@@Nousername9-b1n Guess your kind never get any thing wrong. We are all human, we ALL make errors. TG that we are able to learn from the thing we ALL get wrong. Coz other wise, We ALL would just like you..........Shoot me.
The wizard is so far from honest it's not even funny but what he does is project that he's some honest guy and then he goes and charges double what you can buy the parts yourself for the guy is a complete con artist and it's hilarious you people fall for it
Those fuel level sensor codes are caused by the potentiometer for the level sensor which is installed on the RH pump and accessed through the rear shelf. The potentiometer has been updated and no longer triggers an open circuit at full tank. Easy fix and can be replaced in about an hour. Luckily you don't need a whole pump assembly so it's a relatively inexpensive fix.
@@justinborysenko3885does Wizard even work on cars or just diagnosis them? Serious question as all we see is his walk arounds and the weird Mrs’s Wizard interior segments.
*I Like How You Incorporated other people into the vlog other than you and your wife. There is other people in the shop and it's nice to see them as well. Nice to see different camera angles as well like driving up low. Pulling out as well as taking stuff apart.
I swear 99% of them are disposable cars that become museum pieces never to be driven. Yes they are amazing and I could never afford one, but the truth is the truth isn't it
@@hydrostatic8048pretty much anything he buys is broken and he ends up upside down on them. Like the Land Rover Evoque with the blown engine. Many others. That’s just one example
You are generous with your estimates. The dealers around here, all but one owned by the same corporation, charge each and every item as a full service. For example, if you can replace the water pump while doing the timing belt with one or two extra bolts and a part, you get charged for the entire timing belt service again and the water pump parts. If a timing belt is $1,500, The water pump is the $1,500 for the timing belt plus $1,000 for the water pump and replacement. Yes, even if doing both at the very same time. ($4,000 total) I've had tons of arguments with those clowns and now stopped going at all. I do my own work or find another source. It's actually cheaper to tow a vehicle 150 miles to have the work done than to do anything here. They offered to change out the rear shocks on my SHO. As a bonus they would change out the rear sway bar links for just $200 labor and the parts at $150ish (if I recall correctly). BTW, they wanted $1,200 to do the rear shocks. I opted to do the job myself. It cost me $200 for the OEM shocks and another $25 for a pair of sway bar links. The sway bar links have to be removed to change the shocks. Effing crooks! They would estimate this stuff out during their fairly priced oil changes. I don't even take vehicles over for oil changes any more. One of my vehicles has "free" oil changes (I didn't buy it there, it cost $10,000 more)....they want to charge $98 plus the "Required AC Filter" for another $57. Go pound sand! They used to charge $50 for an oil change just to try to up-sell you, but now it's a few hundred dollars for an oil change. Do you realize how many people they are screwing over? Why they don't get taken to court I have no idea. I suspect their car sales suck and they are trying to recoup on the back-end services. Ugh.
I get that Einstein. My comment was about how the Benzes were tuned so quietly, and how the Ferrari's exhaust was tuned with so much less back pressure. I'm 66 yrs old, and a retired Master Automobile Technician of over 50 years of experience. You need to be nicer to folks, while pecking away at your 'puter in your mommy's basement. Respect begets respect.
Wizard should do like the illegal booze traders used to do in the old days: Confiscate the ATM card to pull the down payments and give only money for food :)
I had the chance to drive both manual & F1 trans on the 599....man it"s a completely different car to drive with a manual...going through those gears with that V12 makes it almost a must to have...same with the older ZR1 Corvette...a TREMEC 6 speed transform the car with that LS9 motor...a blast.
With the EAG 599 kit, you still have the F1 transmission. The manual kit changes the gear selection from the "robotic" module to a manual with clutch pedal and gated shifter. You don't replace the transmission and clutch, just the way it selects gears. For just $30K! (plus installation if you don't want to do it yourself)
The F1 style transmissions are just that: an actual manual transmission that replaces the clutch and lever for paddles and hydraulics with electronic control modules.
@@808bigisland A transmission is the whole driveline which includes the clutch, gearbox, differential, drive shafts, etc. However, within the car repair industry, gearbox and transmission are used interchangeably. Another example is the damper which is usually referred to as the shock absorber by the majority of garage/workshop personnel. Referring to the damper as a shock absorber is technically incorrect, as the actual 'shock abosorber' within a car is the spring. However shock absorber is the term that is now widely accepted to describe a damper.
Wow! A 10mm Socket?! Those things blink in and out of existence when they get with in vicinity of any automobile. What a rare thing. The Ferrari is nice too. 😀
There is no "switch from the F1 transmission". The transmission is exactly the same, the F1 is an automated manual, what changes is the method of clutch activation and gear selection. These are changed from an automated process to a manual action.
with oil leaks it is a bit like replacing the brake discs, and not the pads. if one is faulty it is better to replace all. while replacing pads can be done when needed you wouldn't replace the discs, and not the pads, and not just doing one corner either. oil leaks can turn from a small issue to a big issue very fast as you know. and yes while pulling the engine apart that much you may as well solve the smaller issues at the same time, even though not nice being on the receiving end of the bill, the customer will know that there isn't any potential issues still outstanding. and when you got the money to buy a nice car last thing you want is to be broken down somewhere miles from cellphone service.
The problem with those extras you mentioned is that it is not uncommon by any stretch of the imagination, for a garage to inflate the price artificially with unnecessary work. I’m in the UK and have experienced it on a number of occasions. You get to the point of never believing what you’re being told and so the genuine stuff doesn’t get done. That’s probably the reason why people don’t accept the additional work!
