Super cheap F355 for sale

Super cheap F355 for sale

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dvb247

Original Poster:

270 posts

197 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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high miles wouldn't put me off at that price, worth more in parts surely?

Anyone know the car and how it got so many miles on it?

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

DarrenKMC

202 posts

101 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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One things for sure, if you bought it you wouldn't worry about putting more miles on it!

cgt2

7,093 posts

187 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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That's not super cheap...I doubt trade would offer more than £20k.

bordseye

1,975 posts

191 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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If that. Its a left hooker with the sort of mileage that means major wear. 47k isnt cheap, its super expensive.

simonr100

640 posts

116 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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It hasn't been serviced in 3.5 years.........

I am sure this is a car that's been discussed on here before about 6 months ago when it was first up for sale. I think it's owned by two members on the forum.

I love the colour.

birdcage

2,838 posts

204 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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I paid 35k for a RH with 22k miles. They have gone up but I would struggle to see that as cheap!

dvb247

Original Poster:

270 posts

197 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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Cheapest F355 in the UK by far, maybe you guys could show me better examples elsewhere, EU for sale adds?
I have listened to a lot of Ferrari owners and those in the know, on more than one occasion was the rumour that most F355's are clocked, given their age and how many dealers and owners they have all had it's pretty hard to dispute, when I walked away from a £38k red F355 fiorano 3 years ago the owner thought I was mad to worry about mileage when there were dealers he new regularly performed the "time warp!" as part of the annual maintenance, yet he refused the offer and hence was selling it cheaper with genuine 68k miles, 3 years on I'd expect it to be umm at least 44k miles by now!! :-0
I should have purchase that car, Rosso/Crema, race sets, F1, RHD, massive service/receipts file, :-(

rubystone

11,252 posts

258 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Already discussed on a thread that was a shameless plug of the car. The OP then deleted it but not before some facts came out about the car, some repairs made to it and (not that this matters) the price paid for it when first bought by the current owner. The internet makes it difficult to hide any stories. I think it would be a good buy, but not at anything over £40k. But that's just IMHO.

MDL111

6,895 posts

176 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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isn't this the car that was discussed on here not long ago and from memory the thread went sideways quickly .... can't remember the exact reason but from memory the poster was a friend of the owner or sth

For the record, at not far off 60k euros, I do not find it particularly cheap given the mileage. The 355s on mobile.de are largely sticking and have been for a long time and most of those are much lower mileage

It does look nice though in yellow

Evolved

3,553 posts

186 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Even from the low res pics it looks as though the bonnet is ill fitting and the gaps look suspect.

I'm betting up close it would paint a worse picture.

simonr100

640 posts

116 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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MDL111 said:
isn't this the car that was discussed on here not long ago and from memory the thread went sideways quickly .... can't remember the exact reason but from memory the poster was a friend of the owner or sth

For the record, at not far off 60k euros, I do not find it particularly cheap given the mileage. The 355s on mobile.de are largely sticking and have been for a long time and most of those are much lower mileage

It does look nice though in yellow
Yes that's what I remember, somebody did some digging and found something in previous posts which put a different angle on the car completely and how it had been treated......

theRossatron

1,028 posts

231 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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dvb247 said:
Cheapest F355 in the UK by far, maybe you guys could show me better examples elsewhere, EU for sale adds?
I have listened to a lot of Ferrari owners and those in the know, on more than one occasion was the rumour that most F355's are clocked, given their age and how many dealers and owners they have all had it's pretty hard to dispute, when I walked away from a £38k red F355 fiorano 3 years ago the owner thought I was mad to worry about mileage when there were dealers he new regularly performed the "time warp!" as part of the annual maintenance, yet he refused the offer and hence was selling it cheaper with genuine 68k miles, 3 years on I'd expect it to be umm at least 44k miles by now!! :-0
I should have purchase that car, Rosso/Crema, race sets, F1, RHD, massive service/receipts file, :-(
Sorry but this is such unfounded drivel.

coco79

390 posts

173 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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theRossatron said:
dvb247 said:
Cheapest F355 in the UK by far, maybe you guys could show me better examples elsewhere, EU for sale adds?
I have listened to a lot of Ferrari owners and those in the know, on more than one occasion was the rumour that most F355's are clocked, given their age and how many dealers and owners they have all had it's pretty hard to dispute, when I walked away from a £38k red F355 fiorano 3 years ago the owner thought I was mad to worry about mileage when there were dealers he new regularly performed the "time warp!" as part of the annual maintenance, yet he refused the offer and hence was selling it cheaper with genuine 68k miles, 3 years on I'd expect it to be umm at least 44k miles by now!! :-0
I should have purchase that car, Rosso/Crema, race sets, F1, RHD, massive service/receipts file, :-(
Sorry but this is such unfounded drivel.
It's not as uncommon as you think..

theRossatron

1,028 posts

231 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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coco79 said:
It's not as uncommon as you think..
Based on what though, hearsay?

Edited by theRossatron on Tuesday 24th January 17:37

coco79

390 posts

173 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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theRossatron said:
Based on what though, hearsay?

Edited by theRossatron on Tuesday 24th January 17:37
Based on knowing someone who formerly specialised in 'mileage correction'. They were up and down the country, day in day out attending to exotica for private individuals and dealerships...

theRossatron

1,028 posts

231 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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coco79 said:
Based on knowing someone who formerly specialised in 'mileage correction'. They were up and down the country, day in day out attending to exotica for private individuals and dealerships...
Who was he/she? smile

bordseye

1,975 posts

191 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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theRossatron said:
Who was he/she? smile
You dont expect him to name a crook do you?

theRossatron

1,028 posts

231 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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bordseye said:
You dont expect him to name a crook do you?
Why not? it was "mileage correction" so surely this guy was operating under the guise it was completely legal.

On a sidenote, surely its much harder to clock the older cars with the mechanical odometers without leaving physical clues all over the place?

coco79

390 posts

173 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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theRossatron said:
Why not? it was "mileage correction" so surely this guy was operating under the guise it was completely legal.

On a sidenote, surely its much harder to clock the older cars with the mechanical odometers without leaving physical clues all over the place?
Correct, it's perfectly legal to carry out 'mileage correction' just illegal to sell the car knowing it's been carried out and not declaring the same. Apparently, it's only a couple of hours of work with the mechanical odometers..worth the time if you're being paid well for it and 'preserving' the value of the car. I was told they even 'etch' the inside of the dashboard as a record..

dvb247

Original Poster:

270 posts

197 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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it's very very VERY common, my wife's Merc convertible has just gone back for a full refund to a very large respectable dealer due to it not being "genuine 8k miles". had no idea until it when in for a main dealer service, Mercs do leave a marker "implausible mileage detected" if not clocked properly, I now hear they can be!!, Mercedes openly told me how common it is, they had just had a women dropping a top of the range nearly new AMG off for its first service with a mileage blocker inserted into the loom which had us laughing out loud.

I've been assured there was/is a very well known indy Ferrari specialist that specialised in altering, mileage, history documents and genuine books to suit new mileages, out of interest just search rubber dealer stamps on eBay, cost less than £10 for a not so genuine Ferrari main/indy dealer of your choice service stamp.

Regarding the car I didn't know it was up for sale 6 months back and subsequently already discuss so my apologies, regarding the bonnet, yes it does look all out of line round the front lights!!