Wait did your sales guy just say that the Lusso prices are going up? What a claim. Almost as bad as the Porsche sales guy that told me a car covered in melted rubber marks was "never tracked".
A Lusso at under £200k in the UK gains a whole new interest level (it touches the Bentley market) though it is fair to say the FF, say a 2012 is proving a hard sell with any miles, yet on the surface is a relative bargain. As a new car it is clearly overpriced as the initial drop is notable. All a shame really as personally I think the concept of a useable V12 (or the V8) Lusso and the opportunity to experience a Ferrari more often is a great idea. But despite the 7 year surviving and 4 year warranty , extendable, people do not put big mileage on their Ferraris. Fear of becoming unsaleable ??? Maybe they need to change approach, you can get the next hyper car only if you have a Lusso with 100k miles on it. Joking. In the end for most people a Ferrari is a sports car and there is limited desire for a 2+2, people take the SUV . Though give Ferrari credit they have stuck at it for 50 years !
They get lower mileage than expected simply because people with $300-350K to spend on a single car typically have: 1) probably 4-5 cars 2) don't have a normal, long commute to work 3) fly most places There simply isn't much opportunity to use them. Heck, I probably only drive 5-6K miles per year and I probably would not just have a Lusso as my only car.
Why do you think they are so fragile ? I assume a ppi to get a bumper to bumper warranty with Ferrari is a must right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
really not sure - its just a ferrari - takes time to diagnose things, gets parts etc...i feel like every 90 days it has to go get checked out for something and lately im more likely to get into an SUV or something - driving the cars has become a bit of a chore...
This sounds like a challenge and I accept I just got rid of my LX470 and will daily drive the FF once it arrives lol
its a chore for sure especially driving in the NYC area. The roads are just incredibly terrible this time of the year. Sad to hear you say every 90 days, but i have a gut feeling this is very true unfortunately. I am in the hunt for an FF for a quasi daily driver and will undoubtedly put a min. of 5000 miles per year just on my commute. Thankfully i have other cars but having to bring it in for service every three or four months Sucks!
I semi-daily my from-new Lusso and it has been great. A year old soon and about 7k miles on it. I’ll lose a bit but will keep it 5 years or so until the replacement (unless that’s a V8 then I’ll pass). Paid £275k and expect to sell at 5 years 30k miles at £150k. My 5 year old 30k mile FF (in metallic red) sold at £130k last year. 5 years further on £150k should be about right for a 1 owner Atelier car in silverstone I reckon. £125k over 5 years is similar annual depreciation to a Range Rover over 3 years (about £20k pa).
Maybe im being a bit dramatic but its at a shop all the time. Potholes are a disaster and we haven’t even had much snow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As your only car defintely no way....its a ferrari and will inevitably have something popping up couple of times per year.... yes our winter has been amazingly tolerable and with very little snow.. and the roads are ridiculously dangerous (LIE & Northerstate) . i find it exhausting driving any of my cars as not to hit monster crater pot holes.
At least twice a day i hit a pothole in one of my suvs and i think to myself- that wld be a bent rim/flat in the ff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
A Porsche Cayenne diesel is perhaps the best urban street fighter around. Why would anyone want to drive a sports car in our urban jungles we call cities? Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
Thanks! I'm toying with the idea of getting a FF for a daily, but I will have a backup car. I've looked at some 2012's, but if I buy it will probably be in the 2014-16 range. I thought the 2012's would be desirable because I understand that the first ones all came fully loaded. On the other hand, I would like the panoramic roof.
I have a 4 car garage so we are forced to drive only one car each. My wife has one space for her car so she drives her Lusso exclusively, everywhere, in any weather ( rough lately here). In 5 months of ownership she put over 5k miles, expected about 10k miles/year. So far it is bulletproof reliable but if need be, LFSC gives her a Ghibli loaner ( used it twice for installation of some extra accessories like laser jammer, etc).IT’s treated just like any other “normal car”, Whole Foods, Costco, Yoga classes, etc. The other 2 spaces are used by our sons cars.
