The lifecycle of modern Ferraris so when to buy one - IMHO

The Ferrari 360 (with a 2001 list price approaching £100,000) is clearly an expensive object to own. I certainly didn't have that kind of money in 2001 when the car was new and still don't, but of course time is cruel on such "investments" - to a point that is. Early adopters clearly have the money to spend and are happy to take a hit on the car's value, but there comes a time when the model moves into the next stage of it's life - not really a life cycle because it doesn't start again, but more a journey through it's worth and desirability. www.howmanyleft.co.uk is a great way to subjectively look at these things. Take a look at the the data for UK 360's and you will see that they have been through their early adopter phase and are now comfortably settled in their summer use only phase owned by people like me who polish them, maintain them and occasionally drive them. SORN's are increasing and road licensing in Q1 and Q4 are down. Prices as of late 2011 are all over the place from higher mileage cars (>40k miles) at £30k+ to some examples well into the £50K mark. Sorted examples with solid history but perhaps in need of some minor detail should be around £40-£45k. I'm happy I didn't take the ~£4k depreciate on the car since new, but then again that's what you loose on higher value normal daily driver too... so you may as well have the Ferrari instead.

Cleaning the inside of the wheels on a Ferrari 360

I like the inside of my wheels to look as clean as the outside on my Ferrari 360. After-all you can see the inside clearly so there's no excuse to keep them spotless. I typical run a soapy sponge through the spokes but end up rubbing my hands on the discs which isn't clever. ow:



Here's my prototype alloy wheel sponge-on-a-stick which is exactly what it is. Most of the alloy wheel brushes have short handles and are also too wide to fit comfortably between the calliper(s) and rim.



Well it works well for me and lets you get into all the corners although I could probably just use a long handled bath sponge on a stick.