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Originally Posted by ErVikingo
I remember stepping into the local dealership to get a brand new Maranello. Had everything I wanted, right color, chairs (Ferrari speak for seats) and number of cylinders.
Then, my friend (who has owned 11 of them since I've known him) says "before you sign the slip, are you ready to set aside a minimum of US$1/mile for service? That is the minimum a Ferrari will cost not considering tires, regular services, etc".
I went to the Lexus dealership got me a GS400 and bought another 1969 911S instead.
If you think of it, US$1 is the bare minimum since each 15K mile service used to be US$15K.
YMMV
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$.50/mile is I think the normal that the government allows for deductions when it comes to travel taxes, so the Ferrari is only 200% of the government allowed normal.
I also think if driven regularly, the service schedule on quite a few things would change to lower per mile.
Then there is the fact you could sell that 550 today, for about what it cost brand new. Not many cars can do that. A Ferrari though, needs to be something you buy when you are in a place where if it disappeared into nothingness, life would move on.