Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Dealers--why no cars older than a 360

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

Unless we're talking a Daytona or a 246, cars whose Book/Market-Value have 
actually kept pace with their service costs, then it doesn't make sense for the 
Dealerships to support these cars.  The margins of bringing a used-car up to 
Dealership standards for the resale market, and allowing the Dealership to make 
a profit selling such a car just isn't there.  It almost doesn't make sense for 
ANYONE to service these cars, except the DIY community or someone who loves the 
car enough to look-past the cost vs. value comparison.  You have to LOVE the 
car to justify writing a $15,000 check for service on a $30K car....most people 
won't do that.  Why can't I be "most people"......
 
Just look at the labor-rates in Ferrari Service from the early 1980s to today - 
can anyone legitimately justify paying today's Dealer labor rate on a 308 whose 
value is near full-depreciation?  A "Major Service" used to cost $3,500 for 
everything.  Now its over $5,000 and climbing - the parts-prices are the same, 
its the labor that's climbing.  We're not talking Honda labor rates 
here......we're talking 360/430/612/599/Enzo labor-rates on a $30K 
car....nobody is pro-rating their labor charges based on book-value of the 
machine they're working-on....I wish they did but they won't.  
 
M

--- On Thu, 4/30/09, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:


From: Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari Dealers--why no cars older than a 360
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 8:06 AM


More or less none of them do.  Been like that for a while.  The older
cars are studies in deferred maintenance, the dealers don't want the
hassle of having to go through a car for a smaller margin.  It's a
time versus effort thing with them.  But then again, when was the last
time you could get a 10 year old Volvo from your local dealer?

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Robert Rehkopf <CaptRehkopf [at] comcast.net> 
wrote:
> I was at Ferrari of Atlanta getting some work done on my car (and they did
> an excellent job), but noticed, again that no 355s, 348s, etc no cars but
> only 360 and newer. I also noticed this also at Ferrari of Washington (DC).
> I ask one of the sales guys about an older car and he said they just refer
> people to the FCA! The question is do any dealers deal in cars built before
> say 2000? Just wondering?
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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