What dont you like about Ferrari ?

The ridiculous pricing of spares and the flipant attitude of some dealerships.

 

The mandatory "what you/I don't like about Ferrari" tri-weekly threads.

Sorry.

 

I love Ferrari; the cars, the name, the people, the F1 success. It is a rare pleasure to come across such an organisation in what is an increasingly sanitised world. I love the fact that one might go for weeks without seeing another (depending on where you live!).

It is easy to get blase with Ferrari if you own one. It is important to remind oneself what a special car, and experience, it is; I cannot think of another asset that arouses such reaction amongst others, good or bad.

But in a perfect world, they might like to review the unreasonable pricing of non-complex spares; £900 for a plastic rear screen for a spider???

And I'm not particularly fond of the licencing and general exploitation of the Ferrari name, which I think is cheapening it.

Robert.

 

The almost universal color red. There are how many colors that Ferrari will paint your car? And yet they almost all end up that one particular shade of red? Horrible. Azuro California people, Azzuro California.

 

It's idiot attracting properties...

 

agreed, although I feel this attitude begins right from the factory.

 

My top two:

The lack of exclusivity via their licensing and general exploitation of the Ferrari name. Frankly, they are doing a wonderful job at making Ferrari seem 'cheap' and they are doing the name/brand a disservice.

FNA constantly denying service on in warranty emissions equipment and other 'known issues' (headers, spinning suspension bits, etc).

 

Here's July's roundup.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24513
http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25330

Sad, but true.

 

I agree. The brand is headed toward "pre-Tom Ford GUCCI" status, if you know what I mean.

The other thing I don't like about my car? No cupholders, rain sensing wipers, 27-way power seats, integrated refrigerator, stow-n-go seating, back-up sensors, coin tray, multiple cigarette lighters, baby seat mounting points. Oh wait... that's why they make Chevy's. Sorry.

-Daniel

 

I think it would be nice if they hired a stylist for the next enzo...

 

Echoing the thoughts of others -- the attitude (which starts at the top) that we don't to pleasel any individual customers, there are enough waiting to take his/her spot. They view their customers as expendable.

 

That i dont have one!!!!

Personally, I cant find anything just yet that I dont like. Maybe when i have the "bad" things happen to mine someday, I'll have an answer

 

Look on ebay, under any category of Ferrari parts...90% garbage with a horse on it, 10% potentially useful stuff. A big problem with "official Ferrari" accessories is the unlimited ripped-off copy market.

Since I've got a vintage car, I've never had to deal with Ferrari warranty issues. I just have the credit card handy...

 

I have three problems -- parts, parts and parts. It's not just the outrageous prices that suppliers get for some of this stuff (was going to say "crap", but trying to be nice about it), but the unavailability, difficulty in locating needed items, and the generally unhelpful attitude of suppliers. Other than that, I'm a happy camper so far.

 

Like many others have said...

The visceral driving experience has been removed to accomodate the mercedes/jaguar market.

Having said that, just about all the manufacturer's have been heading down this road....Porsche, Lamborghini, etc.

As far as styling is concerned, a lot of mixed feelings with the new cars. It would be nice to have a 21st century Testarossa competitive with a Murcielago, and to be able to keep the 575M/600 Imola type car around as well.

For a refined front engined GT, a nice titanium/bordeaux 575MM is tough to beat, I think. The only true competitor in this area is Aston Martin, IMHO.

 

I would say the unreasonable maintenance and parts prices and the unfriendly welcome from some of the official dealers to people abble and ready to pay this unreasonable amount of money....
Kept ostages by our passion....

 

I don't like the sound of the turn signals.

Gary

 

I would like a closer dealer so I could go over on the saturday afternoon drive and look at all the cars. FNA is also very arrogant. If you raise hell with a new car they may not respond at all. The turn signals on a 360 do sound like a bomb ready to explode.

 

The anal attitude of the owner's club, at least here in England. They seem to have the attitude that if you aren't stuck up then you have no business owning a Ferrari.

There are exceptions of course

 

There are several problems that have caused me to 'thin' my flock of Fcars:

The attitude of the dealers

The incompetence of dealer service...as well as the outrageous pricing of reletively simple tasks

The 'cheapening' of the Ferrari name by licencing

The inferior performance as compared to what else is out there

The bland styling...they really don't look 'exotic' anymore

Having said that...I still love 'em and I'll always keep at lest 1...probably get another F40

Ciao
Dino

 

You mean you can actually hear your turn signals? Don't know how many times I've left one on, especially on the interstate.

And the signal lights on the dash are really hard to see, at least in a 328...

 

Does anyone else find that the ‘Daytona’ seats in the 360 just don’t fit the upper back? And I agree with the parts issue. Most of the stuff they sell is just shaped metal, it’s not unobtanium fettled by Cellini. Pricing to the point of elasticity always leaves a bad taste in the consumer's mouth.

 

Yeah... us 328 owners have to look at either the signal light on the dash (if we can see it in the glare) or by simply seeing if the directional lever is up or down from the off position. My 328 signals make no noise that I have ever heard - maybe the Tubi is drowning it all out....