RE: Ferrari F355 GTB: Spotted
Discussion
As we're doing the porn bit, here is my little Italian tart. Bought for £31k in 08 and I cannot get myself to part with her, especially after a red-line blast. It does sound good decatted with a sports exhaust.
Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
soad said:
The 348 that preceded the 355 was not an especially ugly car, but it also wasn't especially pretty.
The 355 was Ferrari's answer. Beauty and power came together and are still very much in evidence today.
I beg to differ. The 348 is the prettiest Ferrari of the last 25 years IMOThe 355 was Ferrari's answer. Beauty and power came together and are still very much in evidence today.
ric p said:
As we're doing the porn bit, here is my little Italian tart. Bought for £31k in 08 and I cannot get myself to part with her, especially after a red-line blast. It does sound good decatted with a sports exhaust.
Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
I bet if you add it up, you will have spent less owning and running that than if you bought a diesel repmobile for the same money at the time, in fact I guess based on the price of the one the OP posted you will have perhaps made something on the purchase price.Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
J4CKO said:
ric p said:
As we're doing the porn bit, here is my little Italian tart. Bought for £31k in 08 and I cannot get myself to part with her, especially after a red-line blast. It does sound good decatted with a sports exhaust.
Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
I bet if you add it up, you will have spent less owning and running that than if you bought a diesel repmobile for the same money at the time, in fact I guess based on the price of the one the OP posted you will have perhaps made something on the purchase price.Currently building a house and if my wife ever discovers how much it's worth, I'll have to work hard to stop it morphing into a very expensive kitchen.
Costs run at less than £1k per year outside of the 3 year belts service, which is a obviously a fair bit more. I did get a £4k+ bill once but this did include radiators, manifolds etc but it is a 18 year old car now.
wokkadriver said:
Someone actually gave Lovett's £65k for that?
3 words… off - your - rocker.
3 words… off - your - rocker.
rockandrollmark said:
£65k!! They weren't far off that new! I heard classics we're going up but that's ludicrous. As for the colour, nice, but as others have said I'll take mine in TDF blue thanks.
What would your valuation of this car be then? So in reality the price "new" was about £180k in today's money.
I have had one of these for three years now (bought for £31.5k in 2012, black and tan) and it has been fairly cheap to run. £750 a year insurance and servicing has been sub-£1k per annum save for some rust repairs due to the previous owner's carelessness which was a £1800.
All in, the car has cost (including purchase price, servicing and insurance) £40k in three years and has a value today of, I guess, £50k (it is getting quite leggy at 70k but didn't miss a beat in the 1,000 miles + I did last year).
If and when something goes pop I'll have to get it replaced but genuinely don't know what I would replace it with. Maybe an NSX which is less pretty but just as fun (if not more so) to drive.
For anyone who is humming and hawing whether or not to take the plunge all I would says is that it has completely stolen my heart. Fantastic car and a joy to own. That noise above 5-6k revs!
I have had one of these for three years now (bought for £31.5k in 2012, black and tan) and it has been fairly cheap to run. £750 a year insurance and servicing has been sub-£1k per annum save for some rust repairs due to the previous owner's carelessness which was a £1800.
All in, the car has cost (including purchase price, servicing and insurance) £40k in three years and has a value today of, I guess, £50k (it is getting quite leggy at 70k but didn't miss a beat in the 1,000 miles + I did last year).
If and when something goes pop I'll have to get it replaced but genuinely don't know what I would replace it with. Maybe an NSX which is less pretty but just as fun (if not more so) to drive.
For anyone who is humming and hawing whether or not to take the plunge all I would says is that it has completely stolen my heart. Fantastic car and a joy to own. That noise above 5-6k revs!
Am I the only one who thinks the 355 is looking horribly dated these days? Some very awkward and clumsy angles on that, and yes, the steering wheel looks like it's from a Ford Transit. The 456, 360 and 550/575 haven't dated half as badly. You can kind of tell that the 355 was just a reskinned 348. Ferrari only ever seem to do an all-new mid-engined V8 once every two generations - 328 was based on 308, 355/348, 430/360, 488/458... what's next? Can guarantee it'll be even uglier than the present-day product.
Personally, I'd much rather have something with a V12 in the middle, and three seats, the driver sat in the central seat. No, I'm not talking about the McLaren F1...
Personally, I'd much rather have something with a V12 in the middle, and three seats, the driver sat in the central seat. No, I'm not talking about the McLaren F1...
RoverP6B said:
Am I the only one who thinks the 355 is looking horribly dated these days?
Yes. I've had my car for four years now and virtually everyone who has seen it (and is not a Ferrari aficionado) cannot believe the design is more than 20 years old. They all think it looks virtually new.
Of course all I have to do to prove its age is open the door...
I've owned my 16000 mile 355 since Jan 2007 having owned a '78 308 GTB for 28 years. I consider the 355 as the best, looking model, often described by the public as a timeless design. Costs about £700.00 a year for normal service and £2100.00 for cam belt / engine out service. Mine is red with black/ burgundy stitching, giving it a classy look
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