458 first annual service--Help

He didn't accuse continental of anything and it appears even the purchasing dealer themselves don't agree with you. Maybe you should take your own advice about being careful before you start handing out warnings to people on behalf of dealers.

 

No. He is indirectly accusing Continental of misfeasance if not malfeasance. His words are actionable. He, like all posters, should be very, very careful in what you say online.

 

Explain as to how he accusing continental of anything

 

While these parts certainly fail with time it's hard to believe that everything checked out to a degree there wasn't even a footnote regarding their condition from a main dealer... to being completely shot on all 4 corners.

I'd be surprised if Naples doesn't just foot the bill for the entire rebuild since this is just too big of a coincidence

But yes, as other members have mentioned, drive the car. 2700 miles a year it's a decent number if you're driving like 50 miles a week but if that 2700 miles was all done in a week and then the car sits for 11.5 months that's not good.

There's only so much that can be done for a car sitting. Putting it on a tender only deals with the battery, sitting fluids, tires sitting in the same spot, etc are all bad news.

I too had to replace my shocks immediately after buying my 458 spider but I knew that going in so it was factored into the purchase price.

Public service announcement is to ALWAYS do a PPI. It's a small small price to pay against a very very pricey acquisition

 

Well said buddy just too big off a coincidence that there was no tell tell sign or a footnote to show any misting etc at the time of purchase

And as the OP mentioned as quoted above from post #7 the video he has been sent it looks like they’ve been leaking for a while

Regards to getting a PPi done he was assured there was no need at the time of purchase as it had gone to a thorough Dealer Inspection with a power warranty added onto it so surly with that you’d imagine everything is clean healthy and there are no signs of misting or leaks etc…

Again It could just be the OP’s tough luck that they’ve “JUST” decided to age and out of the 14 years of its life all “4” have just gone shot and so bad within “THAT” year and 2700 miles of ownership

Either way it’ll be interesting to see what Naples has to say and as one poster mentioned best thing is to try and help the OP find the most economical solution should he need to have fork out for the repairs

 

Rebuild seems to be the best option, car would be out of commission for a while but if the rebuilds have better longevity than a new replacement (replacement is just an old service part that's been sitting in a warehouse) then this is definitely the way to go, I kinda regret not getting mine rebuilt but whatever, no point dwelling on the past for me.

Getting corporate involved is also definitely something that should be done ASAP and if OP can get any documentation of communications they've had with Naples during the purchasing process that would be great. Even if a lot of the stuff mentioned was only said in person, I would imagine that the absence of written communication regarding the bad state of the dampers would be just as damning as evidence that they gave the A-OK.

In my line of work if communicated something important on the phone or in person to a client I would always follow up with some type of written or otherwise recorded/documented communication as a cover-my-ass in case they ever try to feign ignorance in the future.

If this was a car that was certified by Naples they certainly must have documentation regarding their inspection, even if that documentation wasn't given to OP at the point of sale, it would have been recorded and stored for their own records which should include photos and stuff. Ferrari NA could compel the dealer to pony up those records for their own investigation should they get involved. Now if they went in and cleaned up the dampers before that inspection (could be them or the original owner if this was a consignment car) it might get a bit trickier as the dampers would look pristine but if they looked TOO clean relative to the state of the rest of the car that could also be evidence that there was window dressing being done prior to the inspection (something which the dealer should have noticed)

OP should definitely provide the video/pictures from Continental showing the state of the shocks currently and unless OP is the most unlucky person in the world where all 4 shocks decided to go at the same time AND he went and drove through a sand storm, the condition + low mileage since the original sale should be more than enough to demonstrate that this was already a problem.

I wouldn't even bother approaching Naples without first contacting Ferrari NA corporate. No point letting them try and front run you. Should just show your hand and let them handle it.

There's no guarantee that Ferrari NA would do anything but this is absolutely worth pursuing.