DannyM383

I was filling up tonight at a gas station near my house and a guy pulled in behind me in a black SL55 just like mine so we just started chatting and he bet me his had been used more than mine and since mine was at 42K miles i thought it was well used for a so-called toy car. He then took me to his car 83K miles on an '03. I was shocked you never see modern ferrari's with mileage like that.

G_KATS

gotta love BENZ .... muscle+reliable+everydaycar=SL55AMG

AMEN!

DannyM383

Im curious as to what he would take for it, I saw an '04 w/ 60K miles sell for 47K like 2 months ago

bltserv

I have been driving my 05 too much.
Just hit 43K Miles.

WSH

IIRC, few yrs ago, here was a 2yo 360 Spider on ebay w/70K mis, used as a commuter car in LA region....

In my expce, new F's are about as reliable/daily-useable as new AMGs (if one ignores F's dubious safety).....

IMO, SL55 is an iconic car....some 5yrs ago, SL55 made Ferrari realize that many of their best repeat customers drove both then-new 360 and SL55....and enjoyed each equally, but in different ways....and prob inspired much of the daily-useability engineered into today's 599....

Today, seems like many CL63 guys also have 599s....brilliantly complementary cars (at least until Scud arrives...and SL63 Blk Series arrives)....

And lots of guys have short (<10mi each way) commutes to office and often travel extensively by plane, so hard to accumulate much more than 10-15K mis on any car before wanting to trade-in for some new, latest/greatest AMG.....

SpainSL500

are also uncommon because most dudes that buy these cars are likely to treat them like the "works of art" that they are. Once a Ferrari goes over 20,000 miles it's almost likes it turns from a Ferrari into just another used car. From what I hear, if you have the money for the maintenance, the newer generation Ferraris (everything 360 Modena and after) are much more reliable.

blueSL

My ageing F355 has done just 13000 miles and is not in good shape, need to use it more. It's currently blowing the remains of its catalysts out through the tail pipes and you can imagine it's not small change to fix.

There was a rumour of one F355 reaching 95000 miles and Ferrari were so surprised they bought the car back to find out how it had done it.

55mikesl

thats probally the highest i have heard off

kalantar

Not the case for Lambos.
I have heard of a Murci having over 60,000 miles and a diablo withover 80,000 miles. I have already put 6k miles on my lambo within 4 months and plan to average about 10k miles a year. You can do more damage to a car by letting it set than driving it around, exotics need to be driven on a regular basis.

Ferraris are known for their problems, Lambos are solid as hell.. I tend to enjoy my cars and use/abuse them, dont believe they are investments rather toys to be fully utilized.

Plan to do the same with my SL55 if I ever *&*#@## find one at my price!

Havoc

..and here I was feeling bad about my '05 having 17,000 miles on it.
My car sits for 3-4 months while I'm deployed. I'm home for only 1 month b/w deployments, if that, so I make sure I drive it hard and try to play catch up.
I'm not worried about it dry-rotting away though.

Perhaps one of you guys could keep it on the road for me...

S-Clusiv

17k!?!? Havoc, during your deployment, please send your SL55 to Palmdale where I will be sure to stretch its legs every day...er um....now and then

Havoc

Thanks S-Clusiv!
I appreciate you wanting to stretch its legs everyday.
Hey I'm currently OCNUS as we speak. Just go to my place and pick it up.
Thanks bro, you're the Best.
PS I put new rubbers on it just for you..

S-Clusiv

No problem bro, I'll just send you my bill for my services.

Havoc

Cool enough! CHP will be looking out for you in Palmdale...
Damn Dude, you're killing me!

What's going on in the High Desert?

S-Clusiv

FOR me or AGAINST me? Oh well either way

Windy earlier today but it calmed down, pretty chilly out though...we had a nice sunset today though. So about that SL

Havoc

For you, of course!
You know, so CHP could clear the 14 Fwy just for you.

Yeah, that place is always windy..

I'll take you for a ride next time I'm home.
She needs her rest from the last time I drove her.

S-Clusiv

Damn. That's pretty boss.

okay sounds good!

Can Drive 55

If you want it a bit in Texas, I will volunteer to do it for free.

Havoc

Now Free I like and volunteering is the Honorable thing to do. I'm driving to Louisiana in May. Perhaps when I drive through Texas we can exchange cars. That is if you're willing to drive an SL55 for a week?

SLcharger

I recently saw an 02 advertised with 162000 MILES.

Now beat that.

Isnt the 55 just a great car.