Looked at a dealers F355 today - Is it me or.....?
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Hi there fellow Gassers,
I went to see a Ferrari F355 today that is for sale at a very reputable classic and prestige car dealer, I've come away feeling a little cold and somewhat focused, I'm no expert so I want to ask everyone their views on what I should expect from a 1998 model Ferrari GTS???
from 10 yards to me it looked the nuts, surrounded by other stunning cars it really held its own, after spending a couple of minutes looking over it my OCD started to get a little spiked, the alloys were pitted and scuffed, car has clearly had paint, but not the wing mirrors, they have gone a light shade or red and now in need of paint, crap wax job for the showroom with white hard wax down all seams to doors, bonnet, lights etc. the windscreen was cloudy at the bottom corner, a good 10" by 4" white cloud so very obvious, interior wasn't to bad but all the dash was gloopy, black goo all over my hands from trying to move the broken air vents, console however was okay.
The car is from ireland and is now registered here by the dealer so only showing 1 owner, I wasn't shown any history, MOT's or receipts but I am sure it does have a full SH.
I know it's an old car, I know it's not being sold as concours, however it is top end money, question is, am I expecting to much, some of the things the dealer will put right if asked but I doubt all of them and I do expect more if I drive off with it.
I went to see a Ferrari F355 today that is for sale at a very reputable classic and prestige car dealer, I've come away feeling a little cold and somewhat focused, I'm no expert so I want to ask everyone their views on what I should expect from a 1998 model Ferrari GTS???
from 10 yards to me it looked the nuts, surrounded by other stunning cars it really held its own, after spending a couple of minutes looking over it my OCD started to get a little spiked, the alloys were pitted and scuffed, car has clearly had paint, but not the wing mirrors, they have gone a light shade or red and now in need of paint, crap wax job for the showroom with white hard wax down all seams to doors, bonnet, lights etc. the windscreen was cloudy at the bottom corner, a good 10" by 4" white cloud so very obvious, interior wasn't to bad but all the dash was gloopy, black goo all over my hands from trying to move the broken air vents, console however was okay.
The car is from ireland and is now registered here by the dealer so only showing 1 owner, I wasn't shown any history, MOT's or receipts but I am sure it does have a full SH.
I know it's an old car, I know it's not being sold as concours, however it is top end money, question is, am I expecting to much, some of the things the dealer will put right if asked but I doubt all of them and I do expect more if I drive off with it.
Definitely UV fade, and yes buffing paste is very possibly on the money, the UV fade I've seen it before on my wife's red Astra GTE many years ago, the boot spoiler was plastic and faded fast, I think those cars with their marmite digital dash have become sort after these days haha!!
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