Grocery getting?

I took the 355 to WalMart once. Had to return a box fan I had just bought 5 minutes after buying it - because it didn't fit in the frunk.

It was a 45 minute round trip, highway and back road... so it got plenty of time to warm up. It doesn't matter what kind of car - every car needs to be driven regularly to stay healthy.

 

did 300 miles saturday

 

I tried to avoid any starts that dont allow a full warm up (i.e. moving around parking spots in the garage). Maybe over kill, but my car gets pushed a lot.

Short drives likely aren't an issue. I always like mine idle until the air pump turns off, and my oil temp is near 200 within 10 minutes i suppose.

When you guys push your cars, were do you push from? I avoid all body panels, usually the door frame, steering wheel, or the 1/4 window frame.

 

I have found that short easy trips 100 miles or less both the 348 and 355 just dont like it. First hundred miles it's just getting to temperature then beat the devil out of it for 200 miles and the car will be so happy.

Really dont take mine out unless I know I can drive it like it was built for. I have moe better car fo that

 

The more often I drive my 348 the better it behaves. Rain or shine. Even for short trips. I watch revs until it's up to temp of course, but it likes to be driven often. If I go for more than a week or two without taking it out for a spin things tend to get cranky. Shocks feel stiff, speedometer may or may not work.

 

This is true for all cars, it’s nothing specific to the 348/ 355. Any car that’s ran repeatedly without getting up to temperature will accumulate condensation in the oil.
Unless the grocery store is across the street from your house you will get the car up to temp on short runs. It really doesn’t take much, especially when you are under power driving somewhere. It takes a little longer if it’s just sitting and idling. I can’t see it being an issue and it’s definitely not a 348/355 specific issue.

 

The cars driving habits have just as much to do with the oil conditioning as does vehicle storage. I think its safe to say almost everyone stores their Ferrari in a climate controlled garage, so there is less chance of having condensation forming in the oil. Radiant floor heat helps too. Now if a vehicle is left out in the cold and started, warming, then let cool again condensation will surely form thus requiring more frequent oil changes. I know when I change the oil on my 355 it looks like it is coming out of the bottle.

 

Changing the oil every 3 months seems a bit much mate. I think once a year is plenty.

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Condensation is a byproduct of combustion. Fuel bypass is more commonly accumulated in cars that undergo repeated cold starts and subsequent short trips, where operating temperatures are not sufficient enough to dissipate it. Something like over 3% fuel dilution is about where it starts to become worrisome. That equates to a just a few ounces of fuel per gallon of oil. The moisture built up in oil from frequent cold starts and not reaching operating temps and maintaining it for long enough periods needs to be dissipated by longer trips. Otherwise air bubbles form in the boundary layer between oil and condensation, and these bubbles become superheated between bearing surfaces under pressure, where they explode violently, creating pock mark damage to the bearing surfaces. Acids also form in a situation of repeated short trips. This can also be harmful when an oils additive package is stressed regularly and depleted. Premium filtration of air, fuel, and oil are vital in keeping contaminants to a minimum so the package can properly deal with the problems created from frequent short trips. Fuel dilution of the oil makes it more solvent, and it can begin escaping through seals and gaskets.

 

Since restoring the engine and transmission on my 360, I've been driving it a lot to make sure everything is reliable (And I've found a few things, not having to do with engine or transmission).

So I'll take it to HEB to get some groceries, but I do make a roundabout trip out of it so everything gets up to temp. Not shy about driving my Ferraris at all. They're just cars.

 

Seriously. People seem to treat these like there's some weird black magic keeping them running. It's no different from any other car of that era. It's just an internal combustion engine. It's not rocket science..

All these threads with people arguing over the tiniest minutiae of how to treat, maintain, and drive these things... Seems people spend so much time worrying about them when they should just be out enjoying them.

Just drive the car...

 

LOL Yuuuup It's just a car drive the damn thing and enjoy it
I'm lucky I was mine

 

Preach the gospel, brother!
T

 

A leaky injector will dump fuel into your oil.

 

Who can resist just taking it 5 miles to the local store??? My 5 mile store trips frequently run into the 30 mile range So my wife doesn't send me to the store anymore if she needs something quickly

 

I’ve found that 355s can vary a lot on how long it takes to warm the oil up. My first one took forever but my current one seems to be warm after about 5 minutes. I got groceries in mine today but took a very long route just too enjoy the fantastic weather in Houston today.