400i Daily Driver turns 50k miles!

Alex, you're my hero! Still have your pic in the snow on Manhattan in my office! Congrats ahd hope to join you soon in V-12 daily-driver land.

-Peter (11K in the last 13 months in my daily-driver Mondial t Coupe... ditto on the best thing I've ever done)

 

That was so funny, Alex! My lady was watching from the sidelines and could not help but overhear another pair of ladies commenting on the proceedings...

Women #1: "How can he do that well in that little car?"

Women #2 (dismissively): " Oh, don't you know? He's a race car driver!"

Best story (for me) of the week. What a neat event. Hope to see you again up there or somewhere else.

Best, Peter

 

Way to go Alex!
Although I still think you're nuts to park it on the street in front of that fish market when you're too lazy to walk back from the garage.

I'd love to tell you I drive mine that much, but you know better.

Funny isn't it; most people don't know its true, you can have a big GT cruiser thats comfy yet still has the performance and style of an Ferrari.


(how is the BB going?)

 

Wow congrats man! Mad props for driving a Ferrari like it's a real car!!

 

Al,
Even with the occasional quirk like the overheating problem, I'm so glad I went this way. You were the deciding factor in my choosing a 400i as my daily. I've been driving it since October and I love it. Thanks for clearing the path.

The BB looks like the body shell you get with one of those plastic kits. Great color.

Thanks again.

 

Can you get regular driver insurance on the 400 series models?

 

Alex

Who do you insure your 400 with?

Keep up the good work! I'll be getting my 400 back from Bill in the next day or so, and am very excited.

Aidan

 

That space is strictly for patrons of Very Intimate Pleasures.

 

thread. i get my 400i from shop next week. look foreward to driving

 

All the bad things I had read in the past had alway disswaded me from owning a 400. I always had this fantasy of finding a real nice one in need of alot of service and putting a corvette engine and trany in for 20 years. Driving it daily since its such a beautiful car to look at then put the v12 back in later when the market trippled.... Now I am rethinking that plan.. Great thread..JJ

 

I envy your ability to drive these cars as daily drivers. The price of fuel in the UK would make it prohibitive for me to drive my 400GT on a daily basis! It cost GBP100 to fill the tank and that'll take me just 230 miles... still, each mile is a pleasure.

Regards, Ray.

 

Congrats, Alex. Mine just turned over 69,000 miles

 

That's why we've all chosen these cars! Love the conservative styling, comfort, and performance. Oh, and my 3yr old daughter loves all the horses...

42000 KM on the dial. NO problems whatsoever. (replaced starter, and just had the upper alternator rebuilt, but that's so easy it doesn't even count).

Brennan



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Funny isn't it; most people don't know its true, you can have a big GT cruiser thats comfy yet still has the performance and style of an Ferrari.

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+1

At 12 mpg, my GT4 isn't exacly sipping fuel either. And at $ 7.90 per gallon, I simply cannot afford to use her as my daily driver.

How about committing the cardinal sin of putting LPG in a 400i? That stuff costs about 1/3 of gas here, almost making a 400 affordable to run....

 

Get rid of the apartment and sleep in your plane hangar, Hans. Then you can run it as a daily driver because you keep the mileage down! Plenty of space to park both beauties there as well!

Running a Ferrari on Liquid Gas - there must be a special place in purgatory for people like you!

Oh, and Alexander: great stuff driving one of those daily! They're meant to be used. You have a BB as well - lucky man! Have loved that model since it came out when I was 4.


Onno

 

my 365 GT/4 has been a daily for over 20K miles. I agree, best idea is to just simply drive them. It's a joy everyday.

 

additional note:
I always state fuel consumption at 5.5 gph. MPG is a metric that really does our cars a dis-service. My car burns just about the same in rush hour traffic as it does at 105 mph down the I-5. Anyways, it's s enough of a different spec. that it throws people off just a little, and you can turn the conversation back to concepts such as " MAN that really does sound great !!".

 

That is great!