The problem with so many of this type of car is that they don’t get driven. I have an Aston Martin that, until recently, was my only car. I don’t get anything like the number of issues that others with the exact same type of car do - the ones who put 1,000 miles per year on a car and store them through the winter because “depreciation”.
Got away cheap! I saw an invoice last year for a “quarter size leak on floor of garage”. It was an Enzo (same basic motor at 599). $31k invoice to fix the leak and the Ferrari dealer. Don’t ask about the new headlight cost!
Ha! Silver Renault Fuego in the background! I had one of those at 17. Turbo went on it, but it was fast and fun. The tires were a metric nightmare at the time. Interesting fact, there’s a small compartment in the hatch area just behind the back seat that can fit ice and a 12pack of beer if lined with a trashbag. 😂
These ceramic rotors rarely need replacing, unless you're tracking the car perhaps. They last much longer than metal rotors and because Ferraris have so few miles put on them by most owners, the rotors may as well cost $1M because they'll never get changed.
@@Blueagle8u Why? No one is paying half a million dollars for a Toyota. People with that kind of money to spend on that kind of car aren't buying it for it's reliability and practicality. They are buying something different.
That is very true---you don't know how big the bill is going to be until you get into it, because sometimes you find other things wrong that were not immediately apparent
LOL if he's quitting on the 599 for some leaks, let's wait until something happens to the Veyron that requires a Bugatti part and not a VW part, then the wizzard will get a yatch and a helicopter that can land on it XD
wizard your absolutely right about fixing the other issues not on the estimate but as I’m sure being a class shop you have to notify and get approval before doing the work unfortunately there are shops that play this game of seeing a problem and not fixing it so it will return for more work or doing work and not getting the permission for billing that’s another black hole and giving the industry a black eye
@@arranchace1306the 10mm socket black hole is a worldwide phenomenon, it travels the world from garage to garage absorbing them. One minute its there, then poof. Its believed it transports them to where all the single missing socks go.
Carbon ceramic brakes typically last the life of the car, upwards of 100k miles or more. If that Ferrari ever gets to 100k miles which I doubt......then who knows what it would cost.
@@ghrtt7I work at Goodwood in the UK. We have all the biggest car brands in the world come through for shows and sales events.one of the top Ferrari engineers at Marnelo said, most Ferrari are not designed to be driven daily or even weekly. Most are designed to be driven once every now and then as it courses them to develop problems sooner. They basically designed them to be more of a show car and people to store them as a future investment. Like a painting. Even more funny is McLaren said almost the same thing about their cars. The only true sports car you can drive every day is a Porsche. Yes they do build what they call their cheaper market cars that can be driven more often from McLaren and Ferrari but they have much closer service intervals
LOL I would advise you not to take it out of the garage at all, preferably someone elses garage as if you do your only destination will be to a Wizard to fix the thing.
I can recommend the Daniel San's Fiat rebuild ... it's actually very informative and presented well. He's gotten so much better in front of the camera since the first episode of his channel.
Honestly, is my favorite single old guy Ferrari. Plan to purchase within the next 9 months. I appreciate Mr. And Mrs. Wizard sharing their knowledge, thank you. Also, have a 97 Saab...yes, going to rebuild the car, are you interested? I will ship it to you.
It's Italian, of course it's going to be frequent/serious and expensive. And claiming well it's a high performance car. Indeed it is, but I will bet my house and car it hasn't been close to it's capabilities either handling or engine. It will have spent 99% of it's time at lower than 80mph on straight roads.
I would be embarrassed to be part of the engineering team at Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Porsche, etc. to observe the engineering behind these masterpiece automobiles not hold up more than 15 to 20,000 miles before they start falling apart. It’s embarrassing!
On the bases of doing repairs myself, I would love the get a 599 some day! Hopefully get one cheap that need a clutch job or something similar. They are very much a drivers, enthusiasts car. The people I know that have or have had them tell me they are fantastic machines
Same thing happens with all these "I gotta great deal!!" situations. The previous owner spent more on diagnosis than they were expecting to pay on the repair and jumped ship after getting the tab shock. With a Ferrari I'm guessing there's little chance of a misdiagnosis.
Wizard says the car is an eggplant color. True, but some olive varieties have the same color. Hoovie should call the car Olive; to signify it's color, and the oil it leaves on the floor. BTW - does this car use the same special oil formulation as the Enzo? I hear the Enzo is a $1.5K oil change because of the 10w-60 grade it requires.
I own a 2006 LS1 powered Holden (Australian GM) with 100k km. I had to replace all the engine's seals (rocker cover, front and rear main and oil pan seals) because of pesky leaks due to age. So the argument that mass produced cars don't suffer leaky gaskets/seals is erroneous.
@@artoodeetoo3064 On the many customer LS1s that I now work on, the grand majority are sporting leaking gaskets/seals - ie. seals become brittle when subjected to typical hot-cold temperature cycles over 15+ years of use.
@georgebettiol8338 I had a 2001 Cameo SS with the LS1. It went 100k miles before I sold it with no major issues at all, if you want anecdotal silliness
@@artoodeetoo3064 The majority of customer LS1 engined Holdens that I work on are now 15+ years old and leak oil. Most customers ignore the leaks noting that the engines keep working and consider the cost of replacing the leaking seals to be uneconomic for such car - as it's not a FERRARI. It's an inescapable fact that the various rubber seals in an engine are subject to numerous hot-cold temperature cycles in circa 15+ years and become very hard and brittle - and then leak.
