Anyone been disappointed with their Ferrari? Unrealistic Expectations?

Yup same thing happened to me few months ago too.Well i have longed for a 911 Turbo ( whale tail & flared fenders ) for almost half my life and back in feb '04 i finally bought my dream car a 1991 C2 Turbo with only 24,xxx miles.
To cut long story short,the car needed tires,Cd player & a/c won't work and to make things worse the car died on me in the middle of the road with a faulty fuel pump and imagine,all this in the first week of my ownership.
To tell you the truth i even tried to sell the car,half heartedly,but couldn't as it took me almost a year to find one and even if i had sold it i still would have longed for the same car.After giving it some thought i finally decided to fix all those issues and to tell you the truth i love it now.Besides those issues the car is flawless,comes with all the service history and the required maintenence and infact i'm just after spending $2000 on various mods.However i think i would have enjoyed the car 60% more had i not gone thru all that mental anguish and frustration.
O forgot to mention the car supposedly have PPI done too but always wondered what they did in the PPI though.Btw the car's nor sale any more.
Yasir

 

You don't see a Ferrari in my driveway anymore......

 

It wasn't a Ferrari, but the day I bought my first Ducati 916 (I bought another after the first was run over by a car while parked) it died in rush hour traffic on the way home from the dealier b/c of a faulty voltage regulator. The dealer had none in stock and it took them close to 3 weeks to source a replacement. That certainly took the bloom off the rose.

 

Then first time my Ferrari caught fire....I realized this wasn't a Honda.....LOL!


The second time my Ferrari caght fire.........I realized I'd need a fresh extinguisher, now and then.........

 

Third time is the charm, Alan.

j/k

 

He11 yea, I'll have to call Red Adair............oh, wait....never mind.

 

My first Countach in '82 was a let down. It was my dream car for 9 years, and didnt measure up. Didnt stop me from buying many more though, after I re-adjusted my dreams to reality. My 348 was a huge dissapointment. Of course it followed on the heels of 5 TR's I owned in the 80's. No comparison.

 

When I bought my Ferrari, I was expecting insane repair bills and something wrong always.

I was also expecting the steering (never driving a car without power steering before) to be a headache and the clutch to be a nightmare. I hoped for the best, but always planned for the worse. The biggest fear was when I sat inside, I would not 'feel right' and not be able to confidently pilot the car.

Well I was wrong on a number of issues, the feel was perfect. The clutch a breeze, the steering heavenly.
The car is a dream to drive and feels just right to me when I am stilling inside.

The car has lived up to my expectations in upkeep but exceeded them in many regards. I disregard the upkeep costs, even though they put a sting on the pocketbook at times, since its the cost of love.

 

I have the same feelings. My 86TR within two weeks devolped an overheating problem and waiting for the tow truck on a sunday morning at 8am was a B****H. Then I worried about the single nut flyingoff because I heard somemany stories of them coming off. 5 Years later I find myself still checking my one nut (no laughter please) before each drive and my eyes every minute or so always looking at the temps. That fear is still with me to this day unfortunately. Aside from this no regrets.

 

Disappointed? Not at all.
The reality far exceeded the expectation....and still does.

 

No.

 

The day I brought my new Ferrari home, I had just paid a guy $2,000 to replace the fuel lines, a few coolant lines, and all the belts.....when I pulled into the garage for the first time, the car was bleeding coolant, oil, and gasoline, all at the same time, onto the floor culminating in a sick vapid puddle under the engine. Now we're down to a small coolant leak somewhere.....the search continues....