458 Spec

[sone]

Is lack of Sat Nav a big deal on a 458 also electric seats?. Come resale am I going to get spanked.

[Rods]

sone said:

Is lack of Sat Nav a big deal on a 458 also electric seats?. Come resale am I going to get spanked.

If it was me looking for a used 458 i'd expect to pay at least 4k less for a car with no nav.

Electric seats are not a biggy IMHO,would prefer sports seats though...

[PHOENIXUK]

sone said:

Is lack of Sat Nav a big deal on a 458 also electric seats?. Come resale am I going to get spanked.

I think most cars tend to have those 2 extra's so you may have to be a bit cheaper come your turn to sell, no doubt you will be 'spanking' your man
now so just hit him a little harder. On a side I would make sure you buy one with the LED wheel, getting closer to LeMans, will the deal be done in time.......

[sone]

PHOENIXUK said:

sone said:

Is lack of Sat Nav a big deal on a 458 also electric seats?. Come resale am I going to get spanked.

I think most cars tend to have those 2 extra's so you may have to be a bit cheaper come your turn to sell, no doubt you will be 'spanking' your man
now so just hit him a little harder. On a side I would make sure you buy one with the LED wheel, getting closer to LeMans, will the deal be done in time.......

Not sure to be honest, looking at a couple of cars.

[giggle]

I would say Nav is a definite option needed as are Sports seats and the dark smoke alloys.

[sone]

Is the sat nav actually any good, its been crap in both of my last Ferraris.not that great in my Audi either.(-:

[andrew]

when i bought the 911, sat nav was a "must have" option for resale

a few years later , the system was "out of date" and not worth a premium !

[Chris_VRS]

I'd say that having Nav may make the car more desirable to a future buyer but a Nav car should only be c.£2k more than a car without. Have you driven the car with Nav enabled? It's not great & is way behind equivalent units in the likes of Audi/Bentley/Porsche.

Sports seats all the way, a car with the 'standard' electric seats is less desirable in my opinion.

Enjoy your search!

[sone]

Chris_VRS said:

I'd say that having Nav may make the car more desirable to a future buyer but a Nav car should only be c.£2k more than a car without. Have you driven the car with Nav enabled? It's not great & is way behind equivalent units in the likes of Audi/Bentley/Porsche.

Sports seats all the way, a car with the 'standard' electric seats is less desirable in my opinion.

Enjoy your search!

Tom Tom all the way for me . (-:
Another thing I've looked at is a car without electric seats, for me this is no problem as I reckon I've adjusted the seats twice in my Audi in 40k miles and possibly twice in the time I've owned my Scud. Sports seats look nice but again I could live without them. What's the thoughts on seat value, what 5-6k? Less for a car with std seats!.

[JazzyO]

sone said:

Is the sat nav actually any good, its been crap in both of my last Ferraris.not that great in my Audi either.(-:

It is fine, actually, I like using it. Only problem is the old maps. I understand you can update them, but my dealer has not yet been able to get me new maps.


Onno

[UH-Matt]

sone said:

Chris_VRS said:

I'd say that having Nav may make the car more desirable to a future buyer but a Nav car should only be c.£2k more than a car without. Have you driven the car with Nav enabled? It's not great & is way behind equivalent units in the likes of Audi/Bentley/Porsche.

Sports seats all the way, a car with the 'standard' electric seats is less desirable in my opinion.

Enjoy your search!

Tom Tom all the way for me . (-:
Another thing I've looked at is a car without electric seats, for me this is no problem as I reckon I've adjusted the seats twice in my Audi in 40k miles and possibly twice in the time I've owned my Scud. Sports seats look nice but again I could live without them. What's the thoughts on seat value, what 5-6k? Less for a car with std seats!.

Sports seats are a MUST. Regular seats look crap. Sports ones really set the interior off how it SHOULD be.... I wouldn't buy one without sports seats.

[sone]

I'm looking at the bottom end of the market I'd appreciate comments on the attached for instance.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Many thanks

Steve

[UH-Matt]

sone said:

I'm looking at the bottom end of the market I'd appreciate comments on the attached for instance.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Many thanks

Steve

When I looked, I found it was worth trying to stretch ~ £5k and get into a 2011 car, considering they mostly have the 7 year service pack included, which is of good value to you or a future purchaser. On top of the service pack you get a 1 year newer car in the deal too.

If you are looking at £150k cars, then I suspect most dealer £160k cars could be had for that with some haggling so don't limit yourself to the bottom 2 or 3 in the classifieds, I found there were deals to be had!

[UH-Matt]

Prefer this one to the red one on your list, as it has black carpets which look so much better than red carpet...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

I'm sure they are open to a bid and it should have 7 year servicing and such, 1 year newer (so 1 year more warranty) :-)

[KenC]

The De Stefano car spend most of its life at the house opposite me. Registration was 1 OZ,it was professionally washed/ valeted at least once a week and had a white wrap on it for a while. Owner moved onto an Avendador and is about to come out of that and into a 458 Spider. The owner buys and sells all his cars through De Stefano.

[sone]

I'm leaning toward the first one because of the mileage, more or less a new car. Spec might not be brill but I could do Europe fo a month and still have a very low mile car.

[cayman-black]

Graypaul car would be my choice too.

[Rocco1]

The 458 being sold by Choice makes a point about the cost of the special order paint
Rosso Corsa aka Ferrari " Fire Red" Paintwork Alone Cost 15,000GBP is this right?

[isuk]

Rosso Corsa is a standard, no cost paint choice. Rosso Fuocco (fire red) is the 3 layer metallic that is the high cost special order paint. The Graypaul car would have listed to £182,877 with the options they are showing when new so has depreciated by just over 15% in nearly 3 years which is pretty good going.

[Chris_VRS]

sone said:

I'm looking at the bottom end of the market I'd appreciate comments on the attached for instance.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Many thanks

Steve

The Graypaul car has yellow stitching which in my eyes is at odds with the rest of the car. Also something which buyers may not be aware of is with the light colour i.e white & yellow stitching on the upper dash it reflects horribly in the windscreen - most distracting.

The Choice Vehicles car has red carpets which would be a no go for me & shouldn't be worth/valued at more money just because it Rosso Fuoco.

The De Stefano car is a nice spec, save for the standard electric seats which feel like you sit on rather than in the car in comparison to the sports seats.

Lovetts have had this one for a while, not keen on the wheels but reckon you could strike a deal c.£162k
http://www.dicklovett.co.uk/Dealers/Ferrari/Used-C...