The color is great! Only the seat pattern is ick! The Controls under the stereo look like they are from a $20 1991 GPX portable cassette stereo, way below Ferrari mistique, thats a dam shame.
@@Localtraveler2376that's not fully true. The two owners fell out. One wanted to go one way with the business and the other one didn't. They had a big falling out and one of the business partners took everything over night.
Ive been pretty good with my car choices over the years. Right up on the list of priorities is reliability because i didnt have the money or didnt want to risk having to spend money on sudden mechanical issues. Ive had friends who were more spontaneous and emotional about buying cars. buying them purely because they wanted it and just hoping nothing goes wrong. I envied them somewhat because i was too worried to do that. Later they would swear the car knew when pay day was because it would break down like clockwork.
Live in Switzerland. Had one. In the mountains it’s yippee. Took it to the trac and showed my e hauts to the Porsche turbos. BUT it’s single clutch semi automatic made it a nightmare to park in slots. In parallel I got two doors hitting it in 3 months. Out it went😩
If you want a luxury performance car, that’s actually reliable, look at getting a Lexus LC 500. They are a fraction of the price and they’re absolutely amazing.
When it starts up it sounds almost identical to a Ghibli, Quattroporte, or Levante with the F160 motor. When he revs it, it sounds like a different animal though.
Ferrari's are more of a symbol than anything else in my opinion. They say look, I can spend a lot of money stupidly. If you work on them yourself, that's a big plus. For what they actually offer, they seem very over priced. It's one of those cars if you can't afford a brand new one, you most likely won't be able to afford the repair and maintenance of a used one. But like PT Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute".
Yes. I've seen many people buy used luxury vehicles but once the miles are getting up there parts that will need replacing. People might ignore it as long as the car keeps on driving.
@@vnorvi There's a couple of videos I've seen where a Porsche Turbo is racing against other supercars. It raced probably several times and the times and stayed close together for their measured 1/4 ET. It doesn't miss a beat. It raced against the usual Italian cars.
Gotta wounder how much the valve cover gaskets cost. With all the work involved accessing them then to simply retorque the bolts rather than replacing the gaskets doesn't make much economic sense IMO.
Also….the bill doesn’t grow… you advise the owner of items that should be replaced while apart and the cost to come back and fix it later if they don’t want to do it now. You never replace parts without approval
I will never own a Ferrari, but one of my motorcycles has this car's issues. If the KTM's battery gets low it throws up odd error codes. Luckily these days a cheap OBD II reader connects via an adapter so I can zero out the codes. It cost me $35 over 20 years ago and has paid for itself dozens of times over.
Bugatti is an League of its own!! Hooveis is going to have to work his ass off making extra videos just to support his Bugatti habit. He has become a man with a blue arm.
I worked on my own cars for 20 years, I have 20 cars in my fleet, I don't remember ever loosing a 10 mm socket, maybe once, can't recall. I must be Lucky! in fact I have found a few extra 10 mm on a street a few times, they are spares in my toolbox!
Yesterday, I took my 2020 Ford Escape to Rusty Eck Ford's Quick Lane to get an oil change and get the front brakes resurfaced and new brake pads installed. $300. While it was there, they tested my battery and found that it was down a few cells, which makes sense because on Thanksgiving morning it wouldn't start. All the lights came on and everything, but it didn't have enough juice to kick over. I had a neighbor give me a jump and drove it to Oklahoma City. It was fine and it started every time since, but I knew there was probably an issue with the battery. $250 total for the battery replacement. I have the Titanium and because of all the gadgets, it gets the bigger battery. It was cheaper there than buying a battery at AutoZone and trying to change it out and bring the old battery back though. So "The Works" package, new front brakes, and a new battery. $572 total. They did all of that in 2.5 hours and I got to test drive a 2017 Mustang GT that only had 20,000 miles on it which I thought about buying but it was just too much and I really like the Escape.
Part of ferrari life...and then the statement "part of any car life"..nope none of mine have these problems with this few miles and he spent all that money on the transmission swap when it already needed more fixes in the first place...nice video
Only goes to show how you cant give an estimate until you are done with the first two of the 4Cs - Condition, Cause, Correct, Confirm. And most of the time it's impossible to identify the cause without hands on with the vehicle. Earlier today, i went to see someone referred by a customer of mine. Everything sounded like a possible transmission issue or the TCM trouble this particular vehicle is known to have later in life. Nope! It turned out that one of the rear axles failed completely and thats why the vehicle wouldnt move. The health of the differential and the transfer case are still big question marks but we'll have to do the axle first.
There are and always will be serious issues with any Ferrari. Any repair is stupidly expensive, and many problems are the result of inferior design and engineering. And that car is UGLY. Send it.
there's really no excuse these days. but the majority of their customer base is such that they are in and out of the newest, hottest offering with regularity, so quality is not a priority. it's the next guy's problem. I have ferrari money but grew up middle class -- value matters! in the realm of sports cars, I only trust porsche. mine has been incredibly reliable.
I don't suppose you know where I could find one of those 10 mm for my garage? I've been searching for years but I think Ferrari keeps them under pretty tight lock and key 🤔
Must be comforting to be an honest, knowledgeable shop owner, and have an employee as reliable as Danielson.
@@Nousername9-b1n haha says the 13 year old kid that cant fix his tricycle.
