355 Bargain or too good to true? :scratchchin:

[turbobungle]

I've found a 1996 355 Spider, Rosso/Crema, Manual, FFSH, belts done in Nov 04, New clutch & P-Zeros & MOT, alarm, 2 trackers, 37,000 miles, £44,000, and its right hand drive! Does this sound too good to be true or is it the 37k miles that makes it cheap? Is 37k likely to be a problem? Help again please guys!

[tony h]

Hi m8. The price seems bang on the money to me, subject to a PPI. I think the seller is being very realistic . If the car was @ on a dealers' forecourt sticker would be £50k, no question. Dealer will take at least £3k or % of sale so you have to take this into account when looking at their prices. Mileage is not a prob if service stamps check out. Make sure hood is 100 % as this is a time consuming and costly procedure to put right.

[angelis]

Sound about right.

Cheapest one I've seen was at Verdi's for £36,000.

[Murph7355]

angelis said:

Sound about right. Cheapest one I've seen was at Verdi's for £36,000.

And that was a spider was it?

[Murph7355]

PS My car just passed 30k miles on the clock and whilst this is very dangerous and asking for trouble, the engine's running better than ever at the moment.

[tony h]

The Verdi £36k car was a'94 GTB with over 50k miles on it.

[F355GTS]

Andy

I was told the V8's were just run in at 29k

[angelis]

tony h said:

The Verdi £36k car was a'94 GTB with over 50k miles on it.

Sorry. Did'nt read the Spider bit. After 355, I sort of lose interest.

That car needed a lot of work on it as well.

[ufoufo]

The problem with Ferraris is that they do not have a life expectancy beyond 30,000 miles! The car will be fine but its value will be on the floor. You will struggle to sell it on with 40,000+ miles and you will end up giving it away. My advice is to either buy it VERY cheap or get one with less mileage and have some comfort zone. Personally I wouldnt bother at all as its out of date, and for the posing factor you will pay dearly in repairs and servicing. Buy yourself an M3 SMG and you will thank me for it. Stop Posing and Start Driving-SPSD

>> Edited by ufoufo on Wednesday 26th October 22:35

[nickster]

off you bellend

[maserati3200gt]

nickster said:

off you bellend

Well Said Nick

[chrisx666]

Another sensible thread trolled to death..I suppose there was too much heat on fchat..

[minimax]

angelis said:

tony h said: The Verdi £36k car was a'94 GTB with over 50k miles on it. That car needed a lot of work on it as well.

oh really?

like what?

:interested:

[angelis]

Lots of paintwork and tidying up inside. Easy to do stuff.

But if it was mecahnically sound, then it would have been a bargain. I paid more for my 348 a few months agao, although it did'nt need any work.

Except for a Tubi which I put in and will probably take off now.

[ade.]

37K on a 355? Thats a good solid ideal mileage if you ask me, the car has been used and (hopefully) maintained well. A Low risk car bascially.

I think 44K , as tony alluded to, is a realistic autumn/winter price for a spider.

In March/April time, the seller would easily be asking more like 49K.

>> Edited by ade. on Thursday 27th October 11:48

[vixpy1]

44K for a 355 spider eh...

Bank manager..

[tony h]

vixpy1 said:

44K for a 355 spider eh... Bank manager..

Hehe! You can't have mine for that , btw

[t1grm]

vixpy1 said:

44K for a 355 spider eh... Bank manager..

You can get LHD ones for 35K to 40K privately

[vixpy1]

t1grm said:

vixpy1 said: 44K for a 355 spider eh... Bank manager.. You can get LHD ones for 35K to 40K privately

don't want a LHD one..

I'm still undecided as to whether i actually want a 550.. but there is the small matter of completeing the rebuild on my Subaru first..

Need to seel alot of Rolling road time