Where are the 550's?

Where are the 550's?

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priley

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504 posts

188 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Having recently parted company with my 612 my Ferrari V12 requirement has become even more specific; it now needs to be attached to a manual gearbox. Given prices and availability I'm not ruling out LHD but if anyone is looking to get out of a 550 and into something else you know where I am. And yes, wanted ad placed.

priley

Original Poster:

504 posts

188 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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That a 'no' then?

RamboLambo

4,843 posts

170 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Isn't there 15 advertised on here ?

I understand the older the car gets the harder it is to find your specification requirements but unless you are extremely lucky there is always a compromise with a used car. The older they get I would guess the greater the compromise can be.

Lots of where are the .... Ferrari threads but in comparison to the 3 RHD 650S spiders they seem to be common and readily available

Edited by RamboLambo on Sunday 24th May 18:04

jtremlett

1,375 posts

222 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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RamboLambo said:
Isn't there 15 advertised on here ?...
To be pedantic, the 15 adverts are made up of 4 wanted ads, 1 sold car and 2 Barchettas, leaving 3 LHD and 5 RHD 550 Maranellos actually listed.

Jonathan

Jules360

1,949 posts

202 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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jtremlett said:
RamboLambo said:
Isn't there 15 advertised on here ?...
To be pedantic, the 15 adverts are made up of 4 wanted ads, 1 sold car and 2 Barchettas, leaving 3 LHD and 5 RHD 550 Maranellos actually listed.

Jonathan
Don't worry about the specifics or being a pedant. He just posted so he could mention the 650S.

RamboLambo

4,843 posts

170 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Every ones a winner

R36vw

451 posts

146 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Loads of choice biggrin
You could be looking for a 348.....3 rhd available and that's a peak availability in the last 6 months.
One thing with the older cars is people are holding on. Love the 550s was sorely tempted 2 years ago.. Mistake financially ..yes. But where the market goes who knows. Interest rates are naff all, we've all gone through a tough 5-8 years. People now want what they missed. This has got to be part of the driving factor.
As said there are a few out there. It may be a case of compromising or sit and wait and pay more.
No such thing as Bargain at the moments with ferraris.

priley

Original Poster:

504 posts

188 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Agreed on the points regarding not many actually available and people holding onto them. I guess the lack of blue cars in any spec is adding to the frustration!

rubystone

11,254 posts

259 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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priley said:
R36vw, re no bargain Ferrari's, there's an LHD 348 Challenge on Autoscout for about £50k; the RHD equivalent at Simon Furlonger's is £199k...
I thought Furlonger had a GTC, not a Challenge?

rubystone

11,254 posts

259 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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priley said:
R36vw, re no bargain Ferrari's, there's an LHD 348 Challenge on Autoscout for about £50k; the RHD equivalent at Simon Furlonger's is £199k...
I thought Furlonger had a GTC, not a Challenge?

priley

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504 posts

188 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Yep, realised my error :-)

haroonok

70 posts

213 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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well i have just bought the black car at JCT so that is one less available!

550M

1,104 posts

215 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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haroonok said:
well i have just bought the black car at JCT so that is one less available!
thumbup

priley

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504 posts

188 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Yep, I should have bought that. I have another black car though so was trying to avoid that and red! Looked a nice car.

lambo_xx

2,199 posts

197 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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priley said:
Having recently parted company with my 612 my Ferrari V12 requirement has become even more specific; it now needs to be attached to a manual gearbox. Given prices and availability I'm not ruling out LHD but if anyone is looking to get out of a 550 and into something else you know where I am. And yes, wanted ad placed.
Unfortunately because the market has gone crazy 550s are now worth £457,000,000 each and owners seem to think they'll double in the next 3 months so appear to be holding on to them.

Best of your luck with your search they're lovely cars! Hope you get one soon.

priley

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504 posts

188 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Thanks lambo_xx, my budget dictates that my search has now headed to Europe and LHD. Unless there's a high miles blue car out there in need of a new home?! :-)

550man

163 posts

162 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I have just seen that my old one is back up at Simon Furlonger (2000 38k miles). Never in my wildest dreams think it would be up for GBP95,000 - what a car though. It has straight-through exhausts and so sounds like the later chapters of the Book of Revelations when it passes.

roygarth

2,673 posts

248 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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550man said:
It has straight-through exhausts and so sounds like the later chapters of the Book of Revelations when it passes.
lol