Ferrari Mailing List: Re: costs of ownership

[Dave Handa (dave]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim and Cheryl Brown [mailto:barchetta [at] verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:03 PM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] costs of ownership

"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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