Tom
I realise it's a bit of a drive from Zug, but it might be worth it. We have found their prices to be fair and they couldn't be more helpful. They really know their stuff.
That's nothing, i've heard, although i cannot confirm, nor do i have an external link, Tom actually writes many of his posts himself now
I just had my car serviced there and with the tire change the cost was CHF 2,700
Does anyone know if you can have your car serviced independently if you are leasing it?
On the leasing: depends on the contract. I had both before, contracts that left the service and everything to me... basically pure finance. And other which include everything from servicing to petrol... then you need to go to "approved" garages... typically the main dealership.
They still have some nice classics, though!
This last service was 'the big one', so smaller services shouldn't be too bad and even this one probably pales in comparison to Ferrari et al
First 7 years from registration it's all free, and not BMW/Merc kind of free where you pay fluids through the nose. FREE FREE. You're only on the hook for things that are not supposed to happen, so if you burn through a set of ceramic discs, that's not covered.
Then you also get a warranty for 3 years, and you can extend for costs comparable to what Merc would charge for an upscale AMG - something like 5k every 2 years I think. It's not as inclusive, but it is from factory and not some third party and fully covers powertrain (engine, transmission).
Even after the 7 years things are not so terrible, with normal services being comparable to most brands.
Ferrari is basically taking advantage of the fact that very few owners put serious Km on their cars, and between that and the increased reliability of the warrantied parts, it's a great marketing tool/incentive.
Older cars do have eye-watering bills, not only on scheduled stuff, but also for stuff that breaks here and there all the time .
On the other hand, Ferrari is an annual service regardless of use. Porsche I think has more extended intervals, so on a per Km basis for the quality of car you get is not bad at all, even if the actual service is quite an expensive item when it comes along.
It's not free, you pay it up front in the purchase price
My 2 years extra guarantee on an AMG CLS63S was €1400-1500
I may be wrong, but I actually think my car requires a service annually. I know what you are talking about though, my BMW has 'condition based' servicing.
I don't know much about Ferraris (apart from the fact that you can be waiting so long for your car to be built that Ferrari actually replaces the model before you have received it!!), but I was thinking about the 'engine out' cambelt changes!
Cambelts haven't happened since the 360, and engine-outs stopped with the 355.
Most cars have condition based, or Km-based, but also put a max time regardless of usage. I think pretty much everyone other than Ferrari do 2-year max stretch between oil changes, but Ferrari does annual.
I had carbon ceramic brakes changed on mine, just the front discs and pads, under guarantee, fortunately, cost..........Chf 14.5k, just for the parts !!!! (and beforer anybody asks, the price weas similar in Germany, within 10% of the Swiss price)
Was it damage on the discs?