Rather high mileage 360 Modena.
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3459849.htm
High mileage 360 for sale - certainly the highest I can remember for a while. Now, miles don’t bother me per se (though I am not in the market for a car with these miles), but surely we’d expect this car to be a lot cheaper?
It’s not like it’s done 75,000 motorway miles. If it’s an experience car, it will have been driven by a lot of people who would have attempted to have been as mechanically unsympathetic as possible until stopped by the instructor! of course, if it's been maintained as well as it should be there's no reason it should be a dog. However, the Ferrai market has a particular type of buyer and this car is likely to be "less desirable". Just musings...
I note that there are no pictures of the interior too... perhaps a good reason?
In other news, where are all the black, manual 360s please!
High mileage 360 for sale - certainly the highest I can remember for a while. Now, miles don’t bother me per se (though I am not in the market for a car with these miles), but surely we’d expect this car to be a lot cheaper?
It’s not like it’s done 75,000 motorway miles. If it’s an experience car, it will have been driven by a lot of people who would have attempted to have been as mechanically unsympathetic as possible until stopped by the instructor! of course, if it's been maintained as well as it should be there's no reason it should be a dog. However, the Ferrai market has a particular type of buyer and this car is likely to be "less desirable". Just musings...
I note that there are no pictures of the interior too... perhaps a good reason?
In other news, where are all the black, manual 360s please!
I had good friend of mine was friendly with the guy that used to run a Ferrari experience thing at a local track. From my understanding he didn't let the customers thrash the cars that much (understandably) and I think he looked after the cars reasonably well.
Having said that I think that car should be A LOT cheaper! High mileage Ferraris are tricky come resale time anyway, but as you said one that's been used as a track day experience car will be even harder to sell. The trouble is, high mileage isn't necessarily a bad thing, however it does limit the resale market. Then to add to that it's a track day car, most people would run a mile! So for me I wouldn't be interested in that for much over £25k! I know that sounds harsh but you could get a much lower mileage car, without the history (ok with a less appealing colour) for the money it's advertised at.
Having said that I think that car should be A LOT cheaper! High mileage Ferraris are tricky come resale time anyway, but as you said one that's been used as a track day experience car will be even harder to sell. The trouble is, high mileage isn't necessarily a bad thing, however it does limit the resale market. Then to add to that it's a track day car, most people would run a mile! So for me I wouldn't be interested in that for much over £25k! I know that sounds harsh but you could get a much lower mileage car, without the history (ok with a less appealing colour) for the money it's advertised at.
I think we're all in agreement! Like I said, nothing wrong with a high mileage Ferrari per se, other than the Ferrari crew seem to think it’s satanic to have anything over 30,000 miles on one! So, yes car might be great, but you’ll take a bath when you come to sell at this level.
I think even at £25,000 you’d struggle to get a sale – it’s a rare individual who’ll buy an ex- ”experience” car.
I think even at £25,000 you’d struggle to get a sale – it’s a rare individual who’ll buy an ex- ”experience” car.
You'd have to be utterly mad to buy that instead of this.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3548097.htm
Or this, from Walkersport with a warranty and 25k miles.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3493545.htm
So what (apart from the obvious) will happen to Ferraris with over 50 000 miles - increasingly that will apply to 360s whether 'experience' or not - does anyone who has posted here so far care that this may be the sweetest running 360 out there (based on previous comments by Harsh & Bebs) ?
johnnyreggae said:
So what (apart from the obvious) will happen to Ferraris with over 50 000 miles - increasingly that will apply to 360s whether 'experience' or not - does anyone who has posted here so far care that this may be the sweetest running 360 out there (based on previous comments by Harsh & Bebs) ?
I can speak for myself, but not for the others. I would like to, but economics dictate that I wouldn't "care" that this may be the sweetest running 360 in the world. That's because I'd take a hell of hit on resale, because the likelyhood of someone buying the car off me at this level will be next to impossible.50,000 mile Ferraris are still some time away though. The older generation of Ferraris aren't quite there en masse yet but then again, they aren't as driveble on a daily basis as the 360 onwards.
Perhaps 5 years down the line a 50,000 mile Ferrari will be more commonplace and people will finally start to buy purely on condition. I'll be of them then, but not today.
lambo_xx said:
I had good friend of mine was friendly with the guy that used to run a Ferrari experience thing at a local track. From my understanding he didn't let the customers thrash the cars that much (understandably) and I think he looked after the cars reasonably well.
Interesting that as a car enthusiast's site he'd probably not be recommended as an experience to go to, because he doesn't let you thrash the cars that much (if you see my point!).
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