Hey, Im new to this board and need some help

If it takes you 3 months to make 10k you have no business buying a 360. In fact how can you afford a SL55 on that kind of money. No offense but this post doesn't sound kosher!

 

And your question is ?

 

I don't know how much Ferrari salesman make but an associate of mine sells new
and pre-owned Mercedes Benz for a well known SoCal dealership and he pulls down 125k to 150k every year for the past 5 years.

 

There's a few threads about 360's in the 360 area - try 'search' for more - for example

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106816&highlight=360+service+cost

 

Which dealer did you go talk to? The dealer in the Wynn casino?

I see you are located in Houston. Ferrari of Houston(FoH), owned by Risi, is highly competant to 'steer' you in the right direction. I recommend a quick phone call to setup and appointment as opposed to walking in.

Also, you will see this website has many subject specific subforums. Next time when asking a question about a 360 you shuld direct it to the propoer area. You'll learn the ropes pretty quickly I trust.

 

Welcome to the club.

If you were to put 5,000 miles on the car a year then expect to pay around $2,000 each year on service. If you can change your own fluids then it is around $750 a year to own. That is based on not abusing or racing the car.

The only thing to do each year for sure is change the fluids - around a thousand. Belts every 3 - 4 years will run maybe $5,000. The figures vary quite a bit though and some small shops may charge a lot less.

aehaas

 

$1.00/mile depreciation and $0.50/mile for service and repairs.

 

so
Danny, When is school back for you?

 

I believe that is the longest sentence I've ever read.

 

try reading the post

 

Give the guy a chance he is new and he is asking questions before jumping into Ferrari ownership. I just wish that I would have done more research and had F-Chat before I bought my car because I would have known what to look for and the questions to ask. Just to let you know Ferrari's are very expensive to maintain and repair bills can run over 10k depending on the problem. I have had good and bad experiences with dealerships I just didn't spend my money with the bad ones. If maintainance cost are a concern have you every considered the new Ford GT awesome car and about the same cost as a 360, but alot less to maintain.

 

Yeah, I had to take a deep breath on the second read through because on the first read I did not realize the sentence was soo long that I had to take a small break in the middle and then realized I should start over and take a biger breath because in reading it the sentence does not roll off your tongue too easily and it should be broken into at least, say, two or thre, or evem four, no, maybe five sentences because that would make more sense because it reads as if it were written as part of a three word story and not that there is anything wrong with that uhoh, shoot gotta go,....any way can you help me?

BT

 

"I'll take 'periods and paragraph breaks' for $200, Alex"

Ok, so translated -- he likes the 360 a bunch, and wants to get one, but is used to the low costs of Mercedes ownership. He went to ask the dealer about it, and got treated like trash.

1) Welcome to Fchat

2) Yep, many dealers treat people like trash.

3) There's a 360/430 forum below that is dedicated to the model you like. You may want to start by reading in that forum. There's a search function at Fchat that helps somewhat. Click on 'search' on the bar above and type "360 Maintenance" to see some of what's been posted about it.

 

Man, some of you guys are snobs. Go back and read your posts to this fellow and see who are the REALLY insecure ones.

 

Hey Tillman, thanks for furnishing the positive information for Danny. The poor guy got sacked immediately by non-Ferrari owners - not fair and is certainly a put-off to someone new to the forum.

Good luck Danny in your search for a 360. We are also Mercedes owners - C320C (only one configured as is in the US) and an SLK350.

Carol

 

Danny, check your messages.

 

Wow, come on guys. If we treat everybody like this when they are new there will not be many new people that stick around long. Danny I wned 2 360's and the information given here is right on target. The only thing I would add is that Ferrari parts and labor costs are going to be higher than what your used to. When one of my Mercedes needed something done, dealer came to pick it up with a loaner car and then brought it back when they were done, usually within 24 hours.

Ferrari world is a bit different than that.

 

$750 a year if you change your own fluids?? That sounds cheap to me! Not inaccurate, since I have no idea....but anyone can afford $750 a year and save up for the belt service. I bet a lot of Testarossa/512 owners spend a lot more than that, not to mention some 348/355 owners. 360's seem like a "cheap" relatively new Ferrari to own.

Ken

 

Take it easy. Nobody has a problem with the original poster himself.

Some of us may have a problem with the way he writes. I'm not going to waste my time on someone who can't string together a decent sentence (and you shouldn't either). If he can't make the effort than nor will I. May I be so bold to say that some guy who can't or chooses not to use periods, apostrophes, or capitalization won't be able to communicate effectively enough to be in a position to own a 360? I've reread his post and still can't understand it.

Writing in the real world is not a series of text messages strung together.

 

SNL: "Bazeball been berry berry goot to me."

I was going to make a comment about him missing his period, but ...

 

Wow, I thought I was the only illiterate on F-chat. Maybe there is hope for me yet!