@@Nousername9-b1n you will never have the skill, knowledge or money to ever even come close to working on a Ferrari let alone own one
@@Nousername9-b1n Guess your kind never get any thing wrong. We are all human, we ALL make errors. TG that we are able to learn from the thing we ALL get wrong. Coz other wise, We ALL would just like you..........Shoot me.
The wizard is so far from honest it's not even funny but what he does is project that he's some honest guy and then he goes and charges double what you can buy the parts yourself for the guy is a complete con artist and it's hilarious you people fall for it
@@Npc10010 i imagine you're one of the mechanics who's mistakes he's had to fix and now you're angry for being discovered as incompetent. Get lost.
Those fuel level sensor codes are caused by the potentiometer for the level sensor which is installed on the RH pump and accessed through the rear shelf. The potentiometer has been updated and no longer triggers an open circuit at full tank. Easy fix and can be replaced in about an hour. Luckily you don't need a whole pump assembly so it's a relatively inexpensive fix.
That sounds like it should be a recall.
Cool info. Are you a Ferrari tech?
I hope the Wizard reads the comments :)
Or a low battery, which is the first step.
Why? It's not a safety related problem. Maybe a TSB.
Everyone wants to see you hand Hoovie a $40,000 bill!!
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Merry Christmas to the Wizard!🧙
@@justinborysenko3885does Wizard even work on cars or just diagnosis them? Serious question as all we see is his walk arounds and the weird Mrs’s Wizard interior segments.
I wanna see Wizard's grinning smile after he tells Hoovie , " Wait, you have a bill to pay " .
For 20k worth of work😂😂😂😂. Wizard is a con artist that smiles while he bends you over.
@@beesyspeecer8190I think his wife’s in videos as a tax thing probably
I would be more surprised if hoovies had an car with no issues at all
it was called the countach, the caddiliac, the Z8 and the 1966 imperial that he all sold,
@@TheTequilaLeftenant nobody would watch that
he wouldnt have a vidio if that happend
Hoovie's* had a* car
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@@AndyAndy-bg7mv video*
The Ferrari engine lights are the Christmas gift that keeps on giving to car wizard.
Lol
Whenever he puts his hands up in the air like that you know it's gonna be $$$$$$$.
Just like my 221k Volkswagen TDi wagon! 🙂
*I Like How You Incorporated other people into the vlog other than you and your wife. There is other people in the shop and it's nice to see them as well. Nice to see different camera angles as well like driving up low. Pulling out as well as taking stuff apart.
If he would perhaps Jr Mint could be working on some of Crazy D's equipment
If your Ferrari is running great, you just haven’t found the next issue….kind of like owning a boat 😮
A trick is to always leave something broken 😉 .... as soon as you fix something the next thing breaks😃
I swear 99% of them are disposable cars that become museum pieces never to be driven. Yes they are amazing and I could never afford one, but the truth is the truth isn't it
Wizard is super lucky to have Daniel. What an amazing young man.
Mrs Wizard, those seats are known as 'Daytona seats', after the Ferrari Daytona that they're most associated with.
You would think a former Ferrari owner would know this basic trivia.
If Hoovie didn't have bad luck , he wouldn't have any RUclips at all.
Yup making money through youtube encourages buying faulty stuff on purpose so then you can make videos about fixing it.
How does he have bad luck? The guy is loaded. I wish I had that kind of money. The guy drives around in freaking lambo's.
Hoovie buy Turds
@@hydrostatic8048pretty much anything he buys is broken and he ends up upside down on them. Like the Land Rover Evoque with the blown engine. Many others. That’s just one example
You'd think owing as many cars as he does he would have invested in some tools and started doing some work himself.
You are generous with your estimates. The dealers around here, all but one owned by the same corporation, charge each and every item as a full service. For example, if you can replace the water pump while doing the timing belt with one or two extra bolts and a part, you get charged for the entire timing belt service again and the water pump parts. If a timing belt is $1,500, The water pump is the $1,500 for the timing belt plus $1,000 for the water pump and replacement. Yes, even if doing both at the very same time. ($4,000 total) I've had tons of arguments with those clowns and now stopped going at all. I do my own work or find another source. It's actually cheaper to tow a vehicle 150 miles to have the work done than to do anything here.
They offered to change out the rear shocks on my SHO. As a bonus they would change out the rear sway bar links for just $200 labor and the parts at $150ish (if I recall correctly). BTW, they wanted $1,200 to do the rear shocks. I opted to do the job myself. It cost me $200 for the OEM shocks and another $25 for a pair of sway bar links. The sway bar links have to be removed to change the shocks. Effing crooks! They would estimate this stuff out during their fairly priced oil changes.
I don't even take vehicles over for oil changes any more. One of my vehicles has "free" oil changes (I didn't buy it there, it cost $10,000 more)....they want to charge $98 plus the "Required AC Filter" for another $57. Go pound sand! They used to charge $50 for an oil change just to try to up-sell you, but now it's a few hundred dollars for an oil change. Do you realize how many people they are screwing over? Why they don't get taken to court I have no idea. I suspect their car sales suck and they are trying to recoup on the back-end services. Ugh.
Some dealerships charge 300 for a motorcycle oil change!
Hoovie has fun with it all, Drama is required for Views He understands this well.
@@raymondreiff8170 exactly
I've worked years ago on a S600, and a 600SL...they NEVER sounded like that! What a fantastic sound of that V12!
The sound is the exhaust not the engine.
