Ferrari 355 Spider

[TRY 1T]

Guys,

I've recently been looking with more and more interest at the Ferrari 355 Spider. In my opinion they are a beautiful looking car and after I heard one at full chat the other weekend, I think i'm in love.

I'd like to pick the brains of owners/enthusiasts on the boards about their usability.

I'm a great believe in the car is meant to be driven but how does the 355 Spider fair on a daily basis?

My commute to work, thankfully is all of 5 miles so I haven't got too far to go, could/should the 355 Spider cope with this?

What type of running costs per year are we looking at here?

Any pointers/advice on what to look for when buying?

I've done a couple of searches and just looking for some more information.

Thanks.

[tony h]

hi m8

try the search function , there are literally dozens of threads about the 355 ...also try these two

www.the355.com
www.clubscuderia.com

[TRY 1T]

tony h said:

hi m8

try the search function , there are literally dozens of threads about the 355 ...also try these two

www.the355.com
www.clubscuderia.com

tony h,

Thanks for the links.

Will have a look on those sites when I get a spare 5 minutes!

[bad company]

I used to own one of these. It's a fantastic car but for a 5 mile each way commute - forget it. I had no trouble with mine but I really don't think it would like so many short journeys.

Get a cheap run around for the commute and use the 355 at weekends

[TRY 1T]

bad company said:

I used to own one of these. It's a fantastic car but for a 5 mile each way commute - forget it. I had no trouble with mine but I really don't think it would like so many short journeys.

Get a cheap run around for the commute and use the 355 at weekends

bad company,

You do have a good point there.

It might be worthwhile picking up a daily driver and i'm not always guaranteed a 'secure' parking space.

A nice comfy German barge might do the trick.

[Cactussed]

What I do. Have the 355 and an E36 Beemer to snot about in....

And they are HORRENDOUS on fuel around town. Truly awful. Motorway is OK.

[Chris355]

You could easily use it daily. For a period of two months I used mine daily. No problems at all. Copes with traffic etc without issues. However, I had secure parking both ends of my journey, I would not want to leave it in a public carpark/street as it attracts too much attention.

The only other problem is that the manual to a spider says something to the effect of "roof not entirely waterproof", so would not want to use it in the winter daily!!!

[BoxerF50]

A manual F355 will be a better option around town than a 355F1. Agree on the fuel costs. F355 is very good at draining a tank while sitting in traffic. Suggeast you also take a look at teh F355 buyers guide on FerrariLife.com