Buying guide · 1999–2005 · F131 3.6 V8 · 400 PS
Ferrari 360 Modena
Everything that decides whether the one you are looking at is a good buy or an expensive one.
19-page guide, A4 and phone · 3-page inspection card · instant PDF · VAT included
In the guide
What the Ferrari 360 Modena guide covers
- 01Every fault this engine has, and how much work it is
- 02The cambelt runs on a calendar, not on an odometer — and why that decides everything
- 03Where an aluminium car corrodes, and it is not where you would look
- 04What is simply twenty-five years old — and can be left alone
- 05The inspection card: the whole viewing on paper, in order, to take with you
- 06What to say to the seller, and what to keep to yourself
From the guide itself
This is how it reads
This is what one of the twelve looks likeLast Real Engines
11 · Stone pitting on the front bumper
Half a day · no documented labour figure · cosmetic
Normal on this shape at this age. Leave it, unless you are buying at a price that says otherwise.
And this is how the card readsLast Real Engines
- 1 · The cold start · do nothing else
- 2 · The paperwork · before you drive anything
- 3 · The body · aluminium does not go brown
- 4 · The engine bay, engine off
- 5 · Inside, ignition on · keep it short
- 6 · The test drive
What €24 buys, put next to what it saves
A snapped cambelt is the engine — the one outcome in this guide that is not a bounded job. An F1 clutch is two or three days. The belt is the one that is entirely preventable, and it is prevented with a date rather than a mileage. The guide is €24. It will not stop any of that from being needed — but it does tell you which of them you are looking at before you agree a price, and that is the whole of the difference between paying for a car and paying for someone else's postponed maintenance.
VAT included · sold by Lemon Squeezy as merchant of record · questions first? buyersguide@lastrealengines.com
Start with the free guide
The six questions that decide whether this car is a good buy
- When were the cambelts done — as a date, not a mileage?
- Do the sources agree on that interval?
- Manual or F1 — and if F1, what does the clutch read?
- Does it tick on a cold start?
- Does it knock over a speed bump?
- Is it a pre-2001 car, and if so, what about the variators?
Start with the free guide: what this car is, and the questions that decide whether the one you are looking at is a good buy or an expensive one.
Before you buy
Questions
What exactly do I get?
The full guide as a PDF, 19 pages in A4, plus a phone edition to read at the car; and the inspection card, 3 pages to print and take to the viewing. €24, VAT included.
How is it delivered?
Straight after payment you get a download link for the guide, the phone edition and the card. No subscription, no account.
Can I get a refund?
EU consumer law gives you fourteen days to change your mind. For digital content that right ends the moment delivery starts, provided you agreed to that at the checkout. If the file will not open, or you were sent the wrong car, write to us and we will fix it or refund it.
Who handles the payment?
Lemon Squeezy, who sell the guide to you as merchant of record. They charge the VAT at the rate of your country, send the invoice, and email you the download link. We never see your card.
Why are there no prices in it?
Because a price we cannot verify is worse than no price, and because a price would be wrong for most of the people reading it: workshop rates across Europe differ by a factor of two or three. What does not change is how much work a job is, so every point says whether it is an hour, half a day, a day, or a week in the workshop. Ask your own workshop for its hourly rate, and every hour in the guide becomes your own number.
Is this advice about a specific car?
No. A guide tells you what to look at; it is general information about the model and not advice about a specific car. Have every car inspected before you buy by someone who knows the engine.
Going to look at a Ferrari 360 Modena?
Take the guide and the card with you.
19-page guide, A4 and phone · 3-page inspection card · instant PDF · VAT included