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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #80 on: 06-Mar-2009, 18:44:54 »
Its awsome to have people like theose in norwood!
the local mechanics get cranky on the first question!

i realy like how ferrari's are made ... the engine bay looks filled but itsnt that hard to work on?(or is it?)

good luck with the service ... hope all the problems get rectified
keep us upped! :cool:

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #81 on: 06-Mar-2009, 18:49:47 »
Engine details
Engine front - see the timing belt cover and lower part of the belts

Left bank

Right bank

Love the enclosed exhaust headers (gold lump)
Right bank and shock tower




Head off
Left bank

front of engine - timing belt mechanism now fully exposed with a degree wheel inserted. The water pump is located just above the degree wheel in the picture below

right bank

 
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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #82 on: 06-Mar-2009, 18:51:37 »
Its awsome to have people like theose in norwood!
the local mechanics get cranky on the first question!

i realy like how ferrari's are made ... the engine bay looks filled but itsnt that hard to work on?(or is it?)

good luck with the service ... hope all the problems get rectified
keep us upped! :cool:

Thanks!

There are a lot of DIYers for 348s because it is relatively simple to work on compared to later cars which requires you to buy a lot of computerized equipment.
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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #83 on: 06-Mar-2009, 21:54:58 »
You have had some years to save up :D A friend of mine told me how much he spend on the service of his 348, I was shocked :scare:

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #84 on: 06-Mar-2009, 22:41:36 »
You have had some years to save up :D A friend of mine told me how much he spend on the service of his 348, I was shocked :scare:

how much ?

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #85 on: 06-Mar-2009, 23:27:49 »
Nice set of pics! It's always nice to have your car proprely serviced :)

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #86 on: 06-Mar-2009, 23:33:45 »
how much ?

Over €5000,- ......

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #87 on: 06-Mar-2009, 23:42:15 »
Over €5000,- ......

it's always expensive driving a supercar or just a ferrari !!!

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #88 on: 06-Mar-2009, 23:52:02 »
Over €5000,- ......
holy moly its almost the price of m5e34 lol :shocked:

Saamer I hope they will be spare you with the costs for service ;)
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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #89 on: 07-Mar-2009, 00:08:38 »
holy moly its almost the price of m5e34 lol :shocked:


what M5 Alex - do you buy one and heading on RR2009 ?

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #90 on: 07-Mar-2009, 00:51:28 »
No M for me(yet) :lol: Just its crazy to realize that that little ferrari swallows m5 in just one major service cost :nutz:

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #91 on: 07-Mar-2009, 01:54:48 »
holy moly its almost the price of m5e34 lol :shocked:

Saamer I hope they will be spare you with the costs for service ;)

5000 Euro is cheap! Mine is likely to come out at 6000 Euro. :) Fortunately you spend this amount once in 5 years :)

As Pterps said, buying a Ferrari is expensive. You got to keep about $8-10K aside for maintenance every 5 years.

But I promise you the experience is more than worth it! I wouldn't trade it for any other model from another marque in the same price range.


BTW isn't 5000 Euro cheap for an E34 M5? I bet it wont be in pristine shape and would need a good bunch of money to maintain it.
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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #92 on: 07-Mar-2009, 10:35:39 »
In a good condition(not top) the prices are about 7000€, but you can buy it even for 5000€ in czech as only few people want that kind of car especially in these days when people loose jobs and stuff :mrgreen:

So its 1200€ a year, thats not that expensive afterall :good:

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #93 on: 07-Mar-2009, 11:54:15 »

So its 1200€ a year, thats not that expensive afterall :good:

Not that expensive? Maybe you should ask Sameer how much that is per km ;)

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #94 on: 07-Mar-2009, 12:38:38 »
Well 1200€ a year is service cost of a normal midlle-upper class car that is used as a daily driver car, servise at official dealer I mean.
Our family Opel Vectra was used ALOT and had service costs 2-3000€ a year - no crashes just usual service and mantainance :whistle: thats probably the reason I will never buy Opel again :no:

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #95 on: 07-Mar-2009, 14:19:39 »
Not that expensive? Maybe you should ask Sameer how much that is per km ;)

I think per km service costs are irrelevant when it comes to non-daily use cars. The costs are what they are - adding a km factor just muddies up the issue.

A person who drives little will get huge per km cost while a person who drives a lot gets a low per km costs. But in the end they both shell out the same amount of cash
 one way or another.

The only way km costs are relevant are towards depreciation and perhaps if you use the car daily (~10,000 miles per year), the mileage done will force you to service it more often - once in 3 years versus a 5 year interval increasing the overall costs.

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #96 on: 07-Mar-2009, 15:29:31 »
Thanks for the detailed pictures of the inside of your F

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #97 on: 07-Mar-2009, 17:29:50 »
Thanks for the detailed pictures of the inside of your F


My pleasure!
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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #98 on: 07-Mar-2009, 23:24:32 »
+1, thanks dood!

I guess this would be the typical opinion of a non-DIY'er but, I can see why you didn't want to do this yourself. Plus like you mentioned earlier, for resale purposes, F-car buyers like to know the car had been serviced by a pro.  Now I can see why!!

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Re: My 1991 Ferrari 348 TS - Major Service underway!
« Reply #99 on: 08-Mar-2009, 01:45:01 »
I think per km service costs are irrelevant when it comes to non-daily use cars. The costs are what they are - adding a km factor just muddies up the issue.

A person who drives little will get huge per km cost while a person who drives a lot gets a low per km costs. But in the end they both shell out the same amount of cash
 one way or another.

The only way km costs are relevant are towards depreciation and perhaps if you use the car daily (~10,000 miles per year), the mileage done will force you to service it more often - once in 3 years versus a 5 year interval increasing the overall costs.


maybe a cost per car-related grin would be more appropriate  ;)