This 458 itch: 430 scud?
Discussion
I'm still looking around and happened to be in a main dealer this weekend over a birthday road trip and found a LHD 430 Scuderia with 40+k miles so in budget.
I think I suddenly saw the light over why the 458 as beautiful and as capable as it is just doesn't seem to excite me. I bought a 911 turbo which I had for about a year but was unexcited then I switched for the GT2 I've had this past 10 years now and it still excites me. Seems that Scuderia is just the sort of rawness I love about my GT2.
But can you live with one? Odd trackday but also road trips of a couple of hundred miles in a day sometimes. Too noisy or rough? Or as capable of this as the GT2?
Totally a thing of beauty though seemed to have plenty of handmade race car look about it.
I think I suddenly saw the light over why the 458 as beautiful and as capable as it is just doesn't seem to excite me. I bought a 911 turbo which I had for about a year but was unexcited then I switched for the GT2 I've had this past 10 years now and it still excites me. Seems that Scuderia is just the sort of rawness I love about my GT2.
But can you live with one? Odd trackday but also road trips of a couple of hundred miles in a day sometimes. Too noisy or rough? Or as capable of this as the GT2?
Totally a thing of beauty though seemed to have plenty of handmade race car look about it.
...and that gearbox? I've read about the super fast changes etc but given it's basically a robotised manual, any particular issues with clutch I need to worry about?
The scud I'm looking at will come from main dealer with a two year warranty but it'll be for the long term ownership as per my GT2 has been.
Actually the specific car is at Wilmslow Ferrari -- an import from France with 40k+ miles. Any knowledge of it?
The scud I'm looking at will come from main dealer with a two year warranty but it'll be for the long term ownership as per my GT2 has been.
Actually the specific car is at Wilmslow Ferrari -- an import from France with 40k+ miles. Any knowledge of it?
Regards that pricing history, many thanks first of all, superb how stuff is known to the collective about unusual cars.
I'm really puzzled though. A friend in France sold his Scud middle of last year for 180k EU, I don't know the details but on the face of it was the same as this one apart from 2/3rds of the mileage.
How come this one seems stuck?
Regarding the spot -- crikey it's a small world! Were you the guy rocking up in that 458? I had a cheeky little look over that as we left, they're off the chart beautiful. Had a fun drive back to Buxton -- my partner had to empty out her handbag in readiness for the result of all that cornering and braking. What's with the average speed cameras? Fast through the corners, slow along the straights, I'm sure not what they had in mind!
I'm really puzzled though. A friend in France sold his Scud middle of last year for 180k EU, I don't know the details but on the face of it was the same as this one apart from 2/3rds of the mileage.
How come this one seems stuck?
Regarding the spot -- crikey it's a small world! Were you the guy rocking up in that 458? I had a cheeky little look over that as we left, they're off the chart beautiful. Had a fun drive back to Buxton -- my partner had to empty out her handbag in readiness for the result of all that cornering and braking. What's with the average speed cameras? Fast through the corners, slow along the straights, I'm sure not what they had in mind!
Interesting, although not a main dealer car very similar price. I'm quite struck by the 2 year Ferrari warranty that comes with the one I've seen and the level of prep I think you get from Ferrari.
Is that reasonable or have I been taken in by the coffee and ambience? (and Testerossa + F40 to look at...)
Is that reasonable or have I been taken in by the coffee and ambience? (and Testerossa + F40 to look at...)
Chris355 said:
The THBoler car has sold. The main dealer car I has too many miles unless you aren't going to use it or are never going to sell it. They have had it for sale for a long time; if a dealer with 2yr warranty is struggling then expect to take quite a bath on it if you need/want to sell it one day and expect it to take a very long time.
I'm definitely a long term owner, 10 years in the GT2 so resale might not be an issue, although granted if a dealer is struggling I certainly will should I need to dispose of it. I seem to be sub 2k PA BTW.Gassing Station | Ferrari V8 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff