<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The F355 is an exception due to a few very specific trouble areas. F355s can be, without a doubt, very expensive to run. <br><br>Ferraris, in general, are well built and reliable *if* maintained properly.<br><br>I have had a couple and if you take care of them, they are excellent.<br><br>Although the modern era cars are quite good, the older ones are even better.<br><br>The unreliable Ferrari myth was created a long time ago when they sat in collector garages gathering dust. <br><br><br>LS<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_132994546520443" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:italic;font-family:symbol;"><br><br><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"><div><font size="6"><span
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style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:24px;font-family:symbol;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:italic;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:italic;font-family:symbol;"><font style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mike Thomas <mbefthomas@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Charles McCall' <charlesmccall@gmail.com>; detomaso@poca.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 7, 2014 9:55 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
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#yiv0560515725 </style><div><div class="yiv0560515725WordSection1"><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Great story. I’ve heard a saying many times “the most expensive car in the world is a used Ferrari”. I have to agree with him. The 355 is still the prettiest Ferrari of recent design.</span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Mike Thomas</span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0560515725yqt8293284913" id="yiv0560515725yqt55701"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;"> DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles McCall<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:55 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> detomaso@poca.com<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [DeTomaso] NPC - buying a Ferrari</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I thought this was an entertaining read:</span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://plays-with-cars.kinja.com/buying-a-ferrari-is-harder-than-you-might-think-video-1516788481/@travis">http://plays-with-cars.kinja.com/buying-a-ferrari-is-harder-than-you-might-think-video-1516788481/@travis</a></span></div></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0560515725MsoNormal"><span
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