If you have to ask how much the battery costs, you are in the wrong car! If you are paying $100 for 'gas cap tether', they saw you coming!
A friend has a Ferrari, nothing close to this! He also does 99% of his own work even major service.
Between the local Ferrari club and the internet groups, they keep the costs way down, knowing that many parts are not exclusive to Ferrari and showing the best prices.
$1900 to replace the battery?
Many Repairs at once are not “service” though.
WTH? With that kind of money somebody could have bought a case of 9mms.
> “A Service,” which is not specific and is listed for $2,105... <
Wildly inflated and even fake charges? Maybe the garage thought that the car was owned by the federal government.
If you have to ask how much the battery costs, you are in the wrong car! If you are paying $100 for 'gas cap tether', they saw you coming!
He should have expected Paris Milton's rack to have excessive wear.
Still not as much trouble servicing Paris, herself. :/
The guy overpaid about 120K on that car in the first place
Ford repair house: You need a $1300 wiring harness
Me: I fixed it w/ $5 electric tape + splice cables
$1,250 Wipers?
He can be thankful they did t replace the wiper fluid, at stuff is expensive! Early $5 a bottle!
Why? Because you don't have one. And it makes me feel special to know that.
I may whine about the cost, but I paid it. I'll tell you all about it, too.
God Almighty, that woman never even changed the wiper blades on that car, much less the oil.
She only put 21,000 miles on it and she had bent one of the rims, broken the tether for the gas cap and worn the door struts out.
A friend of my parents who had an old Rolls Royce mentioned having been charged $500 for fixing the clock, back when $500 was real money.
One slight problem...the car didn’t have a clock.
I have owned two MB C class cars which are at the low end of the MB line. In both cases I purchased certified pre-owned with warranty.
Still you have to pay for routine service and you really need to do that at the dealer if you have a warranty claim. A service is about $500 for basically an oil change.
Under warranty I had between the two cars a trans replacement (4-Matic), a HVAC blower motor and a wheel. After the cars were out of warranty I did all of the service myself. A DIY oil change on a MB still costs about $85 and takes over an hour to perform. Replacing a rear license plate bulb requires removal of 14 fasteners, it is almost impossible to replace a front parking lamp without taking the entire bib apart. I can go on and on.
I now have a Toyota PU 4WD and honestly couldn’t be happier with it.
This is what makes them rich people’s cars - the maintenance costs. You can find examples of late ‘90s Ferrari 355 right now for under $100k. Good luck trying to keep that thing serviced, though.
Most likely half of the price is trying to finally get the spots off the Upholstery.
wy69
I helped change the spark plugs on a late 60s big block Corvette and it took hours. 1. Remove hood. 2. Disconnect and drain radiator. 3. Remove radiator. 4. Loosen motor and transmission mount bolts. 5. Jack up motor an inch to give wrench access. 6. Remove and replace spark plugs. Reverse 1-5 and hope you didn't goof anything.
That Corvette's era of sport car was very simple compared to any supercar. Lots of raw power but simple. BTW, the Corvette was quite a beast. Engine was rebuilt with Offenhauser parts. Big zoom.
Lots of things join their forces to suck $$$ from the owner. Expensive parts, expensive labor and complex machines.
Gee what do ya think it cost to get the smell off the driver’s seat?
I clicked on the link to the article as soon as I saw “Servicing Paris Hilton.” I must say that was a disappointment.