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Originally Posted by kaisen
Their 'normal' major service like Javadog would do is only $4999, parts and labor.
And let me know if you think ANY parts of a nearly twenty year old 348 look to be in decent shape compared to a similar vintage Porsche. They usually look like crap, esp in SoCal.
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Weren't you paying attention? Didn't I say I was fond of while-we're-there add-ons. The last Ferrari I sold was this past July. It was a 328Gtb and it was easily one of the best-maintained examples in the US and it had a thick service file to prove it. Still...
The point I was trying to make was you have to differentiate between service and repair. It's all well and good to tell someone to avoid buying a 348 - it seems like I said the same thing early on in the thread- but the bill you presented doesn't neccessarily represent what he'll see every 3-5 years.
I have a 930 I bought new. It's been well-cared for and has only seen 50k miles. It does get driven regularly, though. Recently, the original CDI box crapped out. Porsche no longer sells these, so I replaced it with a used one. It also needed tires, but nobody makes a decent rear tire for it anymore. So, I got to replace the wheels, too. Not cheap, but now I can run modern tires. I need to fix one of the seat heating elements. No big deal, the part's a little under $200 - I just have to pull the seat and haul it down to the upholstery guy, so he can completely disassemble it to replace the element. I also just replaced the speakers, as the cardboard cones and foam in the originals are trashed (those were
HIGH quality.) Nobody makes a drop-in replacement, so I got to modify what's out there so I can install them in a way that preserves the original appearance of the special-order full leather interior. While I'm at it, I think I'll pull the radio again and fix the pre-set buttons, since they all crapped out. Blaupunkt doesn't sell parts for that, so I get to make my own. Yippee. It's winter now, so I have a few months to decide whether this year I'll upgrade the A/C system to work on days above 75 degrees, or whether I'll just roll the windows down and sweat another season. I've also recently noticed a couple of drops of oil on the floor, so maybe I should look and see what's leaking... I could go on....
They are all old cars. They need stuff.
JR