Do you guys drive your Ferrari in the rain?

Nobody expects a brand new Ferrari owner to drive in the rain. This is a learned activity that takes lots of practice. When I bought my car with 6217 miles on it 4 years ago I was afraid to drive it for fear of overly depreciating it, thinking it was special and to be saved for the future because of its low miles. The more I drove it, the more I realized I got more enjoyment out of it by driving it than letting it sit. Eventually you say to yourself, hell its my car, its not an investment grade Ferrari, I might as well drive it as much as possible and spread the depreciation over as many miles as possible. The reason why practically every bearing in my car had to be replaced at the 30K was because the prior owners let the car sit for months at a time without driving it. The car now has over 24K on it, I drive it in the rain as needed, I still keep it clean as many on here can attest, and the smile on my face will have to be surgically removed!

 

I meant to address this to ucorders

 

sorry but yes

 

I try to avoid it in mine,unless it rains when i drive it,which has happened twice to me since ive had the car. When i took the car home,i gave it a really good wash,because where i live,the rain turns into acid rain because the mines(people live acrosss the road from the mines) have an acid plant,lead stack and copper stack that pumps out toxic fumes everyday,and when it rains,if you leave the car unwashed,it wont take long for it to mark the paint,of eat off the clear coat. But if i lived anywhere else,it wouldnt bother me at all! More fun in the rain anyways!

 

What is this 'rain' thing you speak of?

OK, I guess I wouldn't take mine out in the rain, but it depends on if it's just been detailed in/out/engine or just average clean. Frankly the Jeep's easier to clean. If you want to talk, I'll be standing over in the wimp line with everyone from the SoCal group.

 

Yeah yeah, rub it in..................................

 

There's rain, and then there's RAIN!

23 straight days with rain, as of today, and rain in the forecast for every day in the next week. The record here is 33 days in a row.

We can expect to see that salmon swimming across the road by the Skokomish any day now on the evening news. I haven't seen him yet!

 

23 days straight?? **** that ****! Come live where im from man,it rains maybe 10 days of the year here if your lucky! Hot and sunny all day everyday! I love it!

 

I just might move! This year has really put me in a depression with all this ******** rain. I just think of friends of mine. Year round they are in shorts and flip flops! Palm trees, beach, 80 degree + . Damn it!

 

I bet it isn't as green there unless you are talking about Hawaii

 

Some early Ferraris up to the 50's/'60s/'70's were only painted on their exterior panels, meaning the interior surfaces were bare metal and getting water on these could start the rusting process.

 

For what it is worth, I love to drive mine once a week AT LEAST. Over here on the West Side of Puget Sound, I've been able to find a day with dry pavement (usually) that often, even in the midst of the "few weeks of rain" we've had. Sometimes the rain is only at the beginning or end of the day & the roads dry out pretty well.
So, I guess I'm lazy about having to detail it if it is driven on wet or muddy roads, but with timing, it is possible, even here in the NW, to find dry roads once a week.
I can't let it sit in the garage dirty, so I just optimize the driving to times when the conditions don't require all that, as much as possible.
Shucks, it is even dry today, so the red car goes out!!
But please keep the idea alive that it rains 364 days a year up here!!!

 

Right on!!. Stay away from dump trucks, semis and logging trucks and you'll do okay.

 

Clean it for the fun of it!

 

I know Porsches not the same as Ferrai but, I drive my Porsche everyday.
Im getting my moneys worth

 

LOL! Sucks to be you mate!

 

The rain really came down yesterday

 

I would never, ever drive my Ferrari in the rain, ever!

All kidding aside, I once washed my TR and it failed to start after the wash! Someone later told me that it bad mojo to get water anywhere near the ECUs.

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This silver 550 passed me just south of Olympia.
Oh yeah, had a problem with the wiper linkage but the droplets gather and roll off.
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