The more you drive a car, the less it's worth. It's just that obvious. Same can be said with girls, the more sex partners had, the more the value goes down. Haha, just kidding. But no one would pay the same price for the same car with 50,000 miles as they would for one with 30,000 miles.
I have plotted the depreciation due to vehicle mileage and sales price respectively for the 360 Modena. What I am looking for is the "Slope", which would be how many dollars on average, the car will depreciate every mile I drive it.
Los Angeles, California to Houston, Texas is 1565 miles.
The plane ticket back at the time is $385, inclusive of taxes and airport fees.
The cost for closed transport is approximately $1200
My Ferrari is expected to get 18 miles per gallon on the freeway. This translates to 87 gallons.
Currently, the gas price is about $3.60 per gallon for premium. This equates to a total fuel cost of $313.
Fuck it. I'll drive. It makes sense. Another thing to worry about. Rock chips. Rocks chipping my bumper and rocks chipping my windshield.
| 63353800 WINDSHIELD 360/F430 (COUPE) |  | 63353800 | $2,380.00 |  |
www.ricambiamerica.com if you don't believe me.
So...I do what I can. I put some tape over the parts of the car prone to get rock chips.
On the way, I stop by Las Vegas. Cruising on the strip is something you have to do if you have a Ferrari and don't mind driving it.
10:00am
woke up and tried to get free breakfast. My friend Ty and his family go to Vegas a lot, so they treat him real nice with free meals, free rooms...
11:45pm
We go to Studio 51 Club and party a little bit in some club.
5:00am
Everyone is tired, and are ready to go to sleep. I still have a long drive ahead of me.
5:30am
Me and Ty check the motor oil. It's dangerously low! We go to the gas station and buy a few quarts of oil.
It's strange to check the oil on a Ferrari, because the oil pump system is different. It's dry sump. So you have to check the level with the engine on. Strange huh? It took us a while to figure this out. I'm relieved and return the oil to the store.
10:00am
woke up and tried to get free breakfast. My friend Ty and his family go to Vegas a lot, so they treat him real nice with free meals, free rooms...
11:45pm
We go to Studio 51 Club and party a little bit in some club.
5:00am
Everyone is tired, and are ready to go to sleep. I still have a long drive ahead of me.
5:30am
Me and Ty check the motor oil. It's dangerously low! We go to the gas station and buy a few quarts of oil.
It's strange to check the oil on a Ferrari, because the oil pump system is different. It's dry sump. So you have to check the level with the engine on. Strange huh? It took us a while to figure this out. I'm relieved and return the oil to the store.
The rest of the drive is a blast!!!
I was up all night, and I still drive for another 24 hours straight almost.
Gas up -> Drive -> Gas up -> Drive
And then, the desert came. I hit 193mph!!! That's over 300km/hr.
That's faster than Weny's crazy Taxi Driver in Singapore.
Anyway... I make it through most of the states. California to Nevada to Arizona to New Mexico ... And then.... to be continued.
1 comments:
nice. I remember you from chinese school. Great story of what you sacrificed and risked to get your dream car. Congrats. and just fyi you forgot to black box your eyes in one picture on this post... if the girls knew who you were you might end up having to spend your car money :o
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