i also peruse a Porsche forum, since my son has a Boxster, and we both post there too. Lots of Porsche owners have friends with Ferrari's, and there is a lot of content on the Boxster forum about how incredibly expensive ownership is of any Ferrari. The consensus of the Porsche guys is that Ferrari owners like to brag to other Ferrarist's how expensive this or that repair was, sort of a one-ups-manship sort of thing. "...yeah, third tranny this year, but hey, i just don't care...."
The "average" Ferrari owner has three of them, and they are bought with cash.
I would only have one if i won a lottery or something.
By the way, it is my opinion that Porsche owners love their cars, usually hate their dealers service departments, and are incredibly particular about their cars. My son has picked up some of that, the other day, he reminded me to not get sweat on the door handle of his Boxster when i climbed in the passenger seat for a ride. If a Porsche has the tinyest
oil leak, they insist it be repaired immediatly at no cost. Being a service manager of a Porsche dealer must be a nightmare, trying to please these very fussy people.
Us Snake Drivers have usually put a lot of our own sweat and wrenching into our cars, so a leak or dribble here or there is just another weekend project for us. We really don't have a "service department" to complain to.
Ferrari owners brag about how much they spend on maintenance and repair, Porsche owners go nuts with the most trivial of problems, us Replica drivers go out and blast around, and ignore just about any issue unless it keeps us off the road.