Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Here's Why the Ferrari 348 Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Reputation" video.

  1. 3 years is a very conservative figure. Many 348 belts lasted 9 years and were still in good shape. It depends on the use. A regular use helps the belts to last more, but Ferrari knows that many owners of those cars use them one or two times a year. They want to avoid the belt failing exactly in one of those few times.
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  2. Or it would, had someone actually bought it. Because reality is that, despite every NSX likely costed to Honda more than Ferrari paid for every complete Testarossa, and much more than the actual retail price (you can surely made nice things if you can completely ignore the design and production costs) none cared about the NSX while it was on the market, and the car flopped HARD.
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  3. Just if you dont' take into account that every NSX likely costed to Honda more than Ferrari paid for every complete Testarossa, and much more than the actual retail price (that didn't prevent the car to flop HARD on the market). The NSX was, at best, a technological demonstrator. It never came close to be a profitable car. You can surely made nice things if you can completely ignore the design and production costs.
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  4. Really, none gave a damn about the NSX when it was in production. As already said the model tanked hard while Porsche sold every year more 911 than NSX had been produced through it's entire lifespan. Between the 348 and the 355 there had been actually no drastic change (they had the same frame, and the engine had been only slightly evolved). There had been a continuous evolution between the 348-355-360 because the real competitors (Porsche and Lamborghini) were evolving as well while the NSX were demonstrating their superiority taking dust on the dealers' floors (there had been a more drastic change between the 360 and the 430, when the NSX was out of production already, than between the 348 and the 355). The 348 is actually a very simple car whose cost of mainteinance are no higher than those of the cars that followed it. The only real annoying part, and the only service you can't DIY in a garage, is the belt change, but the belt itself cost only few bucks, and the work doesn't need to be done in a Ferrari dealer.
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  5. 3 years is a very conservative figure. Many 348 belts lasted 9 years and were still in good shape. It depends on the use. A regular use helps the belts to last more, but Ferrari knows that many owners of those cars use them one or two times a year. They want to avoid the belt failing exactly in one of those few times.
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  6. A guy whose car company loss $710m every three monts is a reliable source?
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  7. The 348 is actually a very simple car. The only complicate thing about it is the belt change. For the rest, you can do the servicing yourself, almost all the parts are common spares. The ECU is a standard Bosch Motronic 2.5.
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