I get that Einstein. My comment was about how the Benzes were tuned so quietly, and how the Ferrari's exhaust was tuned with so much less back pressure. I'm 66 yrs old, and a retired Master Automobile Technician of over 50 years of experience. You need to be nicer to folks, while pecking away at your 'puter in your mommy's basement. Respect begets respect.
Why would an S-Class sound like a Ferrari?
Yes keep backing up the Brinks truck to Hoovies ATM machine.😂😂😂😂
Wizard should do like the illegal booze traders used to do in the old days: Confiscate the ATM card to pull the down payments and give only money for food :)
Hoovie isn't concerned, as there a numeous Brinks truck deliveries to his 'bank' courtesy of YT.
DanielSon is worth his weight in Ferrari key fobs.
What is his website address?
😂😂😂😂😂Facts!
@@billtodd6509 ... That'll be GOLD Ferrari key fobs.
I had the chance to drive both manual & F1 trans on the 599....man it"s a completely different car to drive with a manual...going through those gears with that V12 makes it almost a must to have...same with the older ZR1 Corvette...a TREMEC 6 speed transform the car with that LS9 motor...a blast.
With the EAG 599 kit, you still have the F1 transmission. The manual kit changes the gear selection from the "robotic" module to a manual with clutch pedal and gated shifter. You don't replace the transmission and clutch, just the way it selects gears. For just $30K! (plus installation if you don't want to do it yourself)
We know. Hoovie did an entire episode on the swap.
The F1 style transmissions are just that: an actual manual transmission that replaces the clutch and lever for paddles and hydraulics with electronic control modules.
It’s not a transmission - it’s a gearbox. Words have meaning.
@808bigisland Say what? So generations that designed built and serviced manual transmissions were wrong?
@@808bigisland A transmission is the whole driveline which includes the clutch, gearbox, differential, drive shafts, etc. However, within the car repair industry, gearbox and transmission are used interchangeably. Another example is the damper which is usually referred to as the shock absorber by the majority of garage/workshop personnel. Referring to the damper as a shock absorber is technically incorrect, as the actual 'shock abosorber' within a car is the spring. However shock absorber is the term that is now widely accepted to describe a damper.
Hoovie has Issues
@@Kuesnity car issues.........😂
@@Kuesnity Hoovie knows nothing about cars.
A car enthusiast who knows nothing about cars, how can this be possible
@@SebastianGonzalez-jn2nl Because he buys junk and doesn’t know how to fix a car himself or even hookup a scan tool.
@@SebastianGonzalez-jn2nl it's pretty common man. Most rich prix with fast cars can't even check the oil.
Wow! A 10mm Socket?! Those things blink in and out of existence when they get with in vicinity of any automobile. What a rare thing. The Ferrari is nice too. 😀
And they suffer greatly from Murphy's First Law of Motor Cars: "Anything dropped under a car will immediately roll to the centre of the car".
He runs an honest shop and is one of my fav automotive channels along with NZ Diagnostics.
That car from the front looks like Bruce the shark from finding Nemo.....
There is no "switch from the F1 transmission". The transmission is exactly the same, the F1 is an automated manual, what changes is the method of clutch activation and gear selection. These are changed from an automated process to a manual action.
10mm socket the very exotic tool... and one that very much likes to get lost 🤣
Cars like to snack on those.
with oil leaks it is a bit like replacing the brake discs, and not the pads. if one is faulty it is better to replace all. while replacing pads can be done when needed you wouldn't replace the discs, and not the pads, and not just doing one corner either. oil leaks can turn from a small issue to a big issue very fast as you know. and yes while pulling the engine apart that much you may as well solve the smaller issues at the same time, even though not nice being on the receiving end of the bill, the customer will know that there isn't any potential issues still outstanding. and when you got the money to buy a nice car last thing you want is to be broken down somewhere miles from cellphone service.
The moment full color LCD screens are replacing the simple reliable analog gages I lose interest in the vehicle. I want a car not a desktop on wheels.
Had a C6 base, sold it to get a C7. Test drove a couple of C7s. Bought a C6Z06.
I'm all for less gizmos and more focus on the driver and the driving experience. Complication means greater chances of failure equating to $$$.
Until one day those screens are just for entertainment because the car drives itself.
Bet a LCD is more reliable than normal gauge. No moving parts. No motor or cable to wear out and fail
@@jacobt1027
The LCD itself maybe but all the circuitry powering it isn’t.
The problem with those extras you mentioned is that it is not uncommon by any stretch of the imagination, for a garage to inflate the price artificially with unnecessary work. I’m in the UK and have experienced it on a number of occasions. You get to the point of never believing what you’re being told and so the genuine stuff doesn’t get done. That’s probably the reason why people don’t accept the additional work!
Ouch, expensive maintenance! Mr. Wizard reminds me of Burt the Geologist (character in the Big Bang Theory).
The problem with so many of this type of car is that they don’t get driven. I have an Aston Martin that, until recently, was my only car. I don’t get anything like the number of issues that others with the exact same type of car do - the ones who put 1,000 miles per year on a car and store them through the winter because “depreciation”.
Nothing like a Christmas Tree dash for the holidays!
It’s awesome that you’re involving and promoting Daniel-son. Way to grow your people!
WiZard will decorate his Christmas tree 🎄 with Hoovies cash 💰
Wizard's Christmas tree is Hoovie's cash.
Got away cheap! I saw an invoice last year for a “quarter size leak on floor of garage”. It was an Enzo (same basic motor at 599). $31k invoice to fix the leak and the Ferrari dealer. Don’t ask about the new headlight cost!
