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> A Ferrari is meant to be ostentatious _and_ a great car (not withstanding pratcicality or cost).

Absolutely not. Ferraris are renowned for being shop queens/needing absurdly frequent servicing, which probably needs to be done at an official dealership. Also, often you need to remove the motor to do basic service (the car is designed for this).

eg see discussions in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/ba3r...

Maybe a better example would have been Leica or something, which at least are very nicely engineered cameras and can run for more than a few months without a dealer service.

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I mean if you own a Ferrari and it doesn't need frequent servicing, I'd question why the hell you bought the thing if you didn't intend to drive it as it's designed to be driven.

Because most people aren’t car people and buy it to brag to their friends or so. It’s more important that they look cool. Also, to be fair, it’s not a big deal to remove the engine and it makes a lot of work much easier.

Most people who buy a Ferrari have a couple of other supercars and a garage and mechanic on staff.

The frequent servicing doesn't bother them.

The bulk of the 'supercars' for sale here in NL has absurdly low mileage compared to their age.

In fact this was Lamborghini's comeback when Greenpeace had it out for them some years ago. "Sure our cars may have the worst CO2 emission per km, but they're among the best in CO2 emissions per year".

Brilliant :)

This is often reflected in the surprisingly low insurance premiums relative to the cost of a supercar. Although there are plenty of YouTube videos showing trust fund babies people wrecking them, most owners are middle-aged men who only drive them a few kilometers here and there, they are purchased as trophies, not as daily drivers or race cars.

A Ferrari is still in another world of sport vehicles. You can't find a sport sedan to be better than a Ferrari.

> You can't find a sport sedan to be better than a Ferrari.

"Better" is a subjective term. A sport sedan is better than a Ferrari if what you need is a sport sedan. A different sportscar may be better than a Ferrari if what you want is something that requires less maintenance (or so I hear, I know nothing about sportscars.)

I doubt that anyone who can buy/wants a Ferrari is choosing between it and a sports sedan (M series, AMG series, RS series etc.). It is between Mclaren/Lamborghini/Ferrari and which one is the best depends on personal preference really (looks, are you going to track etc.).

https://web.archive.org/web/20160923072443/http://lambounfal...

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