What is your mileage? Are you scared of driving your car? I am definitely not.

at 146K miles, have you had any major issues that have come up?

 

Same here

Got her late spring of 2017 and drove over 7 000 km (+4,5k miles) during the first summer season alone. Now I'm doing my 2nd summer season with her and already have done 3000 km (~2k miles) since I got her out of "winter hibernation" at April 30th 2018. I'd drive her even more IF she would be manual, but I simply do not like driving the F1-system at busy Metropolitan area or even traffic light infested suburbs around my home.

She has already over 57k miles under her belt and those just keep on coming. As I did not buy her as an investment or such, much more as a car to enjoy my life with it. I love driving her so, so much!!

So far she has been surprisingly reliable (I come from Porsche world) with no major issues. Clutch & throw out bearing went kaput as soon as I bought her but ever since only few small items like door latch / door cables got stuck and hydraulic clutch actuator needed re-bleeding / sorting out.

I really can "underwrite" the statement of driving will keep them more reliable than storing them.

 

I still fail to understand how anyone can buy a beautiful driving machine and be afraid of driving it.

To me that is like having a beautiful, hot and sexy girlfriend and not touch but only look......what a waste.
Anyway, to each his own. Not judging, just trying to understand.

I drive my F430 every chance I get.
I have a daily driver so mine is pretty much a weekend car and I drive it pretty much every weekend.

I put on about 6K - 8K miles a year.
I purchased my car last year at 26K miles. I now have 32K miles.

As far as clutch, remember that clutch are usually replaced around 80% wear as that's when they start popping out of gear which is your indication that the clutch is worn out and needs replacing. So for the new owners, learn how to drive the F1 transmission quickly to prolong the life of the clutch.

Note also that 360 slips clutch a lot more compared to F430.

Manual transmission is cheaper to replace the clutch compared to F1.
Average cost for clutch replacement is between $6K to $9.5K

 

Hi Don, lol no not at all. Actual maintenance was about $15K. The rest was tired CS rims, scudding lighting floor mats and miscellaneous matters to make it the way that I wanted it. It’s fully sorted now and it’s hiw I would have ordered but from the factory. I got the car for a great price, however not had 0 maintenance records so I had a full blown maintenance performed ( everything) as well as ball joints etc... and a really nice sound system. I know $40K is a lot buts as I said earlier it’s exactly as I would ave ordered it new. I also purchased tool kit, jack kit, owners manuals spare tire. So it’s truly turn key and while I’m not looking to sell anytime soon it’s really nice. Giallo/ Nero and gated.

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Nice garage. I am in awe. No compromises with a 16M and Huracan Spyder!!

 

Ninzi,

You brave enough to travel to Tax Jersey? What part of island do you reside?

 

Dan how much remaining life the clutch had when you replaced it at 19,300 miles?? Because the car has now 36,500 and the wear is 18.6% so 925 miles per percentage point
(I made a mistake on my previous calculation because I thought my car had 35,500 miles but it has actually 36,500)

So basically the clutch can last a LONG TIME if you drive t properly



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It was at 81% clutch wear at 19K miles when the clutch had to be replaced.

 

Why would someone buy a car, and not drive it? It’s not like it’s some rare low production model. Weird.

 

Don I’m in Nassau just over the Queens border

 

Back in 2014, I bought a high mileage 1999 Modena....it had 21,600 miles on it. Jump ahead to 2018 and this just happened and I felt great! Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

48k ... bought it with high mileage 4 years ago... I have sorted it out and the car is perfect! Drive it as often as I can. The first year almost 10k but I average 4K just due to time. Great car! You have to drive them or they will rot

 

And now 17,200 miles later the car has 18.6% clutch wear


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45000 miles, I put 8000 miles on my gated 360 spider in a little over two years, fully sorted and just passed state inspection/emissions test with no problems. I use it three or four times a week, mostly short runs, new major/tires/brakes makes me feel confident to take it anywhere....still the best of over forty cars I’ve owned in terms of overall satisfaction and remains the only car to cure my itch to find something more fun

 

I put 3,000 miles on my 360 in 4 months.

 

I just ticked over 50500 on my 07 F430 this week. Bought it last year with higher mileage specifically for the intention of putting many more miles and memories on it. glad to see others with the same mind set.

 

The only thing I’m scared of is dying before I hit 1 million miles!

When asked, I always respond “attempting to hit 1 million before I die”. I met an 80 year old Ferrari owner today. He mentioned on his ‘91 348, he only has 27k and wished he could drive it more. I felt so bad for him. Enjoy, life is too short...I know, I’ve had the experience firsthand.



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Wow, there are some amazing numbers in here. I bought mine in May at about 26,000 km and it was one of the higher mileage cars. I'm at 28,000 km now and going on a rally tomorrow with 85 exotics that will add another 5,000 km approximately.

 

I have about 40k miles on my F430

 

I’m at 49,212, and can’t wait until it hits 50,000 so it’s completely devalued and I can enjoy it throughly without thought of resale.

 

You only live once. What's the point of getting a Ferrari and then park it permanently in the garage? Live a little bit!

 

You're not far ... Been to Queens and island many times mine

 

For Ferrari owners who live in the snow-belt (or anywhere with distinct 4 seasons), the biggest obstacle to driving their car is the weather. For 6 months out of the year, you can't do anything but keep the car sitting in the garage. I think this is the biggest reason why so many owners who live in these areas end up selling their cars because they can't justify the ROI. (I personally had these thoughts as well sometime after buying my first Ferrari).