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Originally Posted by KevinGS
Annual maintenance is about $1k/year and the car was only driven 2000 miles/year? 
I don't know if the Ferrari experience would ever be worth that much to me, even if I could afford it. I'd spend more time just looking at it parked than driving it, and that simply doesn't make sense for someone like me (more torture than joy). Hec, you can rent 458s on Turo these days, and it's not even that expensive. Thus, an enthusiast could rent one for a week, have your fun it for like 750 to 1000 miles, and then return it. If I could do this annually, it would be all the 458 experience I'd ever need, since I'd only be driving it another 1000 miles for the rest of the year if I owned it anyway  ... while still forcing me to spend $1,000 each year for maintenance for my total of 2000 miles of driving it, not including insuring it every month.
And I imagine most 458s are never tracked for the obvious fear of messing up the car, and that would be half the fun of owning one for me.
The 458 is a truly special car, but I'd rather own a GT3 or GT3RS just so I could average 2,000 miles/month some months if I wanted to, and could take any trip I wanted, while also tracking it each year to truly get the full experience of its capabilities. |
it all depends on what your are comfortable with. There are guys who buy a 720s / 812 Superfast.. only put a few thousand miles on it and lost $60k+ deprecation in 1-2 years and its nothing to them. You can drive most modern ferraris ALOT and they are fine. There are guys on the forum with over 100k miles on their 458 no major issues.