fck'd·ferraris OWNER'S LOGBOOK

ENTRY 008 — 377 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP

I bought a 20 year old Ferrari. Now I keep a logbook of everything it breaks, costs, and teaches me.

DAYS OWNED377
MILES DRIVEN2,940
TRIPS TO THE DEALER6
WARNING LIGHTS SEEN8
TIMES IT WAS WORTH IT377

The logbook

8 entries

Day 46 and no idea where the 612 is

Called RAC European recovery again and still get the same response that it will be delivered on 28th September. Where was the car right now? No idea. Could they find out? Maybe – somebody should call me back at some…

#recovery #rac #Europeansummer

The delivery-day photos lied to me

Every handover video looks the same: keys on a walnut table, a bow on the wing, someone’s dad crying happily in the background. Mine went a little differently. I noticed the chip in the paint about an hour after I…

delivery first impressions

A rattle at 4,200 RPM, and the three theories that followed

It only showed up warm, only above 4,000 RPM, and only on the right-hand sweeper near my house — which made it very hard to describe to anyone and very easy to start doubting I’d heard it at all. The…

diagnostics forum wisdom
COST TO FIX: £0 — under warranty

The insurance quote that made me sit down

I’d priced the car, the maintenance plan, even the tyres, before I ever signed anything. I had not priced what a 24-year-old apparently represents to an actuary. The first quote landed somewhere between ‘ambitious’ and ‘insulting’. A broker who specialises…

insurance money

Why I stopped washing it myself

One swirl mark taught me more about paint correction than a year of YouTube tutorials had managed. It happened on an ordinary Saturday, with a wash mitt I’d bought specifically because the reviews said it was ‘safe for delicate finishes’.…

detailing paint
LESSON COST: £640