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McClure
Original Poster
1,211 posts
15 months
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There was a thread recently where I think someone was saying their "Eleanor" was a 550 (or maybe a 575?) in TdF with tan and manual. Well, if so, these guys are selling one in that spec for £44.5k http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/product_list.php?id=5...(the way the sales are listed is a bit crap but it is in there...)  
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Galsia
1,209 posts
59 months
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Not exactly the most trustworthy of dealers...
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Monty Zoomer
792 posts
26 months
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McClure said: There was a thread recently where I think someone was saying their "Eleanor" was a 550 (or maybe a 575?) in TdF with tan and manual. Well, if so, these guys are selling one in that spec for £44.5k http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/product_list.php?id=5...(the way the sales are listed is a bit crap but it is in there...) I thought Verdi had been shut down for stealing their customers' money. Has it opened up again under a relative's name or something?
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Mustard
6,609 posts
114 months
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http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/about.phpFounded over 15 years ago  And changed limited company name several times ..... ....as featured on Tv ......for all the wrong reasons!!! doesn't mention any of that funnily enough!!
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McClure
Original Poster
1,211 posts
15 months
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Galsia said: Not exactly the most trustworthy of dealers... Ah. I was not aware of their reputation. 
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Justices
2,340 posts
33 months
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Civpilot
4,735 posts
109 months
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Calling a car your "Eleanor" means that your actually scared of it as whenever you get near on something bad happens? At least that's how I remember it?
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Monty Zoomer
792 posts
26 months
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Civpilot said: Calling a car your "Eleanor" means that your actually scared of it as whenever you get near on something bad happens? At least that's how I remember it? I think that's Christine. Eleanor was a good car.
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FactoryPilot
1,328 posts
85 months
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If Verdi has it, then Christine or Eleanor or whatever you want to call it, probably belongs to someone else 
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Enricogto
246 posts
14 months
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I'ts really looking good but for my liking the steering wheel is on the wrong side...
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ATM
3,093 posts
88 months
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They're showing a 612 Sold for 55k. 
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Mustard
6,609 posts
114 months
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ATM said: They're showing a 612 Sold for 55k. And made £50k profit after costs!
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ingelow
127 posts
70 months
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Does anyone know this car? I assume it's on Sale or Return, and while I wouldn't touch the dealer given what's gone on in the past, if the car is decent, I could well be interested...
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Civpilot
4,735 posts
109 months
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Monty Zoomer said: Civpilot said: Calling a car your "Eleanor" means that your actually scared of it as whenever you get near on something bad happens? At least that's how I remember it? I think that's Christine. Eleanor was a good car. Nope. Eleanor was the 'unicorn' the one car that couldn't be stolen successfully as something bad always happened. In the (crappy?) 2000 remake of the movie it was the only car Nick Cage was actually scared of.
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MitchT
7,054 posts
78 months
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If it's on SOR I guess you could put the word about on the Ferrari forums to see if someone could put you in touch with the owner so you could buy it directly from them, or at least have them re-locate it to a more trustworthy dealer if they don't want to sell it privately. Otherwise, is there a way to protect yourself if the car you really want appears at a dealership that you'd rather avoid?
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JazzyO
1,007 posts
50 months
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Monty Zoomer said: I think that's Christine.
Eleanor was a good car. No, it wasn't. Eleanor was the car that was going to get him caught. But he yearned for it so much that he went for it anyway. With disastrous results. I can certainly relate to a 550 in TdF with tan being someone's dream car. Mine is a different blue but very similar and I love her to bits, even after 5 years together. Great, great cars. Onno
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ingelow
127 posts
70 months
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MitchT said: If it's on SOR I guess you could put the word about on the Ferrari forums to see if someone could put you in touch with the owner so you could buy it directly from them, or at least have them re-locate it to a more trustworthy dealer if they don't want to sell it privately. Otherwise, is there a way to protect yourself if the car you really want appears at a dealership that you'd rather avoid? is there a best forum for this kind of thing? (clubscuderia or fchat?) I only really use PH, so don't have much knowledge of other places. on the question of protection - I must admit to having literally no idea - if the cash paid doesn't get transferred to the real owner, then there could be issues?
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kryten22uk
1,321 posts
100 months
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JazzyO said: No, it wasn't. Eleanor was the car that was going to get him caught. But he yearned for it so much that he went for it anyway. With disastrous results. Er, he didn't steal it because he "yearned" for it or anything daft like that. He needed to steal it or his brother would get killed. Nothing to do with desire for the car itself.
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militantmandy
2,904 posts
55 months
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kryten22uk said: Er, he didn't steal it because he "yearned" for it or anything daft like that. He needed to steal it or his brother would get killed. Nothing to do with desire for the car itself. But hadn't he tried and failed to steal it several times before?
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kryten22uk
1,321 posts
100 months
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Monty Zoomer said: I think that's Christine.
. Christine was the evil possessed car in the book/movie of the same name.
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