What are typical servicing/ownership costs to expect?
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Apologies have also created this thread in another brand sub forum - as just trying to get an understanding
What are expected costs particularly servicing moreso then ownership (as nothing different to others?) to be expected?
Assuming car is few years old or perhaps even older such as 458.
If anyone has any personal insights from lambo/mclaren e.t.c type ownership please share !
What are expected costs particularly servicing moreso then ownership (as nothing different to others?) to be expected?
Assuming car is few years old or perhaps even older such as 458.
If anyone has any personal insights from lambo/mclaren e.t.c type ownership please share !
My McLaren ownership costs (650 Spider) were very reasonable - less than my 360 was costing me on average for servicing.
I had extended warranty for 2 years but didn't bother the 3rd year since the car was pretty solid.
Servicing was up to £1,200 in the 3 years I had it. One was more because it was 20k service so needed gearbox oil or something changed, plus I needed new rear pads. I had a discount on that service but without that I think it would have been about £2.2k from memory.
Had a few bits under the warranty but not much - door switch, accumulator.
I paid for a rear light (condensation) which was a very reasonable £250.
When I bought the car 3 years ago, I did worry about the running costs. But found it no worse than 911 turbo, Aston Vantage, 360 etc I'd owned before.
I had extended warranty for 2 years but didn't bother the 3rd year since the car was pretty solid.
Servicing was up to £1,200 in the 3 years I had it. One was more because it was 20k service so needed gearbox oil or something changed, plus I needed new rear pads. I had a discount on that service but without that I think it would have been about £2.2k from memory.
Had a few bits under the warranty but not much - door switch, accumulator.
I paid for a rear light (condensation) which was a very reasonable £250.
When I bought the car 3 years ago, I did worry about the running costs. But found it no worse than 911 turbo, Aston Vantage, 360 etc I'd owned before.
davek_964 said:
My McLaren ownership costs (650 Spider) were very reasonable - less than my 360 was costing me on average for servicing.
I had extended warranty for 2 years but didn't bother the 3rd year since the car was pretty solid.
Servicing was up to £1,200 in the 3 years I had it. One was more because it was 20k service so needed gearbox oil or something changed, plus I needed new rear pads. I had a discount on that service but without that I think it would have been about £2.2k from memory.
Had a few bits under the warranty but not much - door switch, accumulator.
I paid for a rear light (condensation) which was a very reasonable £250.
When I bought the car 3 years ago, I did worry about the running costs. But found it no worse than 911 turbo, Aston Vantage, 360 etc I'd owned before.
Thanks for this I had extended warranty for 2 years but didn't bother the 3rd year since the car was pretty solid.
Servicing was up to £1,200 in the 3 years I had it. One was more because it was 20k service so needed gearbox oil or something changed, plus I needed new rear pads. I had a discount on that service but without that I think it would have been about £2.2k from memory.
Had a few bits under the warranty but not much - door switch, accumulator.
I paid for a rear light (condensation) which was a very reasonable £250.
When I bought the car 3 years ago, I did worry about the running costs. But found it no worse than 911 turbo, Aston Vantage, 360 etc I'd owned before.
Just to clarify so that warranty that you did have covered those things like "door switch, accumulator", minor things they replaced for free? but i imagine you are really not expecting to obviously use it
but the main thing is you could still get rinsed a bit on an expensive service
from all my research it just seems any supercar really is going to have those expensive service + warranty (ofc you could risk without but then also resale value next owner wants e.t.c). No getting away from it right....
911 turbo i would have though would have been much cheaper? and ofc debate of whether it is in the supercar territory e.tc
V10vroom said:
just serviced 2014 458 Spider Graypaul Nottingham... £2000 for sparkplug major service..... £3000 for another years extended warranty (may not use this the year after though and save money instead for a rainy day!)
Slightly off topic but I just extended my warranty for a year on my 458. Passed no issue. Went to pick it up and every warning light going came on. Some ECU somewhere gave up. Warranty covered it. Ironic? Bad luck? Or bad workmanship? Either way I'll be extending next year haha. Eatpies99 said:
V10vroom said:
just serviced 2014 458 Spider Graypaul Nottingham... £2000 for sparkplug major service..... £3000 for another years extended warranty (may not use this the year after though and save money instead for a rainy day!)
