Asking Prices for Manuals still climbing!!

[F1Sean]

_Leg_ said:

A great car is a great car, regardless of the era, spec or tech and as people mature, they'll seek the experience of owning them and worry less about the "look at me I've got the latest thing" which seems to pervade many people.

Absolutely! Putting aside the fact I can't afford a new 488, I no longer have the burning desire (in my mid 40's) to have the latest "thing" or gadget. My 17 year old 355 maybe be a bit long in the tooth technology wise, but it still puts a smile on my face every time I fire up those 8 cylinders.....

.....and there's no doubting that it can (and frequently does) still turn heads

[Kyodo]

fesuvious said:

F1sean,

The 355 is one of the top 5 most perfectly proportioned, and yet still achingly pretty and beautiful cars in existence.

Stop being so modest

+1

[ZeroH]

This looks lovely, but same ask as the 3k miler coupe that Bols recently sold .. still, if you want a rosso/crema spider with the gate, you have a choice of 1 !


http://carbitrage.co.uk/cars/ferrari-f430-spider/

[MDL111]

F1Sean said:

_Leg_ said:

A great car is a great car, regardless of the era, spec or tech and as people mature, they'll seek the experience of owning them and worry less about the "look at me I've got the latest thing" which seems to pervade many people.

Absolutely! Putting aside the fact I can't afford a new 488, I no longer have the burning desire (in my mid 40's) to have the latest "thing" or gadget. My 17 year old 355 maybe be a bit long in the tooth technology wise, but it still puts a smile on my face every time I fire up those 8 cylinders.....

.....and there's no doubting that it can (and frequently does) still turn heads

I loved my 355 .... so much that I have a model of it (argento nuerburgring berlinetta) on my desk to look at every day - one day I will own another one. Perfect combination of looks, sound and power to be entertaining all the time .... argh off to check mobile.de again

[SL550M]

Agreed on the 355. Still hugely desirable after all these years. Incidentally, when Asprey sponsored the F1 team they launched a limited edition 355 Berlinetta in Grigio Titanio with a unique purple leather interior (looked nicer than it sounds!) and I saw one come up for sale around 1998 and wanted it so badly, but couldn't afford it at the time. Have never seen once since, even though I keep an eye out. Anyone on here know of any in existence? Must be a seriously valuable car now.

[Cactussed]

That's the thing.
I had a drag race in the 355 a while back with a C63 AMG.
The Merc mullered me in terms of straight line speed, but then slowed and wound down the window to let me go by at full noise...

[ferrisbueller]

Graypaul on a fishing trip:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[ZeroH]

ferrisbueller said:

Graypaul on a fishing trip:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Hexagon sold a slightly a only slightly lower miles 360 spider manual for that last year.

[topless360]

Some crazy prices being asked but are they actually selling? I've noticed a couple of Red Manual 360 Spider's on sale for £80-85k that have been on for quite some time:

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

[mrhappy]

topless360 said:

Some crazy prices being asked but are they actually selling? I've noticed a couple of Red Manual 360 Spider's on sale for £80-85k that have been on for quite some time:

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

It's difficult to say as I haven't seen the cars but speaking from experience, there's usually a reason if they're left hanging around...

[markst]

looks to me the cheapest 430 manual is 129k - and to be fair it does look lovely

are they actually selling at these prices ??

[allister]

markst said:

looks to me the cheapest 430 manual is 129k - and to be fair it does look lovely

are they actually selling at these prices ??

I'll let you know markst - It's my car

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

You're right it is a beautiful car, in perfect condition with unmarked leather and faultless main dealer service history.

I've based my pricing upon an almost identical car which sold a couple of months ago, (same colour, spec and mileage) but it was 6 months older - That car apparently sold for very close to it's £129k asking price.

Edited by allister on Sunday 17th April 17:42

[Nano2nd]

allister said:

I'll let you know markst - It's my car

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

You're right it is a beautiful car, in perfect condition with unmarked leather and faultless main dealer service history.

I've based my pricing upon an almost identical car which sold a couple of months ago, (same colour, spec and mileage) but it was 6 months older - That car apparently sold for very close to it's £129k asking price.

does look lovely, obviously a private sell is a tougher deal, be interested to see how you get on. did you consider SOR? or did you get any trade bids?

[cgt2]

Good luck, I hope it sells quickly

It jolly well should after all the effort that has gone into talking the price up on this forum for the past six months!

[allister]

Thanks nano2nd and cgt2 - I decided to sell simply because I fancy a change (and no, it's not because I've seen the light and decided to go McLaren!). That said, I'm not desperate for her to go, if she doesn't sell then fine, I'll be forced to enjoy another summer driving her.

I haven't and wouldn't bother with trade bids, although I may consider sale or return if it seems most potential buyer need to obtain finance. A friend of mine who specialises in high end cars has already offered to help but I told him I'd try selling myself first, as I feel I know the car better then any car dealer and therefore best placed to answer any questions.

[cgt2]

allister said:

I haven't and wouldn't bother with trade bids, although I may consider sale or return if it seems most potential buyer need to obtain finance. A friend of mine who specialises in high end cars has already offered to help but I told him I'd try selling myself first, as I feel I know the car better then any car dealer and therefore best placed to answer any questions.

Just be very careful if going the SOR route. It's very easy these days to check the liquidity of a company and to see if they have any tangible assets. So many of the dealers who will bombard you with exaggerated SOR figures will promise you the earth but literally have nothing to their name. It allows them to give the impression of having a showroom full of a million pounds+ of stock. Smoke and mirrors..

And in many cases they have zero respect for customers cars. I know of one example just recently when someone recently forcibly repatriated a GT3 from a dealer after months of promises to sell it, the previously immaculate car was somewhat the worse for wear.

[allister]

cgt2 said:

Just be very careful if going the SOR route. It's very easy these days to check the liquidity of a company and to see if they have any tangible assets. So many of the dealers who will bombard you with exaggerated SOR figures will promise you the earth but literally have nothing to their name. It allows them to give the impression of having a showroom full of a million pounds+ of stock. Smoke and mirrors..

And in many cases they have zero respect for customers cars. I know of one example just recently when someone recently forcibly repatriated a GT3 from a dealer after months of promises to sell it, the previously immaculate car was somewhat the worse for wear.

Thanks for that cgt2 - That's a very good point and something I hadn't considered.

[roygarth]

allister said:

cgt2 said:

Just be very careful if going the SOR route. It's very easy these days to check the liquidity of a company and to see if they have any tangible assets. So many of the dealers who will bombard you with exaggerated SOR figures will promise you the earth but literally have nothing to their name. It allows them to give the impression of having a showroom full of a million pounds+ of stock. Smoke and mirrors..

And in many cases they have zero respect for customers cars. I know of one example just recently when someone recently forcibly repatriated a GT3 from a dealer after months of promises to sell it, the previously immaculate car was somewhat the worse for wear.

Thanks for that cgt2 - That's a very good point and something I hadn't considered.

Yes if I was considering SOR I would deff go with one of the well/long established Specialists.

[ZeroH]

markst said:

looks to me the cheapest 430 manual is 129k - and to be fair it does look lovely

are they actually selling at these prices ??

Well the black 430 spider manual at slades (07/22k miles/6owners) has sold (was asking £120k)

[markst]

cgt2 said:

It jolly well should after all the effort that has gone into talking the price up on this forum for the past six months!

hahahaha - very good

reminds me of the "200k for your CS thread" !