I have a RX450H daily driver and up until recently I owned a Ferrari F355 Spider F1 for 6 years. I typically did around 5,000 miles per year in my F355, servicing costs were reasonable at an average of £2-3000 per year depending on the service required. I had it serviced at both a Ferrari Main Dealer (the excellent Meridian in Lyndhurst), and a Ferrari specialist (the excellent Bob Houghton in Northleach), costs were similar in both cases and always reasonable given the incredible performance of the car (380 bhp at 8,500 RPM from a 3.5 litre V8). The F355 sounded like nothing else on the road, on a standard exhaust system it growled up to about 4,000 rpm, above that it gradually turned into a shrieking wail at 8,000 rpm, utterly addictive and life affirming. I used it regularly, including for trips to Le Mans and Italy, Ferrari's definitely benefit from not being left unused for periods of time. It was always kept garaged and on a trickle charger, another sensible precaution against electrical issues developing. I have little idea what the fuel consumption was, as that it not why one buys a Ferrari, however it must have been reasonable as I regularly got approx 300 miles to a 60 litre tank of unleaded. The Ferrari main dealer customer service experience makes Lexus dealers look like back street dodgy car dealers, nothing was too much trouble. The only mechanical issue I ever had in 6 years of Ferrari ownership was a failed thermostat when touring in Italy. It was July and all the Italian Ferrari dealers were closed for the summer holidays. I rang Meridien in Lyndhurst and they couriered a replacement thermostat out to my hotel overnight, it arrived at 9am the next morning and they did not even charge me for the thermostat or the courier service, now THAT is customer service. I only sold it because I retired from a corporate job and felt it hard to justify the costs on a healthy private pension....I miss it every day!
