Servicing
What an Annual Supercar Service Actually Contains
Almost every published figure for what a supercar costs to service annually is answering a question the owner of a recent car does not...
Section 02
Servicing
Scheduled work, what it contains, and the jobs that need the engine out before anyone touches them.
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Clutch Replacement: Why the Labour Costs More Than the Part
Ask what a supercar clutch costs and the honest answer is a question back: how much has to come out first. Published figures from an...
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What Actually Breaks, and What the Repair Costs
Most published maintenance figures describe scheduled work. The bills that actually decide whether a car was affordable are the unscheduled...
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Main Dealer or Independent Specialist: Cost and Consequence
The independent specialist is cheaper. On one published comparison, a clutch on a Ferrari 360 is 5,500 USD at the specialist midpoint...
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The Jobs That Need the Engine Out, and What That Adds
One sentence separates two eras of ownership cost. On a Testarossa, 348, Mondial, Boxer or F355, replacing the cam belts means taking the...
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Extended Warranty: What It Covers and What It Leaves Out
Extended cover on this class of car is not a bolt on sold once. It is an annual renewal that depends on passing an inspection, and the...
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Why a Car That Barely Moves Costs More to Keep
The assumption behind buying a low mileage car is that low use means low cost. Per mile it does not, and per year it barely helps at all....
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Major Service Intervals, and Why They Differ by Marque
A service interval on this class of car is two numbers joined by the words whichever comes first, and on almost every car in private hands...
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Oil Changes by Time, Not by Mileage
Every published oil interval on this class of car has two halves and one of them is decorative. A schedule of 12 months or 10,000 miles, on...
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Prepaid Service Plan or Pay Per Visit
The usual way to judge a prepaid service plan is to add up what the visits would have cost and compare. On this class of car that...