Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [SPAM:] Re: Looking for help

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

there's the best insight of the month! It's true too. I put 20K on my  
328 and the only thing that troubled me was a broken a/c compressor  
belt. Car was 11 years old too.

-ken-
On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Paul Bennett wrote:

> There's something to be said for doing NO research and buying a  
> Ferrari like you buy a used Buick.   I once had a 'hobby' vintage  
> motorhome (Kent Cortez) and the national conventions had 3 days of  
> mechanics workshops of what goes wrong and how to fix it.  By the  
> time the convention was over, you expected the coach to falter and  
> die at any moment.   Same can be true of Ferrari's.  Spending time  
> in the Ferrari forums and lists can make one feel the car may not  
> make it to the next stoplight.   Not that the prepurchase homework  
> is a waste but you must develop a perspective.   Research doesn't  
> make your car faster or more reliable...it just improves odds.  
> Sometimes a gamble is in order.