fck'd·ferraris OWNER'S LOGBOOK

ENTRY 007 — 376 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP

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

DAYS OWNED376
MILES DRIVEN2,940
TRIPS TO THE DEALER6
WARNING LIGHTS SEEN8
TIMES IT WAS WORTH IT376

The logbook

7 entries

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