[Rick Lee]

I have driven one 348 and it was not nearly as nice as my 993 and surely cost a ton more. I have driven one 355 and loved it, but at that time they were still well north of $60k. I have seen some serious DIY projects for both models on Ferrarichat.com, but those guys are a rare breed and not nearly as common as the Porsche DIY'ers. Never been around the 456's.

I know a guy with about 30 Ferraris and, obviously, money is no object for him. And that's sort of how you have to be with those cars. If you want to drive a Ferrari, you have to own two because one is always down for repairs. He ended up hiring away the crew from the local Ferrari dealership and opened up his own shop for those guys to maintain his fleet. Seems like he always had them coming over to trailer this or that car to the shop and it was never less than $5k a pop, so he decided to make them his own crew. Can't own these cars on a budget.

Another guy in VA owns three garages that specialize in high-end European cars and he had a 355 for a while. He ended up selling it before a major service was due. I asked him why he couldn't DIY it or have one of his shops do it. He said it was just unaffordable. If a guy like that (and Wayne) say they a pain in the ass, then mere mortals like myself could never handle owning one.