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I’m on a Facebook group for Testarossa and 512tr owners. Somebody wrote in and asked about buying a tr, saying he wouldn’t drive it more than 1000 miles per year and was worried about the cost of ownership. A lot of response. I like the comment below, sounds like a fellow “Clyde”. So I thought I would share it with our group. This guy should be on our list:
“I own 2 of them.. a 1990 and a 1988
Find a good testarossa indy mechanic if you want resonable... or go to ferrari if you want to pay triple for everything. A good indy testarossa specialist knows which identical parts can be sourced from Alfa Romeo & Lancia ect... example my turn signal stack behind the steering wheel went.. it's $1000 from Lancia identical part. Or $3500 from ferrari. Many items like this.
There are also many outdated electrical items like the main circuit/fuse/relay board. $900 to rebuild with better modern materials & relays, or pay $4k for "new outdated" 80's junk from ferrari.. another main item all the radiator fans when they go should be replaced with modern fans like SPAL, the old 80's technology oem's draw way too much power and that is one of main culprits that overload the wiring system and circut boards leading to fires.. same thing for the fuel pumps... the radiator fans and fuel pump relays are the most commonly burnt circuits on the main boards.. since the old crap is inneficent and gets worse with age..
The timing belt engine out is $9k to $12k. Belt is good for minimum 7 years even up to 10 years according to any honest shop and even "Gates" whom manufactures the belts. I acquired my 1990 the belt was 10 years old. It still looked new when i had it replaced... The only issue is when these cars where cheap, many people lied about when the belts where done. And there is also the belt tensioner supposed to be done that people cheapen out to replace at same time.. and most failed belts where actually the tensioner that survived 15 to 20 years before the tensioner finally died. There are also multiple owners and mecanics out there that acquired testarossa's with 14+ year old timing belt service due that the belts still looked good. There are mechanics that have seen 20+ year old belts... all I'm saying is there is plenty of info to support 7 to 10 years is more realistic for belt service.
All in all nothing is that bad. Just if you need to rebuild an engine or transmission then it's 25k-35k..
But in the $200k old supercar your looking to buy those costs should be expected.. A murcielago engine or transmission will cost 50k+, countach will cost at least 3x a testarossa to maintain. FWIW I also have 2 porsche 911's they arent much cheaper to maintain...
Just stay as far away from the ferrari stealership as possible.”
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BR in Stockholm
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