YOU STILL HAVE THE VIPER!!!!!!!!!!! Love it, how's it doing?
Ha! Silver Renault Fuego in the background! I had one of those at 17. Turbo went on it, but it was fast and fun. The tires were a metric nightmare at the time. Interesting fact, there’s a small compartment in the hatch area just behind the back seat that can fit ice and a 12pack of beer if lined with a trashbag. 😂
40k brake job ☠️ yeah this is why im 100% not interested in owning one of these. 😅
Not that you dont even have 400$ ?
@@Sleepy17867Irrelevant, that's ridiculous no matter what.
These ceramic rotors rarely need replacing, unless you're tracking the car perhaps. They last much longer than metal rotors and because Ferraris have so few miles put on them by most owners, the rotors may as well cost $1M because they'll never get changed.
Expensive cars should be RELIABLE! Really sad Engineering!
@@Blueagle8u Why? No one is paying half a million dollars for a Toyota. People with that kind of money to spend on that kind of car aren't buying it for it's reliability and practicality. They are buying something different.
That is very true---you don't know how big the bill is going to be until you get into it, because sometimes you find other things wrong that were not immediately apparent
No matter how cheap you bought a used Ferrari, you're still stuck with Ferrari prices
Yes and no. Lots of items are parts-bin shared with Fiats and other makes under the corporate brand.
LOL if he's quitting on the 599 for some leaks, let's wait until something happens to the Veyron that requires a Bugatti part and not a VW part, then the wizzard will get a yatch and a helicopter that can land on it XD
wizard your absolutely right about fixing the other issues not on the estimate but as I’m sure being a class shop you have to notify and get approval before doing the work unfortunately there are shops that play this game of seeing a problem and not fixing it so it will return for more work or doing work and not getting the permission for billing that’s another black hole and giving the industry a black eye
I have the sacred 10mm socket lost in my daughter's left rear door on her Honda Accord 😂.
As a Europian, it took me a couple of seconds to grasp why that socket was special at all, as i have a toolbox full of them of any size. :D..
@@arranchace1306And here in Canada, Princess Auto actually sells a set of nothing but all kinds of 10mm sockets. 😂
@@arranchace1306the 10mm socket black hole is a worldwide phenomenon, it travels the world from garage to garage absorbing them.
One minute its there, then poof.
Its believed it transports them to where all the single missing socks go.
Carbon ceramic brakes typically last the life of the car, upwards of 100k miles or more. If that Ferrari ever gets to 100k miles which I doubt......then who knows what it would cost.
Ferrari is an extremely reliable vehicle as long as you don't drive it.
I think this is where the Porsche 911 is good at being a capable everyday car.
@@ghrtt7I work at Goodwood in the UK. We have all the biggest car brands in the world come through for shows and sales events.one of the top Ferrari engineers at Marnelo said, most Ferrari are not designed to be driven daily or even weekly. Most are designed to be driven once every now and then as it courses them to develop problems sooner. They basically designed them to be more of a show car and people to store them as a future investment. Like a painting. Even more funny is McLaren said almost the same thing about their cars. The only true sports car you can drive every day is a Porsche. Yes they do build what they call their cheaper market cars that can be driven more often from McLaren and Ferrari but they have much closer service intervals
LOL I would advise you not to take it out of the garage at all, preferably someone elses garage as if you do your only destination will be to a Wizard to fix the thing.
Why? I drive my 599 GTO 15,000 miles each year. It is well maintained and trouble free.
I got one in 1:43 scale.
Never had any problems.
I can recommend the Daniel San's Fiat rebuild ... it's actually very informative and presented well. He's gotten so much better in front of the camera since the first episode of his channel.
10mm, you truly are a wizard.
Honestly, is my favorite single old guy Ferrari.
Plan to purchase within the next 9 months.
I appreciate Mr. And Mrs. Wizard sharing their knowledge, thank you.
Also, have a 97 Saab...yes, going to rebuild the car, are you interested? I will ship it to you.
40K for brakes! Just WOW!
Hoovie should just go to steel brakes, you don't need more for the road and the 599 isn't a track car anyway.
Why 40K 🤔💭 it’s just like any other car with calipers and brake pads. Maybe rotors
@@jesusmelchor7681carbon ceramic brakes
@@jesusmelchor7681 Carbon rotors..
@@jesusmelchor7681 small production ceramic brakes. It's not like you can go to napa and buy these parts.
That's a sweet car. One of my favorites. He really knows what he's talking about on fixing that car. You got a great mechanic there.
Puddles, that would be a great name for that car
Daniel San has some serious knowledge on that young head of his, absolutely priceless to have a Tech like him
It's Italian, of course it's going to be frequent/serious and expensive. And claiming well it's a high performance car. Indeed it is, but I will bet my house and car it hasn't been close to it's capabilities either handling or engine. It will have spent 99% of it's time at lower than 80mph on straight roads.
I would be embarrassed to be part of the engineering team at Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Porsche, etc. to observe the engineering behind these masterpiece automobiles not hold up more than 15 to 20,000 miles before they start falling apart. It’s embarrassing!
Amazing what having a RUclips channel can buy
On the bases of doing repairs myself, I would love the get a 599 some day! Hopefully get one cheap that need a clutch job or something similar. They are very much a drivers, enthusiasts car. The people I know that have or have had them tell me they are fantastic machines
10mm, Honda spec, neat.
