" parts on fat-ass street 
cars. The parts return great handling at a "bargain". Only problem is we get an 
"economic version" of a race part which wasn't made to last long in the first 
place. Remember when 3000lbs. was considered a heavy car? People use to call an 
E24 M6 too heavy for the track. Now M3's are the same weight or "fatter". Even 
a lightweight Ferrari is a modern version of "us". (you know who you are. you 
think you can still move as fast as you did in high school even though you are 
30 lbs heavier... LOL) 

Personally, I think the owner of "that" 550 was an idiot. He repainted the 
wheels as often as I wash my car. The author made it sound like the cosmetic 
upkeep was mandatory of ownership. I'd like to see the cost of a Camry owner 
cosmetically upkeep their car. The grocery door dings alone might make it more 
expensive than the 550! It also sounded like the dealer/stealer was maintaining 
this guys car as if he was financing his own ferrari with the service bill or 
this guy really neglected the car because he has so much money (lack of warm-up 
etc.) Also repairing the wheels so often might mean he took this Ferrari 
off-road or full speed over speed bumps. I don't even believe the suspension 
could go bad so fast unless the owner was reckless.

Sorry for fuming. Just learned to have an open check book as my car is getting 
it's "scheduled" maintenance. At least my tech gave me a loaner so I can go 
back to my office to make money to pay him. Am I making money while typing 
this? Nope. Gotta run!

Rodney
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