Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30

[LS (lashdeep]

Did you go through this for all 12 of your other cars?

LS


--- BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com wrote:

>  
>  
> In a message dated 4/28/2008 11:44:16 PM Central Daylight Time,  
> ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:
> 
> On  another note...why do people sell their Ferrari for a Vette? They
> are
> so  different...should have both.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> First of all, as an outcast in Bowling Green, KY, home of the Corvette,
> I  am 
> used to being on the defensive about owning the Ferrari ILO a ZO6
> Corvetter  
> so accept that this fact may temper my answer.
>  
> As to selling the Ferrari for a Vette, well even if economics and the
> cost  
> of ownership and insurance of two of these cars, there is the question
> of 
> having  enough time left over after spending the time on the job
> required to pay 
> for two  of these cars to fully enjoy both of them.
>  
> Then there is the question of available space, though as one might
> readily  
> surmise after reading the list of automobiles resident here it is not
> always 
> the  case.  Without room for secure storage (particularly in a city
> where there  
> is a ready market for the disposition of these cars on the criminal
> black 
> market  for export or the chop shops) there is the question of remote,
> off-site  
> storage. Even  with the customary three car garage, a daily driver for
> each  
> of the adults in the family, plus the needs of any chldren of driving
> age can  
> strain these resources. Here, we've filled the new (3600 sq. ft.) garage
> as 
> well  as the four car on the house and the two car RR detached garage on
> the far 
> side  of driveway. I keep promising to sell one of the cars before I buy
> the 
> next one  and this time I'm going to stick to it, construction costs
> alone 
> have shown me I  have achieved the limit on the size of a home fleet of 
> automobiles. Twenty-five  acres of homestead offers some opportunities
> not available to 
> city  dwellers.
>  
> Of course, that rule won't apply to the Ferrari when I get around to the
>  
> ZO6. If I don't replace the SL with a Volante 12 cyl. (they seem to
> depreciate  
> more readily making them more economically feasible to acquire than a
> second  
> Ferrari), the ZO6 Vette will be the final, non-replacement addition.
> Wifes says 
>  "I've heard that before".
>  
> Then there is maintenance costs and availability. The trade-off for the 
> 
> ability to reside in location where a twenty-five acre homesite is
> available. I  
> dread the upcoming day when the 348 needs the regularly scheduled timing
> belt,  
> et. al., service. I know that the closest opportunity for an independent
> shop 
> is  Nashville. And it more likely require a trailer ride either up to 
> Indianapolis  or down to Atlanta to find a dealership. This takes more
> than the money 
> required  to pay for it, it takes the time to make the trip, and to make
> a 
> second trip to  pick it up. As I recall, most dealership shops are not
> open on 
> weekends, and  additionally, I'm prone to a shakedown cruise just to
> satisfy 
> myself that all is  well prior to leaving for home, only to have to
> return the 
> car to the shop  for corrective action.
>  
> Finally, there is the question of the cost of insurance. Liability
> alone,  
> even with an umbrella policy can become oppressive. I get wonderful
> Christmas  
> cards and hams from my agent already. Depending upon where one lives, or
> has  
> domiciles, the cost of full coverage on some of these cars can cost more
> than  
> the hybrid that the government is trying to force us to buy as a
> commuting  
> car.
>  
> All in all, there are some practical reasons and a degree of pragmatism,
> to  
> exchanging the Ferrari for the Vette, or vice versa, as opposed to
> owning one 
> of  each.
>  
> Dr. Steve
>  
>  
> Dr.  Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI
> Director, Forensic Sciences  Laboratory
> Explosives Engineering Technologies
> 
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> 1988 Rolls Royce  Silver Spur..........1994 F-350 PowerStroke Diesel 
> 1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder.................1996 Ford Bronco 
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