Same thing happens with all these "I gotta great deal!!" situations. The previous owner spent more on diagnosis than they were expecting to pay on the repair and jumped ship after getting the tab shock. With a Ferrari I'm guessing there's little
chance of a misdiagnosis.
Poor Hoovie... His Ferrari 599 and his Bugatti Ed Burgion are money pits..
Thanks to RUclips, I think Hoovie is laughing all the way to the bank.
All Italian cars are money pits 😂
Wizard says the car is an eggplant color. True, but some olive varieties have the same color. Hoovie should call the car Olive; to signify it's color, and the oil it leaves on the floor.
BTW - does this car use the same special oil formulation as the Enzo? I hear the Enzo is a $1.5K oil change because of the 10w-60 grade it requires.
I love hearing United Statesians speaking in metric.
If you pull the dash, refinish the long defroster vent while your there, save alot of headache in the future. StickyNoMore can help
All these issues on a car with 34k miles. Imagine a mass produced car with these problems. Would never stay in business
I own a 2006 LS1 powered Holden (Australian GM) with 100k km. I had to replace all the engine's seals (rocker cover, front and rear main and oil pan seals) because of pesky leaks due to age. So the argument that mass produced cars don't suffer leaky gaskets/seals is erroneous.
@georgebettiol8338 it's erroneous because of your one anecdotal experience? Be smarter than that.
@@artoodeetoo3064 On the many customer LS1s that I now work on, the grand majority are sporting leaking gaskets/seals - ie. seals become brittle when subjected to typical hot-cold temperature cycles over 15+ years of use.
@georgebettiol8338 I had a 2001 Cameo SS with the LS1. It went 100k miles before I sold it with no major issues at all, if you want anecdotal silliness
@@artoodeetoo3064 The majority of customer LS1 engined Holdens that I work on are now 15+ years old and leak oil. Most customers ignore the leaks noting that the engines keep working and consider the cost of replacing the leaking seals to be uneconomic for such car - as it's not a FERRARI. It's an inescapable fact that the various rubber seals in an engine are subject to numerous hot-cold temperature cycles in circa 15+ years and become very hard and brittle - and then leak.
Italians are good at creating stylish design. But when it comes to Italian engines, they constantly need to be repaired.
These cars are best looked at rather than driven.
The only car that will fall apart in your garage without ever driving it.
Ferrari are junk I would buy a 2024 corvette or Toyota supra over Ferrari
Always love and appreciate Mrs.Wizards Interior reviews 😊
This is probably my favorite car of Hoovies fleet. Love the spec and the style. So classy.
absolute perfection.
The color is great! Only the seat pattern is ick! The Controls under the stereo look like they are from a $20 1991 GPX portable cassette stereo, way below Ferrari mistique, thats a dam shame.
I’m guessing no more shout outs to EAG for the manual swap 😂
No point. They dont exsist anymore.
What happened to them?
@@brandenjones192As far as i can gather they were looking for funding earlier in the year. So likely they ran outta money and went bankrupt.
@@brandenjones192 they went out of business owing people a lot of money.
@@Localtraveler2376that's not fully true. The two owners fell out. One wanted to go one way with the business and the other one didn't. They had a big falling out and one of the business partners took everything over night.
Ive been pretty good with my car choices over the years.
Right up on the list of priorities is reliability because i didnt have the money or didnt want to risk having to spend money on sudden mechanical issues.
Ive had friends who were more spontaneous and emotional about buying cars. buying them purely because they wanted it and just hoping nothing goes wrong. I envied them somewhat because i was too worried to do that.
Later they would swear the car knew when pay day was because it would break down like clockwork.
That 599 really is a beautiful car with the manual conversion.
Live in Switzerland. Had one. In the mountains it’s yippee. Took it to the trac and showed my e hauts to the Porsche turbos. BUT it’s single clutch semi automatic made it a nightmare to park in slots. In parallel I got two doors hitting it in 3 months. Out it went😩
This brother is very knowledgeable. U hv a good guy with u Wizard
This is a very good testimony for not getting a Ferrari, my Ford Focus has 298k miles and it doesn't leak oil
It is well known that Ferrari Buyers are cross shopping Ford Focues.
Yeah, a 10,000sqft mansion also needs a lot of maintenance. That's why I live in a garden shed. No issues for 20 years.
Yeah butt, you have to ride in that chick magnet. Id rather take the Bus
@@jacobt1027Sometimes a Ferrari buyer wants to maintain a low profile. Gotta have at least one regular and inconspicuous car.
Doesnt leak oil? If it were a chevy that would be an anomaly
That car is FANTASTIC! I absolutely LOVE IT!
If you want a luxury performance car, that’s actually reliable, look at getting a Lexus LC 500. They are a fraction of the price and they’re absolutely amazing.
When it starts up it sounds almost identical to a Ghibli, Quattroporte, or Levante with the F160 motor. When he revs it, it sounds like a different animal though.
Ferrari's are more of a symbol than anything else in my opinion. They say look, I can spend a lot of money stupidly. If you work on them yourself, that's a big plus. For what they actually offer, they seem very over priced. It's one of those cars if you can't afford a brand new one, you most likely won't be able to afford the repair and maintenance of a used one. But like PT Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute".
Yes. I've seen many people buy used luxury vehicles but once the miles are getting up there parts that will need replacing. People might ignore it as long as the car keeps on driving.
I think it was J.P. Morgan who said "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it". (If course, he was a really rich guy.)
