Let's think realistically, - you can't use their potential in Aus... - They are impractical - They are expensive to run... Too expensive. For example, servicing a 355 would probably be the same price as someone's annual income. - Etc, etc, etc... Actually that is a total load of sh*t. They are the best cars on the planet wtf am I going on about Long live the prancing pony..!!
Mate, I get in, start the stupid thing , and grin factor rises Engine out to fix the water pump is a bummer though Engine out to change the belts is a bummer Engine out to change underwear is a bummer Engine out to dial the mechanic is a bummer Start the engine and all is forgiven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRF_Y1xe90 ^^^^^mine sounds better than this old clunker
My 355 has been by far the most financially sensible car purchase I have ever made. Apart from the engine out service - every four or so years - it's been cheap as chips to maintain. It's worth more now than I paid for it. No matter what happens with prices it will never be worth LESS than I paid for it. Compare that with the $60k I tore up in 3 years in depreciation alone on my wife's BMW convertible. When you add in the driving experience and the fact that it gives pleasure simply by looking at it, Ferrari ownership is one of the best things I've ever done.
I just spent 2 days adjusting the handbrake. What else could provide me with such cheap entertainment AND take my OCD for a bit of exercise?
.................................................................................................................... ...............................................and then you go on a 3 day drive,say from Brisbane to Melbourne and back,on the roads less travelled.....and it all falls into place........easily!
I love how he makes sure his hair is perfect when he starts to drive off. Reminds me of Lewis Hamilton. Car looks awesome!! I am a buyer at $100K.
My Brother paid $100K for his BMW 750Li 4 years ago. Can't sell it now for $25K. A $75K tear up in 4 years. Car is 10 years old and has 108,000 km on the clock. A LOT of car for the money. I needed a family sedan I would buy it in a heart beat.
2 days, you call that OCD? I spent a week on mine and I'm still not 100% satisfied with it. But I stand aside for 360C - he's the Grand Ayatollah of OCD
Buy a good 328..cheap as chips to run,I can't remember the last time I spent any sort of real money other than petrol and a bit of oil occasionally.. In fact in the 7 years I've owned it I've had to do the belts once (about $300 in parts which included the fluids,next belt change due next year), changed the ignition leads,(genuine ones were around $300), replaced the ignition coil modules as a preventive measure($120 pair), replaced the injectors again as a preventive measure ($150 for Bosch ones), and a set of tyres as the ones that came with the car were age worn.. Obviously fluid changes get done annually but they are relatively inexpensive to do anyway. Belt changes can be done cheaply enough in comparison by any real competent mechanic,I've done it 3 times myself. I have to refresh my suspension soon but that's something I won't have to do for another 25 odd years. I've built up a spare parts list for that over time.
Once you know the trick it only takes minutes My brother is the best mechanic (he's actually in IT!!) bar none, seen him do magic on cars that were finished and could swap the heads of a fiat twin cam in under an hour and have the car tuned to perfection ..... too bad I don't talk to him anymore
The trouble with that is: when you're finished, you've still got a Fiat BTW, discovered more malfeasance committed by the idiot PO of my car which had to be rectified and re-engineered.
Not in a model with the "flop down" handbrake lever. The mechanism is badly designed - something that GM sorted in 1972, Ferrari couldn't get right in 2003. I modified the internals and it's much improved, but not perfect. Its the paradox of Ferrari, beautiful engineering one moment, sub-Hyundai rubbish the next.
My handbrake holds on any hill, with minimal effort required on the lever. Maybe you just don't know what you're doing.
Yes, when I was a young doc, the treatment for flop down involved modifying the internals, but now we have a pill - you really should talk to your GP
