I was poking around CarDomain and saw this blog post of some guy with a Ferrari 550 Maranello. Let me tell you that I am so glad not to own one of these cars. I don't see why people pay so much for them when the repairs are quite literally out the wazoo.
I bought the Car in October 2001 with 14,000 miles on it. I took it in to the Ferrari dealer for service right away...
New Clutch
New Hoses under the manifold
Oil change
Transmission Fluid
2 new rear tires
Tubi Exhaust
TOTAL $10,000
Then becasue the exhaust was so loud I had to get a new stereo system.
Brax Amp
Eclipse Head unit
Eclipse CD Changer
Dynaudio 2 way speakers
TOTAL $4,000
Then ...Upgrade to Xenon headlights
And added a custom subwoofer behind the seat.
TOTAL $1,950
Then in December 2002 with 20,000 miles I took it in for service...
New brakes
New rotors
Replace motor mounts
Replace valve cover gaskets
Replace timing belts
Replace pulleys and idler bearings
Rebuild water pump
Oil Change
Transmission Fluid change
Brake fluid change
TOTAL $11,000
Then 2 weeks later my emergency flashers started going off all by themselves...
Replace fuel pump inertia switch
Replace 1 windshield wiper arm
Fix odometer reset button
TOTAL $2,000
It's other nickname is the Money Pit...
This page right here guarantees me never to buy a Ferrari ever, even if I have the money to blow on it. I'll get a Porsche (oh wait, already have one of those
) that won't cost nearly as much. He would have been much better off spending that money on an SRT-6.