Mileage anxiety

is it a stick? of so your anxiety makes sense. if its f1, it doesnt matter.

 

OK, I can understand where you are coming from. I have 2 high end cars at opposite ends of the spectrum, one with 13k miles, one with 30k miles that is newer. I definately am conscious about putting miles on the lower mile car (average 500 miles per year....but each one is epic). But won't hesitate to take the higher mile car out. They are very close to each other in value.

So I would postulate you bought the wrong car for your needs......unless you either have a shift in perspective, or buy a 2nd one to drive more.

I agree with TT that a F1 430 is not destined to be a collectible car (both mine are), so maybe that shift in perspective is what you need.

 

This tragedy happened to me and my 599 yesterday Turns out the car still drives the same.

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The value of your car depends on condition. I have a 360 spider with 40K that, with a few more things done, will be essentially as new. As long as I own it, it will remain that way regardless of how much I drive it.

 

You be you. If you have anxiety driving it, don’t.

a solution might be to get a secondary car to be your ‘driver’

cheers.

 

I’ve got an 812 I bought with 900 miles on it about 10 months ago and am now up to almost 8k. It’s quite a high spec car. I’m watching depreciation and it’s really bad on the 812, especially so with high spec car. I am thinking the longer I drive the car the lower the average cost per year of driving it will be, even if I put a lot of miles on it. With your 430 it’s obviously not at a steep part of depreciation curve but maybe the logic still holds? If you put say 20k on it over several years the delta in value divided by number of years may not be so large.

 

I used to feel that way, but not anymore. While it's nice to have a low mileage car, in the end, it's still just a car. Depreciation is going to happen one way or another. Just drive it. What's the point of "saving it" for someone else?

 

Not sure if you can do this on an F430 (never tried on the one I had) but the first thing I did on the two Californias I've owned is change the TFT odometer reading to show the fuel range instead

 

Nope. I refuse to buy a car I won’t drive and park at the grocery store. It’s just a car.

 

my f40 has 3,800 miles, my 07 430 has 3k, my 06 430 has 20k, my 12 FF has 34k...i can go on...

 

Pretty much. When I was looking at the F430 with 3k miles all I could think about was sucker. I was more interested in cars that were driven than ones that sat. The low mileage cars sold for no more than regularly driven and enjoyed cars.

 

Wow, a lot of people in the world right now wish they had this problem.

 

Yup, it's like not having sex with your girlfriend so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend!

 

You should have anxiety about not driving enough miles! The more miles you drive, the less you're paying in the end per mile!

 

I got my 612 with 4400 miles on it in August, 2013 and right now it has 44,000 miles. My only guilt is I haven't driven it enough.

This year sucks, no car shows, the FCA Annual Experience in Canada which I was registered for has been cancelled. I'm putting very little mileage on the car. We're going to Nashville for the week of the 4th, but it's all highway miles and once we get there the car will just sit so we're going to take my wife's boring Panamera.

 

Best thing that ever happened to me was I decided my 612 was a keeper. It had been at about 10K when I bought it and it took me about 2 years to make the keeper decision. Up to that point I was mileage conscious. After that it didn’t matter any more and I had a whole lot more fun driving it.

When I am buried in it I doubt anyone will care about the mileage, the embalmer will be more concerned about trying to get the silly grin off of my face.

 

Yes, like that other saying, nobody ever laid on their deathbed and said gee I wish I didn't drive my Ferrari so much!

 

Best thing to do to avoid this ever happening again is buy high mileage examples. Seriously. I never had anxiety over it, but I sure noticed doubling the miles on my 360 from 4700 at purchase, didn't blink an eye adding the same number of miles to others I've had starting at much higher mileage. You'll pay less and enjoy it more, buy high mileage from now on.

 

the best way to avoid putting too many miles on your ferrari, is to have many ferraris to spread the miles out on.....

if this is not an option, then put miles on it.
you could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
nobody ever lays on their deathbed regretting the mileage they put on their cars.

(yes, i went for an early morning drive this morning )

 

What has been your experience with this car?

Thx

 

I agree with all of you that said the less you drive your car, the more you lose (depreciation, cost/mile for insurance/registration, etc). Only thing is I am going for a long vacation of 2000 miles or so, I prefer to take my C7 because after a few hours, the specialness (I know that is not a word) wears off.

 

The only regret I have when selling a car is that I did not drive it enough, not that I drove it too much. Enjoy the car

 

My view is you are not on this plant for long; drive it and enjoy it.