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[ronnyd]

I suppose in the grand scheme of things it is reasonable. But in my world its the cost of a car. 
Apparently the belts are at the bulkhead end of the engine, so they drop the complete subframe complete with engine, out of the car to change them.
Given the amount of miles it covers though, its an expensive hobby. I doubt it does 100 miles a year.
He is a multi millionaire who usually rides around on a very old rusty bike and looks like he hasnt got the price of a cup of tea. 

If you're rich they call you eccentric, if poor, you're a waster. 

[Doctor Gollum]

My mate down the pub was telling me tonight that he has just left his Testarossa in to have the timing belts changed.
£1200 ! 
……..

Very reasonable. Now compare that price with changing the timing chain on an Audi A6 3.0 TDI. The timing chain sits between the engine and gearbox so it’s an engine out job. You can’t do it on your driveway as the engine has to come out through the bottom. Long story short, £3.5K at an Indie garage and around £4K at Audi. 

That’s why Al loves the design so much. 

It's a stupid idea in a car, but completely insane in marine applications, where most of the larger versions end up... Especially when everything is made of cheese

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

£1200 for a  belt change on a 12 cylinder Ferrari sounds cheap to me.

[Nick W]

£1200 for a  belt change on a 12 cylinder Ferrari sounds cheap to me.

That's just for the belt change. It's never the only thing that needs doing on a Ferrari. Like changing the exhaust manifolds on a 400; when my friend asked several years ago, the manifolds were nearly£1500 per side. Plus gaskets. But the advice was the heads always need removing because there's no other way to fix the broken studs they always have. Adds another £1500 in parts

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Christ. I'm a fairly competent DIYer (plenty of mistakes along the way, but gotta learn...) but some of these jobs are just terrifying!

[Sir Tigger KC]

£1200 for a  belt change on a 12 cylinder Ferrari sounds cheap to me.

Yep I think you'd expect to pay that to change the belts on a Discovery 3 or 4. 

[Nick W]

Christ. I'm a fairly competent DIYer (plenty of mistakes along the way, but gotta learn...) but some of these jobs are just terrifying!

The Ferrari engine isn't actually that complicated, but the parts costs are horrific. Like an Italian Mitsubishi

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I would imagine by todays standards its pretty simple in many respects. Just 12 of everything instead of 4 or maybe 6, which could be a bit intimidating.