"Ideal" Ferrari mileage

Ill make it simple.....buy a lambo. Lambo guys drive their cars and get to wear cooler clothes too! Who wants to pamper a car and dress in head to toe red all the time! LMAO

 

Trying to make any Ferrari a reasonable economic endevour is impossible.
Ownership is a wonderfully irrational experience.

But if your approach makes you happy there's no gainsaying that.

 

I am so happy I bought a high mileage 360, yes it has cost me quite a bit replacing worn out part (more than I planned) but I just get in a drive it when ever I want. 30-40 miles a week as someone already posted is ridiculous, why bother owning a Ferrari if you are not even going to warm it up when you drive it. Why own one of these if you can't drive it.

30-40 miles a week ? At that point you only own the Ferrari for the benefit of looking good to the neighbors.

 

That's exactly why I own mine. It makes me feel important. It's wonderful to be able to fool one's self, using as a prop a mere car, and actually swallow the lie. Delusion, what a gift.

 

See also; the safety of objects.

 

"Resale value" is only significant when --- and if --- you sell.

One thing I like about classic Italian cars is that, properly maintained, they'll keep going until they rust or get hit by a truck.

I've had my 328 for 14 years now, and I'll likely only sell it when I'm too ancient to drive.

Although I'm no longer hitting my idea of the "ideal mileage":
The major service is every 15,000 miles or three years.
Simple math: 5000 miles a year.

 

5 more categories is short by thousands which is why the world is so dangerous. Pissing into the wind about 'Is my Testarossa's differential going to crack today' is so benign that one longs for this level of idiocy.

 

I tend to drive mine once a week for 30-40 miles at a shot. That certainly gets it nice and warm.

I have no desire to drive it to work (I am retired now - but even in the day) and leave it parked at the train station for 10 hours while I am (was) at the office. Makes no sense to me. That would eliminate 5 of the 7 days of the week as possible drive days.

I have no desire to drive it to a restaurant that is 4 miles away. Makes no sense to me - especially because that would prevent me from having an extra cocktail or glass of wine with my meal. In my opinion, people who do this do it to look good for the neighbors - as you mention.

I have no desire to drive it to the grocery store or the mall. Ferraris are fine cars, but they really aren't well suited to such tasks.

No, I drive mine on curvey roads, 40 miles, once a week. In my opinion, that's when the car is in its element and shines and makes me happy.

To me, using a Ferrari as a daily driver is like owning Secretariat (that is a race horse for you youngsters) and using him to pull a wagon.

 

Ferrari owners are their own worst enemies. If they actually DROVE them then the average mileage of used cars would go up and this idea that a car has "high mileage" if it's over 10,000 miles would seem as ridiculous as it is.

 

My Italian grandmother spent thousands on a beautiful living room area. Then she spent another few hundred on plastic and covered everything. Then we all sat in the kitchen. Unfortunately she passed away and the living room looked just as good as new but she never got the enjoyment on sitting on that beautiful furniture . I just purchased my 360 and believe me when I tell you that I'm gonna drive that baby as much as I can!

 

modern Ferraris are not investment assets. They are depreciating assets like any other large asset purchase like fridges, furniture, and regular cars.

They become really valuable when they become really old and by then their mileage doesn't matter. If you buy a Ferrari to store it and then resell it, you are foolish. You will lose money and you will not get the enjoyment f driving a fine performance vehicle.

Don't buy a modern Ferrari if you are not going to drive it. If you do, you may as well tattoo the word "STUPID" on your forehead

 

Sounds like my late father's bottle of Scotch. He never found an occasion special enough to open it.
We drank it after his funeral.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

 

Ha, Ha good stuff. I'm looking at getting a Gallardo this spring but I'm still keeping the 355 (which gets no pampering out of me).

 

At 30-40 miles a week...you don't own the car, the car owns you.

Wish I could limit myself to 40 miles. Having so much fun it seems 2 hours go by before I know it. Sometimes I have to make myself go home and park it. Really.

Wait. If you can't stop driving... the car owns you. Now I'm confused.

 

If one short drive a week is all you have time for in your busy life that's OK. I would probably skip every other week and do the loop twice to make a semi decent encounter!

 

Why can't you rebuild the engine on a 328? And would it cost more to do that than on a 275 GTB? Of course not.

Seriously, the idea that by driving a car 40 miles a week you're doing the wise thing financially or mechanically is the definition of ludicrous. It reminds me of the "investors" who never drove their Corvette ZR1s back in 1990 because there would be a windfall for owners of these "important" cars if they kept them bubble-wrapped.

Every buyer seems to feel he needs to get a deal going in and get as much or more money when selling. The reality is that whatever money you will make (or save) isn't going to be enough to buy a new Honda or <insert name of expendable modern appliance here>.

By the time any car is even knocking on the door of classic status, the odometer is largely useless. And the notion that today's computerized cars are ever going to be collectible is wishful thinking, at best. I've posted it before, but the thing I love about vintage Porsches is that owners rack up the miles and enthusiastically rebuild them as needed. No one bats an eyelash at a 140,000-mile '72 911, or hesitates to write a check for the typical TMU Porsche 356, even the relatively inexpensive coupes. If you want to know why values on those cars are strong, it's because you can drive them indefinitely, and have fun with them. Contrast that with the F430 that racks up 200 miles a year as it drops $10K per year... fun.

+410. Take advantage of the depreciation, then buy it used and drive it.

 

I own a 308, 360 and Pantera. I actually have to make a conscious effort to put miles on them each year. Mainly because they are "fun cars" or toys so I only drive them when it is nice out. Doesn't have to be warm per se as long as the roads are clean and dry.

That being said, I remember several years ago I attended a tech session at Ferrari of Washington. The service manager was saying that the number one service problem they saw was that owners simply we're not driving their cars enough. He was aware that these cars are for the most point toys, but he did say that the best way to make sure the car is properly excersized was to drive it around for at least two hours. He said this way all of the fluids and moving parts and suspension get some regular use.

Sounds like a good excuse to take longer drives.

 

Well this is pretty spot on for my 360. She runs so fine after the one hour mark, and even better after the 90 minute mark! It's tough to bring her home when she is doing so fine but by then I am ready to get out of the car anyway because my body starts to get uncomfortable.

 

Nice to know that driving at least 2 hours is technically sound and not just some whimsical emotional desire.