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Originally Posted by Embraer
I have an F355, yes. it's not bad, at all to work on. lots of this crap is hyped up. The alternator for example...is a Nippon Denso unit. It's about $1400 in a yellow box. Or about $225 for the exact same unit, with a higher output.
what's crazy...is when you take the interior apart, and start looking at the backs of the switches...you'll sometimes see a FOMOCO logo.
exhaust gaskets....$50 a piece in a yellow box. They're $3 Victor Reinz gaskets, with the same part number. I bought those at NAPA. etc etc
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I've been in the *want* bin of 348's since they were $70K cars. I saw an off color one a few weeks ago local that was in the low 30's, made do some hunting on cost of ownership. Aside from a major issue the gearbox or engine, it seems it wouldn't be *that* much more expensive than the 944.
The 355 has a much stronger aero design, there is probably a little more time involved removing aero only panels for access. Probably not that big of a deal.
The transverse transmission in the 348 is going to make clutch changes quite a bit different between the two cars.
Its funny, but when it comes to styling, I love the 355 Spyder, but really do not care for the 348 Spider, and when it comes to the coupe, its swapped, I like the 348 GTB better than the 355GTB.
Nick, is that 458 an Automatic? Seems a little on the cheap side for a transmission replacement compared to what I remember. The GTA is a *Cheap* Ferrari I would stay a long ways away just because you can't really DIY to anything with the gearbox, an pretty much, your only solution is replacement. Q_Q
I did a quick look for the 348 I was talking about, not a perfect car, doesn't really have much info, but it was actually less than $30K. The color is a weak point for a sale, but a strong point for me. I love the stormy ocean like blue on cars. TDF blue would be better...but anyway.
http://www.vast.com/cars/detail/7177401965660879717
Something I've noticed with several 348's, is the tan interior color seems to be a coating on top of another color of leather entirely - and it flakes off in contact areas. All cars will have wear in contact areas, but this looks extra ugly. I do not see many 348's with black interiors, so I do not know if its just the tan. There are a lot more black 355 interiors out there that I see.