[DeTomaso] Ferrari 360 maintenance costs-- NPC

hemipanter at hemipanter.se hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Sun Feb 7 12:59:55 EST 2010


We do not have to be to scared of working at Ferraris, we changed a clutch
here last summer without problem. If I had a 360 I would have put a Hemi
in it anyway, to make the car move. How about that statement?
Goran

> I've often heard the most expensive car in the world is a used Ferrari,
> now
> I can see why.
>
> Mike Thomas
>
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ferrari 360 maintenance costs-- NPC
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>
> I've noted that the early Ferrari 360's have come down into the $70K
> range,
> so I was getting an idea of what the ownership costs would be.
>
> If your wife complains about how much you spend on your Pantera, show her
> these numbers:
>
> The cams are driven by a toothed belt that has to be replaced every 3 yrs
> regardless of mileage. The variators are what advance the exhaust cam. If
> one breaks the cam stops turning and you bend all the valves. The F1
> actuator is what shifts the paddle gearbox. Actually it's more like $13K
> to
> fix but I'm deducting some because failures are not super common. Very few
> clutches last 20,000 miles.
>
> To be fair, any of us could probably do our own annual fluid changes and
> save $900 per year.
>
> -----------------------
>
> FERRARI 360 SERVICE COSTS for 6 yrs and 15,000 miles . Assuming purchase
> price of $70K, belts, variators, and annual service recently done.
>
>
> Belts every 3 yrs x 2 = 6K
> variators every 3 yrs x 2 = 1K
> Clutch assuming 15M life = 5K
> Annual service @ $1K per yr = 6K
> Tires x2 @1K each = 2K
> Depreciation @10% of value per yr = 33K
> F1 pump and actuator repair = 10K
>
> TOTAL 63K-- maybe less if the car does not depreciate as much as the
> Maserati coupes have.
>
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