The $6,600 tune up

**imported_turbomangt** · 01-09-2006, 05:47 AM

My first detail (paint seal) since I got back from vacation was this beautiful Lambo Roadster convertible.I did it on site at the dealer, one thing I noticed in the service area was this engine the mechanic was working on. I asked him where it was from and what he was doing to it. Turns out it is from a Ferarri and he was doing a 30,000 mile maintenence. Hmmm, I said so what does that cost? well, we bill at $185.00 an hour and it takes 36 hours for this car. Ferarri makes some of their models where you have to pull the engine to work on them. I guess I will scratch that car off my "want" list.

**stilez** · 01-09-2006, 07:02 AM

30k miles?!! Talk about a daily driver.

I guess when you have that much, it doesn`t phase you as much.

**imported_kgb** · 01-09-2006, 07:07 AM

I believe in order to work on a lot of the older Ferraris you have to pull the engine out and the pain is the engine has to come out from the bottom. Not fun.

**ceiol** · 01-09-2006, 09:53 AM

wow, $185/hour.

here in SoCal, doctors get paid $60-$80/hour working for the big groups like Kaiser, etc.

**Setec Astronomy** · 01-09-2006, 09:56 AM

Um....the mechanic isn`t getting $185/hour, the dealer is. And I`m sure the "big group" is getting a lot more than the $60-80/hour the doc is getting.

**SpoiledMan** · 01-09-2006, 10:15 AM

Setec, he`s a surgeon so I`m pretty sure he knows that already.

That "tune-up" price sure makes that an expensive car to get as a gift.:lol

**ceiol** · 01-09-2006, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Um....the mechanic isn`t getting $185/hour, the dealer is. And I`m sure the "big group" is getting a lot more than the $60-80/hour the doc is getting.

valid points.

I`m in the medical biz, so for me, it`s how I compare things.

**doged** · 01-09-2006, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by kgb

I believe in order to work on a lot of the older Ferraris you have to pull the engine out and the pain is the engine has to come out from the bottom. Not fun.

If you can afford the car, you can afford $185.00 hr billing rate. The numbers are correct

for a tune-up.

**imported_Neothin** · 01-09-2006, 07:05 PM

I hope that a full engine detail is included in that maitenance...

**Scottwax** · 01-09-2006, 08:43 PM

How do I become a Ferrari mechanic?

**Don** · 01-10-2006, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by Scottwax

How do I become a Ferrari mechanic?

How do I become the Ferraris mechanic`s boss? (get paid more and not have to do the work :lol )

**jjrodger** · 01-10-2006, 04:16 AM

You shouldn`t need to pull the engine for scheduled maintenance on the 550/575, certainly not at 30k.

**imported_hadboosttroy** · 01-10-2006, 09:46 PM

Some nsx mechanics do that for major service too (pull the engine). allegedly on that car it only takes an hour to drop it though

**Zerrus** · 01-11-2006, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by ceiol

valid points.

I`m in the medical biz, so for me, it`s how I compare things.

On an off topic question... What kind of surgeon are you? I`m going to be starting the long haul to Surgeon with a specialty in Nuerology next fall, worth it?

**ceiol** · 01-11-2006, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Zerrus

On an off topic question... What kind of surgeon are you? I`m going to be starting the long haul to Surgeon with a specialty in Nuerology next fall, worth it?

neurologic surgeons = neuro-surgeons = brain surgeons

neurologists = non-surgeon MDs that specialize in neurology.

I`m an ophthalmologist ( = eye surgeon) -- after the bachelors degree, then 4 years to earn the M.D. degree, then 1 year of a general medicine/general surgery internship, then 3 years of ophthalmology residency training, then 1 more year of an ophthalmology fellowship.

But, I can often make a blind man see.