Really silly comparison. The extras on the 355 when it was new would be at least half of what it is worth now. My 550 is about worth the price of the extras right now....

You also have to remember that it is impossible to have less than 10k in extras. Wheels are an option - they are not included in the standard price. The same for seats, and paint. The basic price is never the minimum payable price.

If you want to be really rational about it, then you shouldn't be buying a Ferrari at all. Thankfully, not all of us are rational all the time. I had about 58k worth of extras on my 458, before any taxes. I am ecstatic that I chose them! Like the OP, I want to do this once, and do it well. Sure, it's going to cost me. But there is nothing for free in this world, all that matters is that you are happy that you got value for money.

I agree with isuk that the racing seats are not much more money than the full electric option, what I meant was that both the racing and the full electric are expensive, they cost double the standard seats. I do agree that racing seats will help resale and that, for me, they are definitely worth the money.

For me, that was a must-have option. I just love the look of it, and I think it goes fantastically well with my car. It is expensive, yes, but I know plenty of people that order it. About 1/3 of orders, I would say. For a white car with red interior, I would probably go with the red headers, though.


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It's not either case for me. I do think that the options are very expensive and I would rather have made it a bit (or a lot) cheaper. It's just that I wanted to spec it exactly the way I wanted it, and I was willing to take the hit for the sake of getting the car just right. I realise that is costing me money upon resale, which is not just spare change for me, but it's worth it for me just to order my dream car just once.

Of course, YMMV. If one is already planning to buy the Scuderia version or the successor, then it makes sense not to go overboard.


Onno

Ferrari take the pee on the pricing of the options, no way can you say that they are value for money......

That E25 car looks great but it shouldn't have red carpets IMHO, would look much better with Nero carpets (and maybe black wheels)

I can accept you are happy to pay the prices, but they are seriously over priced and that's a fact.

They price them at what they can get away with, not what they cost, that's the point.

Absolutely. The prices in the options list are eye watering and grossly over priced. It really does make a mockery of it all when you can purchase a lovely 355 for the options spec'd on a new 458. I bet that was only a third of what the OP could've spent on options too.

Thats what the dealer told me, let me know if you find out different.

Cheers

991fan

Yep, that's why I didn't take it.


Onno

I wouldn't buy a car without the racing seats. They are amazing and really add to the car. I think it could make your car alot less attractive on resale. As for options not being relevant come resale, that is cobblers wheover suggested that. A poverty pack car will always be cheaper, although there does come a point. You have to be clever with options and there is a spec that will protect you as much as possible, you have to have the things that most of us will all choose and that includes colour.
Personally, I am going to stick an akrapovic on my next one. I've gone for blu pozzi, beige interior sports seats and grey wheels with black calipers. It's a list price of 213k. Don't know what that amounts to in options but I would rather have my options than a 355 instead!

Furry muff, you've obviously never specced a shocker then. If you ask me the more people personalise their cars the narrower they make the aftersale market for themselves. This is especially so with some rather radical colour schemes I have seem lately. At the end of the day I would pay a bit more for a car with the right spec, sport seats for instance, but it's not night and day different as you say.
Sounds like you must have good taste!