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360 reliability - during and after the warranty

Discussion in '360/430' started by crazy canuck, Jul 16, 2006.

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  1. crazy canuck

    crazy canuck Formula Junior

    Jun 20, 2005
    426
    West Coast
    #1 crazy canuck, Jul 16, 2006
    I am leaning towards buying a 360, after being a loyal p-car driver for some time. The p-cars were a fun ride, but my love for ferrari has always been there along the sidelines...so, I believe the time has come to look for either a 00-02 coupe or spyder.

    My question is how reliable have people found these cars to be both in and out of warranty. i understand that it's not a toyota, but I have heard that early cars had software glitches in the f1 trannies, and the cars would just decide not to start ( not sure how true this is, as I heard it from a sales guy who had an 02 coupe for sale), and told me that I should not buy a 360 if it's older than o2..so I guess I'll take that with a grain of salt...

    but I thought I'd put the question to the experts..the folks that live and drive these cars--the ferrarichat community!.

    1) What sort of repair bills have these cars cost you?

    2) what needed to be fixed? (i.e. tranny replacement)

    3) How many miles / kms / and how old was the car when the work was required?

    4) Was it during or after the warranty?

    5) Would you recommend buying a Ferrari certified ..powercube i think? warranty?

    thanks in advance
     
  2. smsmd

    smsmd Karting

    Nov 12, 2003
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    San Jose, California
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    Steven Scates MD
    #2 smsmd, Jul 17, 2006
    There are quite a few threads on this, but my experience is pretty good: I have had to recharge the air conditioner once with freon in the 15000 miles/5-6 yrs I have had a 2000 260M F1. I have not needed any clutch replacement and have had no other issues except an alarm battery change. I bring it in for tuning annually.

    steve
     
  3. THE BEAST 360

    THE BEAST 360 Formula Junior

    Jul 17, 2005
    646
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    Nathan K
    #3 THE BEAST 360, Jul 17, 2006
    No problems 2000 6 speed-----Only scheduled services!
    Nathan
     
  4. Tomf-1

    Tomf-1 F1 Rookie

    Jan 17, 2004
    4,528
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    Thomas
    #4 Tomf-1, Jul 17, 2006
    rock solid........just take care of it w/ regular maintenanced schedule as you would w/ your P. good luck w/ your search.
     
  5. Execproducer

    Execproducer Karting

    Oct 4, 2004
    178
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    Lee
    #5 Execproducer, Jul 17, 2006
    I've got a '01 360 Modena with the 6-speed manual. I've had zero maintenance issues other than routinely scheduled stuff (which I thought was quite modestly priced). It's been totally reliable.
     
  6. Modenafan

    Modenafan F1 World Champ
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    Dec 19, 2004
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    #6 Modenafan, Jul 17, 2006
    I've got an '02 360 with no problems. Okay, I lied, my car's going in next week because my tail lights went out. I'm a nut about service and do everything the manual asks. Oil changes seem to be the most recurring service. I bought my car 18 months ago and have put 12k miles on her. Nothing but a joy.
     
  7. crazy canuck

    crazy canuck Formula Junior

    Jun 20, 2005
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    #7 crazy canuck, Jul 17, 2006
    you guys are not making it easy for me to avoid this buying an f-car ;)

    Oh, well looks like I want one even more now (you've twisted my rubber arm).. ;)

    on a serious note, though..it sounds like they are a fairly reliable animal, if you spend some effort doing the checking on the front end of the transaction..

    are the top mechanisms on the spiders fairly reliable?--or are they a wear item that show wear quickly / or break and need to be replaced often?
     
  8. hardtop

    hardtop F1 World Champ

    Jan 31, 2002
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    #8 hardtop, Jul 17, 2006
    If you do a search here, you can probably get a pretty good overview of the problems that have come up. From a casual observer, most of the problems mentioned here are related to the F1 trans and, to a lesser degree, convertible tops. Get a stick shift coupe, and away you go!

    Dave
     
  9. sad11

    sad11 Karting

    Jun 25, 2004
    119
    #9 sad11, Jul 17, 2006
    Bought my car in 2-2004 with 5,200 miles currently have 14,400 miles and have not spent $1 in repairs. Only oil changes & service. Amazing!

    -A
     
  10. SrfCity

    SrfCity F1 World Champ

    Nov 1, 2003
    10,142
    Orange County, CA
    #10 SrfCity, Jul 17, 2006
    This is true. However, I don't intend to own an F-car out of warranty again. I hate the feeling that the smallest thing could wind up costing big bucks. It's pretty hard to get out of a dealer for under $2,500(around here anyway) for most glitches.
     
  11. GoFerrari28

    GoFerrari28 Formula 3

    Jun 16, 2004
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    Jeff Spicoli
    #11 GoFerrari28, Jul 17, 2006
    The only major issue that I had to pay for was a set of leaking gaskets that had to be replaced, naturally a few months after the warranty expired, and my car went through the whole cam variator ordeal and the "broken tool" fiasco at FoSF. I also had the electrical system go dead but that was traced to the original italian battery that decided to go on strike......
     
  12. SoftwareDrone

    SoftwareDrone F1 Veteran
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    Jan 19, 2004
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    Mike
    #12 SoftwareDrone, Jul 17, 2006
    I bought 2000 360 6-speed 10 months ago and have put 15,000 miles on it (very spirited driving) and have had essentially zero problems with it.
     
  13. snakepilot

    snakepilot Karting

    Aug 13, 2005
    55
    Lake Murray SC
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    John Martinez
    #13 snakepilot, Jul 19, 2006
    2003 Spider F1. No problems. Just routine maintenance. Fantastic car.
     

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