Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it

Rojo should of pervade that information as he write the post as he’s a journalist

He and Henrik drive cars at a track very often. It is well known.
Unfortunately, anything up until and including the 360 is a complete money pit. He is going to regret buying that Ferrari as his kronor floats away.

Car taste is certainly subjective, but this is an objectively bad choice for a car to modify for track usage. Bizarre.

I thought owning a Ferrari was impressive until I looked online and found several of these cars, most under $100k and some as low as $60k. You can barely get a fully loaded pickup truck for that.

Much safer than young pro football players riiding their 190 HP sport bikes on the

street, often with little protective gear (often no helmets in the 35 or so states that

dont require one).

New Ferraris start at about $250k and go up into the 7-digits. You are correct there are plenty of 308-355's and even TR's that come in under $100k. They all have interference engines and rubber belts that require a $5-20k service every few years because if the belt breaks, then you will need new parts and engine rebuild. You shouldn't lack being impressed because they're selling under $100k now, there is a limited market for a car that is 35 years old, your 3rd or 4th in garage, and requires specialized service.

For the right people they are very rewarding though, I currently have a 355 Spider that is a blast at places like the Ozark mountains.

"Car racing is a non contact sport"

I didn't have to read anything more after this. This is the sky is red type thinking. Good lord.

I road raced SCCA, NASA, and Challenge Club Racing as an amateur. Sunday nights after a weekend of racing I had to drop car off at my body guy 75% of the time. I had 2-3 friends from that period actually die on the track. Safety has improved year to year, but it is still a dangerous "sport".

Ferraris like the 348, 355 and Testarossa require engine out service for the timing belts every ~30k miles. Back when I owned exotics I would pay $15k-$30k for each service depending on the vehicle. This was 15 years ago.

It's not the price of the Ferrari, but the upkeep and service that make it expensive.

I could write a book on Ferrari ownership.

I drive a Hyundai.

Congratulations.

What are your thoughts on the 308? That's the one I'd like to own. (Unless I could get a GTO, which, obviously I couldn't...)

I owned a 328 for 20 years. I would put 328 > 308 Carb or QV > 308 2V

They are a good value, but have appreciated like many things 25-50% in the latest asset bubble. More likely to be flat or come down a little than go up. The major every 5 years will cost $5-15k. The power is underwhelming, the AC doesn't work hardly, but damn do they look great and fun to drive.

You can’t modify a Ferrari without permission from Ferrari. Otherwise they ban you from owning any of their registered vehicles in the future. The motto is that a Ferrari is perfect as created and if you hate how it looks you don’t deserve it. He owns an older model that is lower level. If he reps them well he can make modifications and purchase the next level of models.

Are you worried the government is going to find out about your beastiality thoughts?

Not really true. I'm sure RobDragons knows more than me but I knew a Ferrari owner way back and heard some of his stories. He wanted to buy some newer model but had to "prove his loyalty" by buying some used older models and sort of "working up the ranks." This guy wasn't uber wealthy, just like, doctor wealthy. So he was trading in his Ferrari almost every year to get a slightly newer one, hoping to get on the list for the newest 360 or whatever he was after.

There is absolutely nothing stopping anyone from modifying any Ferrari as they see fit. However, if you are high profile and you do something to a newer car, they might get upset and try to flex their muscles, see Deadmau5.

Ferrari won't give two sh!ts if Jakob puts a spoiler and roll cage on his '89 348.

Pre v2 = Ingebrigtsen.

dumb choice is correct, that's not generally true. however, there are famous people that make some outlandish modification or YouTuber for clicks that then Ferrari might not allocate any more Ferraris to. For every Ferrari made there are hundreds that would buy it at that price, so Ferrari prefers to allocate inventory to people that represent the brand well.

when it comes to older Ferraris like the 348, they don't care. the Ferrari community is less likely to do mods compared to other makes, but still pretty common to do exhausts, wheels, and even suspension.

He should put rad neon lighting, big rims, huge muffler and a body kit on it too. Then get a tat of it on his calf to celebrate it on tic toc.