Bought at Bonhams Today (Not £19.6M!)

[Pork]

London John said:

Fantastic, the perfect arms-length warning.......

Justices said:

What a way for the wife to find out!

"A what? Diablo??"

Quality.

Nice thing is, you can follow it up with "count yourself lucky love, it was nearly a £380k F40!" It almost sounds like you've done her a favour only buying a Diablo!

[Fantuzzi]

Great car, awesome car the diablo, I remember I had a matchbox car of this when I was kid, mine was blue.

One day I will try and get the 1/1 version!

Hope you get in insured quickly so you can enjoy this great honing weather!

[wineman02]

Brillaint story - hat is proper man logic. Will you add a F40 to your garage as well?

[100 IAN]

BoxerF50 said:

Well done, congratulations.

Saw your Mosler go through, someone got a lot of car for the money.

I feel for you, the amount you'll be getting after Bonhams fees will [i'm guessing] be only a fraction of what you bought the car for.

[Adz The Rat]

Looks a fantastic example, great purchase!!

Have you driven one before?

[Hobo]

100 IAN said:

Saw your Mosler go through, someone got a lot of car for the money.

I feel for you, the amount you'll be getting after Bonhams fees will [i'm guessing] be only a fraction of what you bought the car for.

70k seems a bargain, so assuming that's around 60k to the seller !!!

[BoxerF50]

100 IAN said:

Saw your Mosler go through, someone got a lot of car for the money.

Someone got a huge amount of car for the money.

[LongLiveTazio]

BoxerF50 said:

Someone got a huge amount of car for the money.

Top marks to you for buying a car on the basis of its worth as a car instead of a name. Maybe one day people will catch on over here but I suspect not.

[RallyRider]

Congrats on the purchase, was admiring it on Thursday

[BoxerF50]

LongLiveTazio said:

Top marks to you for buying a car on the basis of its worth as a car instead of a name. Maybe one day people will catch on over here but I suspect not.

Thanks. The Mosler is a great car but I don't think it will ever be appreciated by the market. The company has now been sold and the new owners don't intend to use the Mosler brand going forward.

[WCZ]

BoxerF50 said:

Someone got a huge amount of car for the money.

+1 absolute bargain, would have been interested at that price!

[NeilH]

Well done - I did not see this thread before I posted about the "bargins" I though the Diablo and Countach were at Goodwood.

I am sure you will enjoy the ownership experience (well, most of it anyway ..she is Italian after all and "they all do that" )

[f1ten]

Epic this is why i love Pistoheads Forum. Diablo is stunning. Being a 93 model does that mean it has power steering?
looks 10 of 10 and super impressed you drove it away that day! I can only imagine the wife saying, why are you not driving to goodwood in your car? ehhh because Im planning on coming back with a new toy!

i took my otherhalf along to goodwood on saturday and was delighted that we got the thumps up from a few people on the villages on the way home and kids in cars passing, i think all of a sudden she is finally realising why us boys need to have a fun car.

[f1ten]

just seen that the ferrari 500 fastback made £850k after fees... my god thats a lot of money. I know its a very rare Ferrari and quite pretty but its not got any racing pedigree!

[NomduJour]

Not a lot is cooler than a Superfast though.

[knight]

Lovely car, well done on your purchase

I see you are in West Sussex, anytime you are out and about in the Horsham area I'd love to see it close up

[BrendonJ]

Congrats, a beautiful Diablo.

If anyone is interested in the f40 drop me a line and I can let the owner know, he is open to selling it (at the right price)

[will_]

BrendonJ said:

Congrats, a beautiful Diablo.

If anyone is interested in the f40 drop me a line and I can let the owner know, he is open to selling it (at the right price)

He's also posted in this thread:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[f1ten]

Did i pass you in your diablo on Sloane St on sunday ? L reg red with wing?

[100 IAN]

knight said:

Lovely car, well done on your purchase

I see you are in West Sussex, anytime you are out and about in the Horsham area I'd love to see it close up

I live just outside Horsham so you'll probably see [or hear] the beastie about.

If there are any Horsham meet-ups i'd be happy to bring it along.