[DeTomaso] Ferrari 360 maintenance costs-- NPC

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/7/10 10:07:56 AM, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:

> 360s are well built. I have many friends with them and they don't require 
> anywhere near this amount of maintenance.....
> 
Except maybe the cast alloy motor mounts cracking which were carry-overs 
from the 355s.   I suspect that most Ferrari owners are simply intimidated by 
their machines, their price and the mystique surrounding them all of which 
keeps owners from working on the things. Had a friend with a Lotus and he was 
terrified of defiling his car's 'highly-tuned' engine with a non-factory 
wrench. Obviously, they are only machines and many maintenence issues could 
easily be done at home, between lattes.... Old Ferraris were 
barely-streetified versions of race cars with hand-built parts, and that influenced the 
prices charges for spares and the labor involved. Dunno much about the newer 
ones.... FWIW- J DeRyke