How long should a service test drive be?
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I heard the same absurdity from a main Ferrari dealer about clients asking them not to drive their cars to the point of them having to push them off and in the trailers and similarly to position them in the service area!
Each to their own but I really find this state of affairs ridiculous and predominantly fuelled by the price rises (vehicles and parts) and the correlation to mileage meaning that in reality, owners cannot actually afford the cost per mile of ownership ... so turn something that is designed and engineered for "fast" travel into a static, ornamental existence ... and yet continue to service it as if it was being used !
Each to their own but I really find this state of affairs ridiculous and predominantly fuelled by the price rises (vehicles and parts) and the correlation to mileage meaning that in reality, owners cannot actually afford the cost per mile of ownership ... so turn something that is designed and engineered for "fast" travel into a static, ornamental existence ... and yet continue to service it as if it was being used !
I’ve never checked the mileage after a service (I trust the Ferrari main dealer) but I do expect them to give the cars enough of a run to check all seems well after being serviced so I suppose at least 10 miles. My bigger concern is making sure they use trade plates and cover the reg or else they get nabbed by ANPR cameras (my cars are always serviced in the winter when they are SORN’d). Still waiting for the OP to tell us what astronomical mileage has got him worried.
Not a supercar but when I was a poor broke student I put a full tank of fuel in my car for the first time in 5 months on a Friday... 2 miles after leaving the fuel garage something went wrong with the battery...the car still drove but the power steering, heater etc stopped working. Drove to the garage and left it there overnight, had them fix it, will take 5 days they said. When I got the car back it had 5 miles of fuel left and it had +550 miles on the odometer. Of course they claimed complete innocence, never went back there...you learn. Take pictures of the odometer next time, super easy with smartphones (didn't have them back then).
LotusJas said:
Whenever I leave any car at any garage I photograph it all around and each wheel, and inform them it's tracked, and I will watch what it does.
Simple.
Isn't mutual trust a beautiful thing...…Simple.
If I had reason to take such steps with my dealer, i'd be looking for another dealer. Simple.
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