Slightly off topic but I just extended my warranty for a year on my 458. Passed no issue. Went to pick it up and every warning light going came on. Some ECU somewhere gave up. Warranty covered it. Ironic? Bad luck? Or bad workmanship? Either way I'll be extending next year haha. Hi there
Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
Edited by Gibbo205 on Friday 21st October 16:47
Gibbo205 said:
Hi there
Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
That is really impressive and great to hear how you have kept costs down! Out of interest what did you pay at the time for it?Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
Edited by Gibbo205 on Friday 21st October 16:47
My 355 cost c 20k over 2.5 years and 20k miles (that was more than 10 years ago, using independents incl Amari at the time ...)
My FF cost pretty much only standard servicing (although I did pay for the warranty for c 5 years and that paid for a gearbox repair) over 7 years and c 85k km - the services usually costs somewhere between 1500 and 4000 at a main dealer
My scuderia cost a fortune in servicing and repairs - somewhere in the 30-40k range over 5 years and 27k km
My FF cost pretty much only standard servicing (although I did pay for the warranty for c 5 years and that paid for a gearbox repair) over 7 years and c 85k km - the services usually costs somewhere between 1500 and 4000 at a main dealer
My scuderia cost a fortune in servicing and repairs - somewhere in the 30-40k range over 5 years and 27k km
Had a F430 from 2012 to 2019
Cost below excluding Insurance and fuel
All main dealer servicing (all including VAT)
2013 (18750 mile service bigger than normal) £1350 inc new exhaust bracket
2014 Annual service and fault on gearbox, new potentiometers kit fitted £1807
2015 Annual service £834
2016 Annual service £829
2017 Annual service £829
2018 Annual service £829
2019 Annual service £862
Suspension bits and bobs All Superformance (Hills Engineering) parts fitted by me so no labour
2014 2xdrop links 2 anti roll bar bushes £160
2014 Ball joint glue £68
2014 2x front uprated upper front ball joints 2x upper ball joint boots 2x front shock absorber bushes lower £356
2015 2x uprated lower front ball joints 4x lower ball joint boots £382
2015 2x track rod ends £383
2016 4x lower ball joint boots (rear ball joint rubbers split) £92
2019 2x rear tie rod assembly complete £707
2014 2x rear Michelin tyres £460
7 MOTS at £45 each =£315
7 years of Navtrack (Vodafone) £304 x 7 £2128
Total just over 7 years ownership exculding insurance is £12392 divide by 7 ........about £1800 per year !! Hope that helps
Just to add my insurance averaged around £950 per year so the £1800 is now £2750 per year
Hope this helps
Cost below excluding Insurance and fuel
All main dealer servicing (all including VAT)
2013 (18750 mile service bigger than normal) £1350 inc new exhaust bracket
2014 Annual service and fault on gearbox, new potentiometers kit fitted £1807
2015 Annual service £834
2016 Annual service £829
2017 Annual service £829
2018 Annual service £829
2019 Annual service £862
Suspension bits and bobs All Superformance (Hills Engineering) parts fitted by me so no labour
2014 2xdrop links 2 anti roll bar bushes £160
2014 Ball joint glue £68
2014 2x front uprated upper front ball joints 2x upper ball joint boots 2x front shock absorber bushes lower £356
2015 2x uprated lower front ball joints 4x lower ball joint boots £382
2015 2x track rod ends £383
2016 4x lower ball joint boots (rear ball joint rubbers split) £92
2019 2x rear tie rod assembly complete £707
2014 2x rear Michelin tyres £460
7 MOTS at £45 each =£315
7 years of Navtrack (Vodafone) £304 x 7 £2128
Total just over 7 years ownership exculding insurance is £12392 divide by 7 ........about £1800 per year !! Hope that helps
Just to add my insurance averaged around £950 per year so the £1800 is now £2750 per year
Hope this helps
Gibbo205 said:
Hi there
Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
I’ve owned my 458 for eight years now and can report a very similar story (albeit without a warranty expense as I decided to “self insure”). It’s been ridiculously cheap to run really over that time, with nothing major at all going wrong (tyre pressure sensor is all I can remember), servicing being “free” for a few years and then averaged a grand a year subsequently. Tyres at a grand a set every few years (I do about 3k miles per year on average). Very little depreciation either! So yes, I feel a bit smug Had my 2014 458 coming on for four years now, so when I got it the car still had service pack so the cost was:
Year 1: Service: £0, fuel, road tax and I fitted a set of PS4S tyres as the near new Pirelli Pzero tyres were woeful in anything but hot dry day. New battery under warranty.
