Yes! Do it! Do it!

 

Excellent writeup! Many of the topics you covered are merely "glossed over" by most owners.

The thing about the 360 is, its styling is timeless, so it does not look at all dated. The interior may be showing a few specks of gray at the temple, but nothing out of hand.

I saw a yellow coupe on the road last week, and it still has that "show-stopping" presence!

 

Yawn . . . another great contribution by Dana. Thanks for taking the time, always appreciate it.

 

that makes more sense... thanks again.

 

While the literal translation is indeed stable, it is actually used when referring to a team. In this case "Team Ferrari."

The logo itself is called the Cavallino Rampante, cavallino meaning "little horse" and rampante referring to an animal standing on its hind legs with its fore legs outward. Ferrari and Alfa adopted this logo when Enzo was asked by the mother of a famous WWI fighter pilot to put it on his cars for good luck, after he had won a race. The green, white and red obviously represent the Italian national colors and the yellow represents Enzo's hometown, Modena.

 

Excellent write-up! The only thing that I disagree with is where you said that in order for the car to maintain a good running condition is to do less than 2000 miles a year (and thats what should be looked for when purchasing a car). I would agree with this if you are looking to retain a higher residual on the car, but not in terms of keeping the engine in great running order. The engines in Ferraris need to be used, and yes, revved. I myself don't own a Ferrari, but there are quite a few in the family, and what I have said comes from the Ferrari certified mechanics that I know. The cars with very few miles over the coarse of a few years, are usually the ones that have engine problems.

Cheers.

 

Welcome to the TEAM!

Thanks for reading my Guide and your comments are spot on.

I did not mean to say that you should drive the car less than 2,000 miles a year to keep the engine in good running order. I may have not expressed my thought correctly so let me clarify.

What I meant was that - when looking to buy a used 360 Modena - you should try to find one that has been driven less than 2,000 miles a year on average. Not that anyone should consciously try to not drive their car less than 2,000 miles per year to keep it running well.

This rule of thumb is not necessarily to ensure that the engine is in proper working order. Rather, examples that have been driven under that threshold seem to be in the best overall condition. More miles mean more use which naturally degrades things like the paint, leather and - to some extent - working parts.

Ferraris - like all other cars - are meant to be driven. Heck, I drove my 360 over 1,000 miles in April! But when looking for the best deal on a used 360 Modena, I found that the best condition cars - both inside and out - were those that had been driven less than 2,000 miles per year on average.

Thanks again for taking the time to read my Guide!

 

I agree with your response. The 360's that I have driven with more mileage on them have had interiors that have left a lot to be desired... which is also a bit of a trait on the 355's and 360's. The leathers have shrunk, there are squeeks and rattles, the electric operation of the seats are noisy and no longer smooth, etc.

So yes, there needs to be a fine balance.

Don't know if its just me, but it seems that the interiors of higher mileage 2005 model F430's seem to be holding up well. I guess Ferrari is continuously improving interior quality of their cars (not something they cared too much about in the past).

I do love their cars though, and am a big F1 fan (wonder if they will submit their entrance paperwork for the 2010 season). Forza Ferrari!

Thanks for the welcome btw!

 

AMEN! You are in the right place brother.

Check out the Pit-Stop sub forum for all of the F1 content you can handle!

I am the Commish of our Fantasy F1 league and also host a Grand Prix banter thread for each race.

Here is a link to the Turkish Grand Prix banter and discussion thread.

https://teamspeed.com/forums/pit-sto...er-thread.html

We would love to have you join us on race day!

The banter threads, Fantasy League discussion and my race Recaps are always stickies in the Pit-Stop.

I am a McLaren fan and very depressed this year. But it is still a great season.

Looking forward to arguing over who has the better F1 team!

 

Forza . . . Lewis!