CS sales are active... these examples all recently SOLD: RS CS @ Miller Motorcars Nero CS @ Wide World F RS CS @ F of Central NJ RS CS @ F of New England RS CS @ F of Tampa Bay
I just spent the past seven hours doing the annual service on my CS. Oil, tranny flush, coolant flush. Brake flush tommorrow. Materials are about $300. It's very easy, but time consuming with the under tray and tranny filter. If I didn't think the local mechanics would scratch the car, etc. I'd gladly pay the other $700 to save my time and aching back !
How does everyone feel about stuff like this? On a car like the CS, for me, it's worth the money to have the paper from the dealer that the service was performed and have it in the system. Collectible cars need a paper trail. If it was a run of the mill 430 I don't think it's as big of a deal. I don't know your background, you may be a retired Ferrari tech or something but I'll assume you're just guy like me. If I was CS shopping and found a car I like and the seller was like "yeah, I did all the service myself", I'd pass. I'm just interested to hear how others feel about this. Is it silly? Yes. But it's still "perception".
I have always done most of my own work and I feel more confident that it was done right. It never effected value at sales time. Of course I keep all receipts and correlate those parts and supplies to each service. My 348 came with a 3" binder, documenting all services and parts bought. The new owner loved it. fyi... The only time I ever had a service related failure..... the service receipt had that lovely dealer horsey on it.
Jason, I get what you're saying, but feel that if I do it myself, I know it was done right. Previous to my ownership, my car had nothing but factory service. When I pulled the tranny filter and saw the amount of accumulated tranny sealer in the screen, it was obvious the factory techs had never done this important item. I know that I helped avert tranny issues that would have occurred in the future if left to the factory techs. These cars are no different from my 930 Turbo, 328, alfa spider and alfa GTV6. They simply have higher performance parts. Fluid flushing is the same on all these cars with slight differences. All the info you need is on the internet if you like to read. Ferrari likes to make all this seem like some sort of Voodoo to part you from your money. If you enjoy doing the work, it's simple, and economical. I service all my cars because I enjoy it. Every time i drop a car off at a mechanics for service, it come back in worse condition than I left it. Scratches, etc. I'm as OCD and perfectionistic as you will find and use only the best fluids, Redline oil & tranny oil, Motul RBF 600 brake fluid, and Redline D4 ATF for the power steering and F1 fluid. All those are as good as or superior to the factory fills. I keep every receipt and document everything I do in a binder for the next owner on all my cars. Are there incompetent hacks out there ? Definitely. Both individuals and mechanics. All I can say is I have no qualms with the next owner of my car requiring a PPI at purchase which will tell the story. Best to all of you and I hope each of you can find cars as well serviced as mine in the future Skipp
There are also a lot of places in the US without a Ferrari dealership, Charlotte, NC included. What then ?
For the record, I don't do belt changes. So, every 5 yrs., the car will go to the local indie for a complete major service. I simply do fluid changes in between.
I trust 3 PEOPLE to work on my car ( A Boxer ) One at the dealership, one at the local repair center, and that scruffy looking dude in the mirror every morning. Thats it. The dim wits at Ferrari Orlando did a PPI on a 365 Boxer I was wanting years ago and completely dropped the ball. I keep the PPI posted to my office board as a reminder that People do work not Shops.
Hagerty shows a sharp down tick in values in their latest price guide. Any ideas why? . Image Unavailable, Please Login
No idea...silly chart though...shows prices are down since late 2011? Ummm...no...opposite is true. Only that this chart be true! I want a $90,000 to $120,000 CS! Please, Haggarty must have them for sale, no? Seriously...WTF.
Reminds me of the global warming hockey stick graphs (just the opposite direction) and just as believable.
Valuation is a key component of their business. You can be sure that they keep close track of what their owners paid and of any publicly reported sales.
