High Mile 2011 Would You Have Fears?

I'd have ZERO fears, if the maintenence history is complete. No reason that car won't take you well beyond 100k miles. The warranty will allow some peace of mind for the unknown.

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Try to get more detailed some repairs are cryptic: body? Paint? What did they actually do?


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DCT should be covered indeed. California was a pretty solid car but I’m not a Cali expert


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I bought one with 33k miles about 11 weeks ago. Driving it at least 2-3 days per week - zero issues or concerns. It is an easy daily driver

 

That's not a Cali 30. California 30's were produced with model years of 2013 and 2014. There were possibly a FEW that were late 2012 cars but the model run had already changed. Confused because you said you had your heart set on getting a Cali 30.

 

I work from home too but find excuses to get out

 

It may only come with a one year warranty. I bought a second year Ferrari power warranty at the time of purchase. Worst case if I sell it after a year the next owner with have piece of mind that he gets a one year Ferrari power warranty with the car.

 

Something about the Carfax report doesn't look right. So, the car, when new, was purchased at a Porsche dealership? And it was never seen or serviced at a Ferrari Dealership? Maybe I'm missing something here. Compare the report with that of the Nero/ nero 2013 and you will see the difference. Note that Carfax records are not always complete. You need to get more info from the dealer.

 

what does "repair order purged from system" mean? And no history prior to 11k miles?
That's odd, to me. But I'm not the expert. there may be some reasonable explanations.

 

Hmm. Ignore me; I misread it. there are indeed 3 lines at the bottom of the report "repair order purged from system", but I was reading the wrong column for mileage.

 

You didn't mention your budget. Have you also considered operating expenses, annual maintenance (i.e. oil changes) storage fees if any, and a repair fund for items not covered under the warranty? If you're located in a climate where you intend to drive when the temp is below 45 degrees you will need winter tires. Note that a California is a computer with a beautiful car wrapped around it. When not being driven, it needs to be on a battery tender 24/7.

 

I've owned a lot of cars (not that it's a contest.... but i win ;-) ) and one of my jaguars still holds the distinction of "most-expensive-per-mile" of any. And one of my Mercedes is the opposite: cheapest per mile.

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I’ve put 18000 mi on my 2011 that I bought 2 1/2 years ago for a total of almost 39000 mi.
Always on a tender, driven regularly, always with a warranty. Had one warranty issue, window motor had a stripped gear.
I drive it 45 min or an hour every time I drive it. Have made several 1200 mi round trips to FL in it with no trouble.
Ferrari supplied tender is worthless, get a CTek 5 amp.
Oil changes and regular maintenance items are much more than normal vehicles. But so is the fun factor.
Enjoy the car.

 

LoL... nothing " cryptic " about it... see along the top of the print out, this is a summary service history only , a genuine buyer can come in and would have access to as detailed history as is available.

When purchased through a Ferrari Dealership, a buyer has the option of purchasing it as a CPO car, which would come with 2 years of New Power Warranty for the price of 1.
I agree with you, having a factory backed warranty not only gives you piece of mind, but also if sold , gives the buyer the confidence that the previous owner had the ability to take care of problems as they came up vs deferring to the next owner.

Right, CarFax is inaccurate more than I have found it to be correct but it does give a buyer a starting point for discussion.

Ferrari Dealership Annual fluid & filter service from the OP attached summary history :

12/13/12 8,003 miles
10/25/13 11.954 miles
1/15/15 16,091 miles
7/4/16 21,292 miles
1/31/18 28,430 miles
2/13/19 32,414 miles
4/20,20 37,890 miles

Can't get much more routine than that!

This most often happens when a Service department changed from one operating system to another ( ADP to Reynolds & Reynolds for example ) The hard copies could be in archive though.


Hope this helps,

Steve

 

Even that you are not allowed to give the full detailed. For my FF Ferrari if Fort Lauderdale refused to give me more then 1 liners, Algar for my Testarossa gave me everything once I showed registration.


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If you're serious about the car, email Steve Fordham about the service history, assuming you have not done so already. He's a straight shooter.
T
Edit - Steve beat me to the punch! Lol