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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr View Post
... 10 months for a part that seldom breaks or doesn't cripple the car is reasonable for an exotic IMO.

... $20,000 service? What did they do for $20k? What would it cost to do the same DIY? How much of that $20k was repairing stuff that had been "deffered"?
The 355 is considered by most to be the most expensive of all the Ferrari V8s in history to maintain/fix.

Both for normal maintenance (they have a 5 valve engine, need engine out service, etc) and for "problems" (they melt headers, which are expensive to replace, have ECU and a bunch of other mechanical and cosmetic issues).

A 355 needing a service, the header fix, and a few deferred maintenance/repair stuff could easily get to $20K to bring up to snuff at a dealer or top independent.
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