RE: Ferrari F40: PH Used Buying Guide
Discussion
I can unfortunately see my self one day having to explain to my wife and accountant why I have borrowed money against everything I own including my children to fund an old Ferrari.
Toss up between one of these and 250 SWB for my dream car.
I do have to laugh at the thought of some one spending this much money without having done there homework. Although I know people who have done less intelligent things.
Toss up between one of these and 250 SWB for my dream car.
I do have to laugh at the thought of some one spending this much money without having done there homework. Although I know people who have done less intelligent things.
"The cambelt should be replaced every two years or 6,000 miles. Reckon on this costing £2,000."
Got to admit, there can be no other possible sane reason for this apart from make money for the service partners. Chuck a Gates on there and there should be no good reason why it wouldn't last 10 times as long. Ridiculous.
I guess it's not really an issue if you have the money to buy one in the first place mind.
Got to admit, there can be no other possible sane reason for this apart from make money for the service partners. Chuck a Gates on there and there should be no good reason why it wouldn't last 10 times as long. Ridiculous.
I guess it's not really an issue if you have the money to buy one in the first place mind.
Cool car, but the cambelt replacement every 6k is a bit poor. Everyone b
hes about having to change fluids on an Evo every 6k, but at least it's not cambelts!
hes about having to change fluids on an Evo every 6k, but at least it's not cambelts!Aes87 said:
I just realised that even if I did have the money I simply wouldn't feel worthy of this car, a bit like how that sheikh who bought the $450m Da Vinci should have felt
Just for the avoidance of doubt, why should a prince who pays way too much money on a probably-not-quite-a-Da-Vinci painting in order to display it in a museum for the world to see feel unworthy? 
Weird that some folk are moaning about the article as being pointless. I’m not going to be buying an F40 but I enjoy reading about them and also the resulting interesting comments from PHers. It’s not the most in-depth F40 article ever but so what? Still good to read about such an iconic car and some of the potential problems with them. Thought we were all into stuff like that?!
seefarr said:
Leins said:
I'd have thought your average F40 takes quite a number of years to rack up 6k miles, so probably makes little difference re belt replacement anyway
PH said:
The cambelt should be replaced every two years
Wonder how many have racked up 6k miles in less than 2 years though
So i sold my 1992 F40 a few months ago after 8 years of glorious ownership. In those 8 years i covered 24,000km in it.
A few thoughts:
- cars don’t start at £850k as the article suggests. Digging around and looking in europe/ US you can find a car at £670-720k.
- putting miles on the car crushes the value and the ability to sell the car. Mine was a two owner car with 6k km on it when i bought it. If i had kept it in a garage and just looked at it, it would have been worth another 150-200k when i sold it.
- most people who buy these cars don’t really drive them, only a small subset of owners actually get out and put some miles on them. Mine was out and about constantly.
- service is ridiculously cheap, the car completely reliable. Mine was taken care of by the (utterly superb) Bob Houghton. He also helped me find a car.
- I would avoid franchise Ferrari dealers like the plague unless you want a ‘FFSH’
- one mechanical issue is aircon. It struggled even when well serviced.
- new tyres make a massive difference to the fun that you can have in the car.
- i also put an Alcantara Momo Sterling wheel and a fire extinguisher in it.
- mine was a cat/adjust car. I needed the adjust given my driveway, but i really had no problems with the adjuster system.
- insuring the car to use away from home was a real pain. Insurers are absolutely pillage anyone who wants to use the car and leave it overnight anywhere. That got pretty expensive.
Having sold the car earlier this year I am already wondering how i can get back in one at some point. I bought a McLaren 570s to satisfy my need to have a car that i can use and enjoy, it is brilliant, but it’s no F40. Having said that, i could buy 6 570’s for the price of the F40...
A few thoughts:
- cars don’t start at £850k as the article suggests. Digging around and looking in europe/ US you can find a car at £670-720k.
- putting miles on the car crushes the value and the ability to sell the car. Mine was a two owner car with 6k km on it when i bought it. If i had kept it in a garage and just looked at it, it would have been worth another 150-200k when i sold it.
- most people who buy these cars don’t really drive them, only a small subset of owners actually get out and put some miles on them. Mine was out and about constantly.
- service is ridiculously cheap, the car completely reliable. Mine was taken care of by the (utterly superb) Bob Houghton. He also helped me find a car.
- I would avoid franchise Ferrari dealers like the plague unless you want a ‘FFSH’
- one mechanical issue is aircon. It struggled even when well serviced.
- new tyres make a massive difference to the fun that you can have in the car.
- i also put an Alcantara Momo Sterling wheel and a fire extinguisher in it.
- mine was a cat/adjust car. I needed the adjust given my driveway, but i really had no problems with the adjuster system.
- insuring the car to use away from home was a real pain. Insurers are absolutely pillage anyone who wants to use the car and leave it overnight anywhere. That got pretty expensive.
Having sold the car earlier this year I am already wondering how i can get back in one at some point. I bought a McLaren 570s to satisfy my need to have a car that i can use and enjoy, it is brilliant, but it’s no F40. Having said that, i could buy 6 570’s for the price of the F40...
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