FF ownership after 6+ years

No point owning an ff or lusso that u dont drive!! You can literally drive it in 95 percent of circumstances!!


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I’m actuallymquite impressed with your cost of ownership. Thanks for the info!

 

Yeh if i didnt have so many wheels, didnt do the novitec, and didnt do the stereo it hasnt been bad


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After reading the thread about brakes I was concerned and contacted my dealer. 2014 FF with 16,000 miles and service manager said no wear shown and no need to worry. He has seen most 458's and FF's with the same condition and hasn't replaced any pads/rotors from normal use, just heavy track users. Sigh of relief!

 

You can actually re-face the carbon brakes on any Ferrari/Maserati etc. There is a specialist in Germany that does this very well. They are used by lots of UK owners who use their cars on track. When I bought my previous car - Maserati MC Stradale - I was concerned about the cost to replace as Maserati was quoting £4500 PER DISC (about $6k). I would doubt anyone will need discs ever but if you do, don't rule out sending them to Germany!

 

Just want to shout out to Veloce12. I bought his wheels and he gave me a great price. A pleasure to deal with, very nice guy. Tribute to F-chatters!

 

Name would be a help.

 

Rebrake.de

Good point though, I should have included that!

 

This makes getting an FF seem compelling..

 

How would you compare the driving and ownership experience between the MC and FF? These are 2 vehicles I am considering to DD. Thank you


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They are very different! The MC Stradale is the bargain of all bargains at the moment in my honest opinion. I sold mine for £60k which was a 2 seater car, one of 2 made in nero pastello (gloss black non-metallic). The 2 seater cars have the carbon bucket seats from the Enzo and a host of subtle changes from a GTS which make it a very special car. The later 4 seaters are more practical but the extra seats remove some of the magic. To drive, the deletion of skyhook and return to proper suspension, the carbon brakes and the MC Shift with Race software combine to make it a real event. I couldn't recommend one more. Rubbish stereo but you can now get a kit that adds a clear screen on top of the factory one that brings up Apple or Android car play and drags it into the latest century! And the noise, oh the noise! Add a Larini club sport centre x-pipe and put the windows down.

The FF, by comparison, is so capable in all seasons, for all reasons. It has far more power than the Maserati but in reality, there is not much opportunity to use that! I have a very high spec FF from their customisation programme which makes it into a very nice thing indeed. I love it, I love the left field styling, the usable nature of the car, the fact that most people don't know what it is etc. I have added a Novitec Rosso exhaust as I missed the sound of the Stradale. I'm now happy!

2 different beasts, each very capable, each with strong merits. Different price points though.

Sorry Americans, you guys didn't get the proper full blood MC Stradale and that's a real shame!

 

I had an mc stradale for a few months when it came out. All show and no go. Literally the car was emotionless to drive and slow. Cant compare to an ff.


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New to the forums. Looking at my first Ferrari and have pretty much settled on the fact that it will be an FF. I had been searching a lot to find a post like yours with an owner who has kept the car for years. That said, is there a limit to the miles you are wanting to end up at?

 

no. most likely will be first and only 100k mile ferrari...will take a long time though

 

excellent retrospective, I was wondering if the crushed VAC hoses were due to exterior reasons or was this something to look out for in the general running?

Thanks

 

unfort i dont have the answer to that...

 

thank you for the quick response. Ownership sounds very straight forward and a very positive experience. Thanks for sharing!!!

 

This might be the most affordable Ferrari ever based on this


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Yea, and half of the expenses were his own damn fault!
(just having fun ttforcefed, thanks for that info, excellent thread)

9/14/2012 0 4,446 miles
repair r/f rim
campaign #371
$710.61

4/17/13 - 9,360 miles
repair damaged snow wheel and snow tires
detail
$1,945

6/15/2015 - 19,665 miles
repair right rear wheel
$446

8/23/2016 - 24,300 miles
mount and balance 2 front tires + alignment
$2,087

4/26/2017 - 24,567 miles
mount and balance 4 new lusso wheels and tires
detail
$6,735

Since it was delivered i believe i have used 3 sets of oem FF wheels, a set of f12 wheels and currently have lusso wheels and sets of tires in each obviously. The original FF and f12 wheels are almost impossible to give away.

 

Lol


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since my OP:
10/18/2018 - 28,466 miles
annual service
manifold, replaced second, airbag recall
$0

10/01/2019 - 31,742 miles
annual service, flush brakes
ptu fluid, DCT fluid, rear diff fluid
$1,948.98

 

2k for fluids...I wonder how much the indi shop would charge.


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Thinking that in
The yearly warranty Ferrari includes 2k of serviced and the warranty cost 6k: Ferrari must be pretty darn sure their cars are strongly built !


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and found the 2017 annual service record lol

 

it is an indy. $167/hr
2018 was my 7th annual service at dealer