Will this 355 ever sell

[melvster]

This has been for sale now for at least 12 months, any one know why?? all i can think of is that it is an early car and most prefer the 96-99 355's

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1198818.htm

[yellowgriff]

Early car & you can have a 360 for nearly the same money.. & its a Targa

[melvster]

It is about 8k over priced i reckon. Quite like the Targa personally, would never have the Spyder.

[SpamWich722]

Definitely over-priced; if you stretched a little you could afford a Second-Hand F430 Spider. Thats what I would do.

[Drclarke]

SpamWich722 said:

Definitely over-priced; if you stretched a little you could afford a Second-Hand F430 Spider. Thats what I would do.

A little??

[melvster]

you would need another 25-30K to get a used F430 Spider.

[Mart-1]

I remember seeing this car in February 2009 and noticed that it's not sold

It appeared in very good cosmetic condition, so maybe the Giallo colour and GTS spec just has a limited market?

If it was a Berlinetta or Spider in rosso / TDF /black I reckon the price at that mileage and condition wouldn't be too far off

[Mario149]

May be the problem is it's in concours condition. You're paying a hell of a lot of money, for what is admittedly a beautiful car but stick 10k miles on it and the associated dirt/leather wear etc and all of a sudden you've lost a lot more in depreciation than if you had spent a few £k less and bought yourself one slightly less cosmetically perfect. It's a prime example if ever there was one to always buy a well looked after higher mileage Fcar than a well looked after lower mileage one. You get exactly the same thrill for a lot less total cost.

I don't think it's £8k overpriced though, maybe £3k or so. My 355 (a Spider, so a little more valuable than a GTB/GTS) is creeping up on 50k miles (of which 7k I've done in the year I've owned it) and with a little cosmetic work (stone chips etc) would probably still fetch the £35k from a dealer that I paid for it, and that car has done nearly 35k mies less than mine! It also has the advantage of being an earlier non-airbag car without the ugly steering wheel that came after. In the same vein, it's a 2.7 so clearly a better car than the later 5.2

[melvster]

I think it is over priced as it is an early 355.

[SpeedYellow]

Early is better for some people don't forget... as GTS is seen as worse of both worlds by some people, same wobbly body as a spider without the full open roof and not the drivers car of the GTB.

[Mario149]

melvster said:

I think it is over priced as it is an early 355.

As far as I can tell, 355s are all so old now age basically makes no difference, it seems to be all about mileage and condition. I don't think I've come across anyone who was willing to pay more for a newer one just because it was newer and nothing else

[jdw1234]

Took me nearly 9 months to sell my yellow spider a while ago and I can look at the classifieds and still see the same cars that were around when I was selling.

My car had been prepared by Nick Cartwright and had a very comprehenive service history.

[michael gould]

overpriced by 6k

[rubystone]

Mario149 said:

My 355 (a Spider, so a little more valuable than a GTB/GTS) is creeping up on 50k miles (of which 7k I've done in the year I've owned it) and with a little cosmetic work (stone chips etc) would probably still fetch the £35k from a dealer that I paid for it, and that car has done nearly 35k mies less than mine! It also has the advantage of being an earlier non-airbag car without the ugly steering wheel that came after. In the same vein, it's a 2.7 so clearly a better car than the later 5.2

With all due respect, what makes you think that a spider is worth more than a GTB?

[Mario149]

rubystone said:

With all due respect, what makes you think that a spider is worth more than a GTB?

Just my experience when I was looking for my Spider last year in Jan/Feb. GTBs were looking about £1k cheaper than their equivalent Spiders at the time. Red cars also seemed to command about a £1.5k premium

[bridey0]

There is a gtb for sale on ph with same mileage for 41 that will
clearly deal at 40. Personally I think the yellow cars are better value than the red equivelents but I guess it's a matter of preference and red seems the wanted one!!