I find this really bizzare.......
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How can this make sense:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3383763.htm
When you can have this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3522888.htm
Each to their own and all that but really ???
What sort of person would spend that sort of money on a replica when you can have the real deal for less money?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3383763.htm
When you can have this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3522888.htm
Each to their own and all that but really ???
What sort of person would spend that sort of money on a replica when you can have the real deal for less money?
That replica actually looks okay. At a distance I think anyone not really into Ferraris could be fooled.
But agree with the OP. Why would you have a fake based on an MR2 rather than the real thing? Yes, running costs of a real 348 are likely to be higher, but it should hold its value and I would imagine the first time you get past 5000 rpm you wouldn't be thinking of that anyway.
But then I don't really get modified cars either, where owners often take a relatively cheap and not that fast car and spend a fortune on "making it better", when with the money they spent they could have just bought something better to start with.
Each to his own I suppose.
But agree with the OP. Why would you have a fake based on an MR2 rather than the real thing? Yes, running costs of a real 348 are likely to be higher, but it should hold its value and I would imagine the first time you get past 5000 rpm you wouldn't be thinking of that anyway.
But then I don't really get modified cars either, where owners often take a relatively cheap and not that fast car and spend a fortune on "making it better", when with the money they spent they could have just bought something better to start with.
Each to his own I suppose.
There was a replica thread on here before Christmas, where it was clear that for the same money as a fake, you could get serious genuine vehicles like 996 turbos etc. For what it's worth the 430 replica looks good superficially, but you'd have to be pretty superficial to want something like that anyway. Not that I'll ever get to find out, but I'm sure that a 348 would be far more fun than the replica.
simonigrale said:
How can this make sense:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3383763.htm
When you can have this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3522888.htm
Each to their own and all that but really ???
What sort of person would spend that sort of money on a replica when you can have the real deal for less money?
You could also have thishttp://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3383763.htm
When you can have this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3522888.htm
Each to their own and all that but really ???
What sort of person would spend that sort of money on a replica when you can have the real deal for less money?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
I suppose it does come down to running costs really.
Or even better than the old box 
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3424567.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3502890.htm
I saw one of those F430 replicas (a white one, possibly the one in the ad) and it's far worse than it looks in pictures. Won't fool anybody I'd hope...
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3424567.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3502890.htm
I saw one of those F430 replicas (a white one, possibly the one in the ad) and it's far worse than it looks in pictures. Won't fool anybody I'd hope...
simonigrale said:
Are those brake discs off an Austin Maxi ?
30k yeah right, there is like zero market for these
The only time i ever see them is in links to adverts on threads like these
The simple fact is driving these cheap knock off replicas makes you look like a cock, they dont fool anyone and you appear a desperate wannabe in the process, since most people do care what others think, the market for these types of cars is extremely limited as for 99.9% of people paying 30k to look like a fool does not appeal
The only time i ever see them is in links to adverts on threads like these
The simple fact is driving these cheap knock off replicas makes you look like a cock, they dont fool anyone and you appear a desperate wannabe in the process, since most people do care what others think, the market for these types of cars is extremely limited as for 99.9% of people paying 30k to look like a fool does not appeal
When I was fairly young I came across a 911 c4s for sale . trouble was it was on a Q registration , mate of mine persuaded me I would look like a loser in this car. A real wannabe, he said get a good one or don't bother.
How these guys feel driving around in a replica , I really cannot imagine
How these guys feel driving around in a replica , I really cannot imagine
CIE560 said:
I saw one of those F430 replicas (a white one, possibly the one in the ad) and it's far worse than it looks in pictures. Won't fool anybody I'd hope...
The photos of replicas are always going to be taken from flattering angles.When you see them in the flesh the good ones trigger that 'it's a Ferrari' reaction but you know something isn't quite right. Typically they are too high, carry an excess of Prancing Horses & the interiors never measure up.
Fair play for the amount of effort that goes into them (going as far as to put Maranello Egham stickers in the rear window) but it appears misguided.
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