Year 2: Service £0, fuel, road tax. Spark plugs acquired by myself for £150 and Dick Lovitt fitted £210, preventative maintenance as was not required.
Year 3: Service £0, Warranty extension for one year £2800, exhaust brackets and some other none warranty items £700
Year 4: Service £930, not bothered with warranty extension. New battery, fitted an anti-gravity 5kg jobby.
The running cost at least for me on my 458 have been less than say buying a BMW M car, it has been superbly reliable and the PS4S tyres wear well, I need to change the rears soon, but already have a set in the garage.
I think the typically Ferrari dealer cost is like £950 for basic service, £1200 for the more involving one like brake fluid etc. A spark plug service can be anything upto £800 on top of regular service, I highly advice shopping around as the NGK plugs are like £150 if you buy them yourselves and Dick Lovitt did the plug change for me at just £210. Specialist can be cheaper but of course most dealership will try to help you out.
I got the car with 12,000 miles, it has now just ticked over 26,000, absolutely love this car and a 600 LT Spider has now joined it in the stables.
458 Spider from 2014. 32,000 miles, mostly touring Europe.
Every year - set of rear tyres (gained a year due to covid though)
Every other year - set of front tyres
8th service - £1000 ish
Front pads - £700 ish
One roof mechanism cable in 2018 - £700 ish
F12 from 2015. 31,000 miles, mostly touring Europe.
New set of tyres 2018 and 2022 (Tour with the Mrs so doesn't get driven as hard as the 458 which I tour with friends)
Warranty claim for a new cable in the loom that wasn't carrying enough ampage (layman's understanding of whatever that was disclaimer)
New battery provided free by JCT Leeds after I didn't flick the socket to 'on' one winter for the trickle charger. What can I say, I'm a charmer. ;-)
That's it.
Every year - set of rear tyres (gained a year due to covid though)
Every other year - set of front tyres
8th service - £1000 ish
Front pads - £700 ish
One roof mechanism cable in 2018 - £700 ish
F12 from 2015. 31,000 miles, mostly touring Europe.
New set of tyres 2018 and 2022 (Tour with the Mrs so doesn't get driven as hard as the 458 which I tour with friends)
Warranty claim for a new cable in the loom that wasn't carrying enough ampage (layman's understanding of whatever that was disclaimer)
New battery provided free by JCT Leeds after I didn't flick the socket to 'on' one winter for the trickle charger. What can I say, I'm a charmer. ;-)
That's it.
Edited by _Leg_ on Saturday 22 October 21:42
DumDum said:
Zero costs, just tyres and fuel.
Hopefully keep this up, as most reliable car I've ever owned.
2014 Spider, 17k miles.
Shamefully low amount this year.
I think the 458 as long as it is used at least once a month is a very reliable car.Hopefully keep this up, as most reliable car I've ever owned.
2014 Spider, 17k miles.
Shamefully low amount this year.
Ferrari made big steps up on the 458 as I believe it was the car the 7 year servicing launched with and as such Ferrari built a car that was designed to last. The earlier cars had some minor gearbox issues but again pretty rare but later cars got different transmission software to give the gearbox an easier life, and they changed the ECU maps to reduce the burbles pretty soon as well. But saying that even an early 2010 car, your very unlucky if you have a failure.
Speaking to some Ferrari dealer mechanics they have basically told me they see more 488's back for repairs than they see 458's, mainly as the 488 can have turbo seal issues and some other niggles.
458 on the whole is a very reliable car, I've had mine four years now and done nearly 15,000 miles in it, fingers crossed it remains reliable.
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