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Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by CoolGirl, May 3, 2011.

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  1. CoolGirl

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    #1 CoolGirl, May 3, 2011
    Is this all insurance scam by owners that cant afford repayments? We never ever had problems with ours. What are your thoughts? Should we go for another brand or stick with Ferrari?
     
  2. TheMayor

    TheMayor Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 TheMayor, May 3, 2011
    There's a huge thread about this if you search.

    No, it was not a scam. About 5 cars caught fire very early in production. Ferrari did a recall of all cars and replaced some glue and insulation in the engine compartment. The problems stopped after that.
     
  3. CoolGirl

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    #3 CoolGirl, May 3, 2011
    Oh ok thank you.
     
  4. AJ

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    #4 AJ, May 3, 2011
    Are you serious?
     
  5. flagger

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    #5 flagger, May 4, 2011
    Depends on where you live. Some folks burn the car so they can collect the insurance money and make their next payment.
     
  6. raclaims

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    #6 raclaims, May 4, 2011
    I doubt anyone is burning their 458 for insurance money when they can be sold over MSRP (especially the early cars several months ago)
     
  7. hotsauce

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    #7 hotsauce, May 4, 2011
    i can see it now

    ME: Ugh... I swear it just burst into flames, must of been an act of God.
    Statefarm: Well we will only give you below MSRP for it
    ME: Wait but i thought id make money on this deal
    Statefarm: No Soup for You
     
  8. CoolGirl

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    #8 CoolGirl, May 4, 2011
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    I have a friend that is a Porsche salesman, he said to me the 911 owners are strange/weird most of them lose their cars to insurance scams such as fire, theft, and repossession.

    And it's the same story with F430. I remembered there was a recall (car salesmen say campaign instead of recall) on our car due to so many fires, but i thought it was more of you know insurance scam.
     
  9. elipinski

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