RE: Ferrari 550 Maranello: You Know You Want To
Discussion
jonkers said:
I bought mine in 2013, paid £48k after knocking the guy down a little. It's the same/similar spec as the advertised one (Grigio Titanio / Bordeaux interior). I drove it to the South of France - these things are built to cross continents after all - and it was simply awesome. While there it clocked over to 50k miles on the Riviera. That's the life.
I did think about not driving it, for the benefit of it's next owner.
I also thought about not making love to my wife, for the benefit of her 2nd husband once she's finished with me. But where's the upside for me?
Nice to see you and Mon the fish are both using these cars as intended!I did think about not driving it, for the benefit of it's next owner.
I also thought about not making love to my wife, for the benefit of her 2nd husband once she's finished with me. But where's the upside for me?
Stunning car, if you plan to keep it who cares about the miles / value, you are a long time dead.
Nice car but crazy pricing, you can buy newer V12 Astons and other cars for that price, Ferrari prices have gone nuts, even the new cars are priced way beyond stuff like the 328, 348, 355 which was usually a bit pricer than a 911, those days are long gone. Best value V12 has to be the 456 better looking in my view and still available under 50k
PHAB said:
Anyone thinking of buying it...do it. I bought the 109k miler and it's glorious after a fair bit of fettling. Maybe a pair would be nice.....
. Or buy an 850CSi with 350kgs more ballast and 120bhp less to haul it around! 60k?! Makes the 550 look like the bargain of the week!
It sure does !! Just goes to show how silly things have got in the classic market. Or buy an 850CSi with 350kgs more ballast and 120bhp less to haul it around! 60k?! Makes the 550 look like the bargain of the week!PHAB said:
Anyone thinking of buying it...do it. I bought the 109k miler and it's glorious after a fair bit of fettling. Maybe a pair would be nice...... Or buy an 850CSi with 350kgs more ballast and 120bhp less to haul it around! 60k?! Makes the 550 look like the bargain of the week!
Ruched leather and pop up headlights though.. Or buy an 850CSi with 350kgs more ballast and 120bhp less to haul it around! 60k?! Makes the 550 look like the bargain of the week!Talking my own book (to help me sleep at night!) but......who looks at the mileage on a Daytona...or stretching it a 275GTB? Buy a 550 to keep, love, use and enjoy...it will pay you back....modern Ferraris are not the same as the analogue manual front engine NA V12s. Its an extinct species and the prices are only going one way. Anyone know how many owners the Grigio/Bordeaux one has had...?
As for the BMW.....lovely though it is.....its chalk and cheese. Summed up perfectly by the interior comparison!
As for the BMW.....lovely though it is.....its chalk and cheese. Summed up perfectly by the interior comparison!
Harry loved the 550. He also has a Barchetta, so he's still a huge fan. He ran it before the values climbed, so the whole running cost equation has moved on. 456 on bigger-than-standard wheels looks great...until you get a rear 3/4 view of a Maranello. I enjoyed the interior comparison with the BMW...here's another one to enjoy....
Looks lovely , one of these parks near me and is absolutely peppered with stone chips, looks like some of them get out and about getting used properly! Looks very dainty these days compared to the 599, which is at least a real looker, and compared to the over-styled F12 it looks amazing.
ramjet22 said:
Harry loved the 550. He also has a Barchetta, so he's still a huge fan. He ran it before the values climbed, so the whole running cost equation has moved on. 456 on bigger-than-standard wheels looks great...until you get a rear 3/4 view of a Maranello. I enjoyed the interior comparison with the BMW...here's another one to enjoy....
Agreed , the 456 is a real looker but is about the only Ferrari where aftermarket wheels can look better. The 456 is still quite a modern shape and so the old fashioned 17 iinch wheels look too small. Probably the best wheels are the 19" split rims from the 575M HGTC, elegant and purposeful.
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