Thank you, no idea why I never visited the 360 previously, as I remember driving one around Silverstone with a Gallardo, GTR and V8 Vantage, coming away thinking to myself wow that car drives so nice and was my favourite. Like you I guess I had in my mind huge running cost so never visited the idea. To put into perspective the running cost are:
Road Tax - 12 months £325
Insurance - £200 for me, £300 with my Mrs on
Service - £550 / £1100 / £1300 (minor / major / minor/belts)
However 360's do wear suspension components pretty quick like 430's so the general rule of thumb is to budget £2000-3000 per year running cost for any consumables that might be required like bushes / ball joints etc. Ferrari dealers however pretty much state the 360 is the most reliable Ferrari as in major things rarely break, it is the last iteration of the 5V engine and everything else in the car was been used in previous Ferrari's so apart from the aluminium chassis which was built by Alcoa in USA the car is typically constructed from well tried and tested parts, one exception is the headlights are very expensive due to been body colour.
Fuel it likes, tank holds £120-130 and it empties it pretty fast, think at very best it can achieve 22mpg and is no doubt averaging circa 15mpg.
I do love it but at this price point (50-100k) there are far better cars on paper, might be hard to match the emotion and event but I won't put blinkers on and say its the best thing out there, similar money will buy you a Mclaren MP4-12C / 570S or a Porsche 997/991 Carrera, but to drive the 360 reminds me a lot of my 997.1 C2S a car I truly loved and owned over five years, the Ferrari is more an event but the Porsche was more rounded.
There are some real heroic cars now which are truly sublime to drive, the funny thing most of the truly best drivers cars and there is so many of them are all typically in the 1995-2010 date range, very few modern cars can come close to the involvement and enjoyment of these older cars. I find most new stuff is just a flash in the pan, they impress you hugely for all of five minutes and are then just impossible to enjoy at legal speeds on a public road.
I also think the 360 has aged beautifully, just like BMW's E46 it has such a timeless shape without the need for any huge spoilers, ducts etc, it just does it effortlessly and with pure class. It has certainly aged better than the 430 and it has a better stance than my 458.
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