Another issue is dealing with 400s and 2+2 cars. They have been the lowest level of the Ferrari market, so there is often a deferred maintenace program instilled on these cars. With 400s languishing in the $25-30K range, it doesn't make much sense to spend $25K for an engine rebuild, but cobbling together a repair to keep it on the road is often the case. The same often goes with the early V-8 cars. Ferraris are not simple cars, and they are maintenance heavy. Stop doing it, and the car is bound to bite you back in a big way!Hi Tom,
It really is a difficult decision, I'd love to follow Tom & Timo's advice and just say no, but like yourself I don’t have the client list (or reputation) Mr Shaughnessy does and I still need to eat after all!
My way out of this conundrum was to say no to real hack jobs and ensure that all our shop invoices have a notes section on them, if I'm forced to either take a shortcut or only do a portion of the required repair then it goes in the notes so anybody looking at the receipts can see what we've done and what we thought needed doing
We've currently got a 400i (30897 for those interested) that fell into this quagmire, previous owners half arsed the job at a well known UK specialist 5k miles later lots of smoke and one dead 400i giving the owner the bad news was like telling kids their puppy needs to be put down!!!
I agree with Andrew and Rudy, keep accuate notes, especially when asked to do something you don't necessarily agree with!
Tom