Occasionally a Ferrari will show up for track days with my Porsche club. Rarely do they make it through the day. And not so fast. Fake
@@vnorvi There's a couple of videos I've seen where a Porsche Turbo is racing against other supercars. It raced probably several times and the times and stayed close together for their measured 1/4 ET. It doesn't miss a beat. It raced against the usual Italian cars.
A Ferrari is basically a Rolex on wheels then.
Gotta wounder how much the valve cover gaskets cost. With all the work involved accessing them then to simply retorque the bolts rather than replacing the gaskets doesn't make much economic sense IMO.
6:20 * *Jeremy Clarkson voice* * "Powerrr. Fulllll POWERRRR!!!"
Also….the bill doesn’t grow… you advise the owner of items that should be replaced while apart and the cost to come back and fix it later if they don’t want to do it now. You never replace parts without approval
That is a FIAT...
FIAT = FIX IT AGAIN TONY
😊😊😊😊..ha ha ha ..with Lancia heritage 😊😊😊😊..great comment
A Renault Fuego! They're rare enough here in the UK. Didn't even know they were available stateside. And a Peugeot 505. Lots of French exotica.
Took the words outta my mouth, those tail lights IMO the sexiest part of this car
I will never own a Ferrari, but one of my motorcycles has this car's issues. If the KTM's battery gets low it throws up odd error codes. Luckily these days a cheap OBD II reader connects via an adapter so I can zero out the codes. It cost me $35 over 20 years ago and has paid for itself dozens of times over.
Since you say over 20 years, I'm guessing yours predates the camshaft oiling problems.
What a surprise: A Ferrari money pit. Mclaren is close behind. Bugatti is in a different league.
Bugatti is an League of its own!! Hooveis is going to have to work his ass off making extra videos just to support his Bugatti habit. He has become a man with a blue arm.
I worked on my own cars for 20 years, I have 20 cars in my fleet, I don't remember ever loosing a 10 mm socket, maybe once, can't recall. I must be Lucky! in fact I have found a few extra 10 mm on a street a few times, they are spares in my toolbox!
I'm with Mrs. Wizard. That's a catfish, or at least a big goofy toothy grin.
Yes, I see it too😂😂
1:50 the back of those 599’s look beautiful yet simple
You never really own a car if you can't fix it yourself. That's why I love the old Chevy 350.
I love how pumped Daniel gets when he gets a chance to wrench on a Ferrari
Revved it cold
...good one...happy trolling...
Yeah. 8000 rpm redline revved it on an ice cold engine 😂
Yesterday, I took my 2020 Ford Escape to Rusty Eck Ford's Quick Lane to get an oil change and get the front brakes resurfaced and new brake pads installed. $300. While it was there, they tested my battery and found that it was down a few cells, which makes sense because on Thanksgiving morning it wouldn't start. All the lights came on and everything, but it didn't have enough juice to kick over. I had a neighbor give me a jump and drove it to Oklahoma City. It was fine and it started every time since, but I knew there was probably an issue with the battery. $250 total for the battery replacement. I have the Titanium and because of all the gadgets, it gets the bigger battery. It was cheaper there than buying a battery at AutoZone and trying to change it out and bring the old battery back though. So "The Works" package, new front brakes, and a new battery. $572 total. They did all of that in 2.5 hours and I got to test drive a 2017 Mustang GT that only had 20,000 miles on it which I thought about buying but it was just too much and I really like the Escape.
Toyota, 150,000 miles, not a drop. This car with 33,000 miles.... ha okay.
Well the engine is potentially subject to a bit more stress...
...yeah...but you're still driving a Toyota...
F1 transmission is not "gone" just the hydraulic shifting system is gone replaced with manual shifter and linkage.
I totally skipped the part where Ms wizard does the talking, not needed, she doesn't know what shes talking about. And that is every video.
Cry abt it nerd
Part of ferrari life...and then the statement "part of any car life"..nope none of mine have these problems with this few miles and he spent all that money on the transmission swap when it already needed more fixes in the first place...nice video
a broken down ferrari? im shocked lol
If the dash gets disassembled can you PLEASE document each and EVERY step thoroughly. Showing disassembly and then reassembly back into the car.
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Attack the D point!
You are so beautiful 😍 😊
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Only goes to show how you cant give an estimate until you are done with the first two of the 4Cs - Condition, Cause, Correct, Confirm. And most of the time it's impossible to identify the cause without hands on with the vehicle.
Earlier today, i went to see someone referred by a customer of mine. Everything sounded like a possible transmission issue or the TCM trouble this particular vehicle is known to have later in life.
Nope! It turned out that one of the rear axles failed completely and thats why the vehicle wouldnt move. The health of the differential and the transfer case are still big question marks but we'll have to do the axle first.
There are and always will be serious issues with any Ferrari. Any repair is stupidly expensive, and many problems are the result of inferior design and engineering. And that car is UGLY. Send it.
there's really no excuse these days. but the majority of their customer base is such that they are in and out of the newest, hottest offering with regularity, so quality is not a priority. it's the next guy's problem. I have ferrari money but grew up middle class -- value matters! in the realm of sports cars, I only trust porsche. mine has been incredibly reliable.
I don't suppose you know where I could find one of those 10 mm for my garage? I've been searching for years but I think Ferrari keeps them under pretty tight lock and key 🤔
Please, PLEASE, stop letting the wifey contribute to these videos. Its the fastest skip I've ever skipped, every time.
That will never happen. Its part of the review of the car.
It’s a nice balance, I enjoy it.
I like her voice it’s real soft 😊 your blessed wizard