Sobe

Yep ... Boring .. that is why many hi end Porsche people jumped ship over the last few years to Ferrari , with the 430 becoming the new king and far from anything remotely boring . They were on a roll up until the 996 then thing got boring almost a GT , not the raw little screamer that it was for so many years .

allegretto

Funny thing is, no one who buys Ferraris drives them. The dealer here has six 360 Cabs on the lot. Not one has more than 7K mi.

355Spider

I don't know know how they don't. I drove mine 6500 miles in one year. It just begged me from the garage.

boolala

The number of low milage F cars is simply astounding. They must spend most of their time in the garage. And I thought they were supposed to be a great drive???

drbf

Ferrari dealer in my area did not have one with more than 5000 miles. Salesman said the car is NOT a daily drive and he does not recommend one buys the car as a daily drive. He also has a 4YR wait list to get on the wait list.

NiATE

Am I just being naive when I wonder why you'd have a fantastic car and not drive it?

mastiffdog

I have often wondered the same thing. I think alot of owners like to keep the car "pristine". Many just let the car grace their garage as if it were a museum piece.

Personally, I'd rather be a driver than a curator.

Gilbasa

The major service on a Ferrari is aroung $5k every 15K miles, so no one wants to have to keep paying for the service, thus the low miles.

mooty

i put, on avg, 2k on my p car every months. many on track. the $5k service on f cars is minute compared to what a GT3 can chew up in one track season. my tire cost exceeds $5k/year easy, let alone other wearables.

drive them and have a blast.

355Spider

Actually it depends on the model. A 355 is $1K at 15K miles and $5K at 30K miles. A 360 is less and a 430 is just like a Toyota.

C.J. Ichiban

the reason that people don't drive the ferrari a ton is because they depreciate very sharply every thousand miles -not as much as a murcielago, but go to autobaron.com and look them up. i don't think the peripheral parts like interiors and cab tops last too long on the pre 430 models. also the clutches fry in about 10k miles on the manual tranny- i don't know how long the f1 lasts but i'd be much more nervous about buying a 2001 360 f1 than a Gt2

you can't drive it if its in the shop!

Ray G

I've been agreeing with you on excitement of Ferrari > Porsche, but I have to disagree on this. My 360's 3yr/15k service was $6500 (non-F1 even). The 355's major service is even more because the engine needs to be dropped. The F430 is similar to the 360 for service, except I think they finally went with timing belts instead of chains. Every service on the F-car is stupid expensive. I have the $$, but I'm not going to bend over anymore on principle.

From my experience, the reasons new Ferraris don't get driven much is they are mostly used as weekend toys, and they only hold their better-than-average resale if they have low miles. The p-car is a worker drone in comparison.

allegretto

That's a very impressive pictoral. Which are your favorites for track and which for street?

Ray G

Thanks! I really like the Exige on the track. I've been driving that lately. The Exige, GT3, F430, and CGT are the most fun cars on the track.

mastiffdog

Ray G, great album, great cars. And my wife thought I was crazy ...thanks for making me look sane.