Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...

[Dennis Liu (bigheaddennis]

Yup, on the GTR list, but not arriving until late Spring, supposedly (though
dunno what the market will look like then for them).  The GTR really doesn't
solve my problem, as it's really not any more practical than the 996!  Falls
into the "toy" category.

I was really impressed by the A8/A8L, but now I'm scared off by the 12 folks
today who warned me off to reliability (supposedly, it's worse with the
current gen A8).

Vty,

--Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Fleischer [mailto:themightytoe [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:42 PM
To: BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...

Hey Dennis,

I like the A8L option the most out of your choices...  Get one with an 
extended warranty and lower miles if you can.  My wife drove an off 
lease 99 A6 from 2001 to 2005.  During that time we had one repair for 
the front driveshaft boots which wore out, that was about $1200 just 
outside of the warranty it had on it.  Other items were minor like 
headlight washers not working or tail lights going out.  Overall it was 
an excellent ride, best interior of any car I have ever owned.  Ours had 
the 2.8l so it was a slug, but a comfy slug that when we drove it 
through 6" of snow in Wisconsin (after driving it from Dallas to 
Wisconsin), we found that nothing would make the thing slide or lose 
traction...  I remember passing folks in the snow at 50 to 60 mph on the 
right that winter...  Oh and donuts in a parking lot...  Can't be 
done...  Damn boring in that respect.

BR
Mike

PS.  I seem to recall you being on the list for a GTR?