A certain crowd just wants attention. The price bracket of the car doesn’t matter, but it’s guaranteed that the lower end will have far more members—that’s just the nature of wealth.

Yeah, this is basically all the tasks of being a parent.  I think she forgot eventually helping out with college applications.

The best wheel diameter for a normal car is the smallest that will fit over the brakes and suspension arms.

I would start with $20k for repairs if the car is in decent condition.

Glad to help. Ugh......really miss that Ferrari noise. Need to get back into one in the next few years!

I don’t really plan to repeat cars but the F355 was more than worth the trouble for me.  Childhood dream come true!

No, because the engine is in front so the belts can be done in situ, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily cheap to maintain. The 90s Ferrari engines, including this one, are known to have inconsistent valve guide quality. Checking or otherwise fully understanding the condition and history of your prospective car’s…

From having owned another F-car model from its era, the 456 is old enough that the people who couldn’t afford to (or didn’t want to) maintain them have already dumped them. There are fewer and fewer ratty 90s Ferraris left as people who really liked them as children are beginning to be able to afford them, buy them…

I think the point here is that it’s the fact that he bought something else that is preventing him from buying this particular car.

You have to admit, BMW’s sales strategy is genius. Buyers won’t care that they are paying the same money for a smaller car if it has a unique look and it’s spread over 60 months.

Pretty sure it’s just G for Gas and D for Diesel?

There are a few other current or recently retired models with similar door closing cringe effect:

Japan: Mazda Roadster

Crash structures have evolved significantly since the 1990s and even the early 2000s.

This is bad, not because the car is significantly more dangerous than any of its competitors, but because consumers rely on psychological reassurance when buying this class of car. Did their simulations and internal testing not catch this or something?

The overall reliability is roughly the same if you include the drivers, especially those who attend car meets.

Beautiful coupe.

Thanks for sharing this; I had no idea my 3.0SC was this much of a hack job.

Used F-type and Cayman/Boxster seem to be on similar levels of upkeep.

Ugh, sorry about your friend.  I despise street racing--it doesn’t prove any skill.