Interesting read

I think this was discussed in another thread. The margins IIRC are gross, not net. That's a major difference.

 

Net +- 22% is still pretty solid though I'd say

 

It is but net is always lower the higher the volume. I think grocery stores work on 1-3 %

 

But this is the part I like.

Honestly, I can't say that I ever heard of the tensioner bearing problem. I did hear that Ferrari changed the belt service interval to boost service revenues. Who knows.

Ferraris weren't exactly flying out the door back around 2000.

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So are they referring to the belt tensioners.... as in the one also offered by Hill Engineering? Wasn’t there a debate between OEM vs Hill Engineering? I guess this clears up that debate.

 

I think, based on Brian's comments, the rap on those cars was actually the hydraulic tensioners, not the bearings themselves. Again, there were various stories about why Ferrari reduced the service interval to 3 years.

Think about it. If the Ferrari CPO required that cars had belts changed a max of 2 1/2 years prior to certification, who would be buying a CPO car if it required a major in 6 months? It actually fits the 5 years format. Buy a CPO car and you can drive it for 3 years before the next "Ferrari recommended" belt change. By then the belts could be anywhere between 3 and 5 1/2 year sold.

And, OH BOY, another belt thread!!!!