458 Speciale appreciation thread

458 Speciale appreciation thread

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woppum

1,132 posts

185 months

Monday 9th October 2017
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what a lovely thread. the specaile is indeed a brilliant car. I have loved and cared for mine since october 15 and done over 10k miles in her. long may the love affair and filthy drives continue.

M7arthy

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74 posts

100 months

Tuesday 10th October 2017
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woppum said:
what a lovely thread. the specaile is indeed a brilliant car. I have loved and cared for mine since october 15 and done over 10k miles in her. long may the love affair and filthy drives continue.
Amen ! Yours looks stunning ! is it Rosso Fiorano ?

430scuderia1

454 posts

217 months

Tuesday 10th October 2017
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I also love mine but only done 2.5k miles in nearly 3 years!

Best car in the world!

woppum

1,132 posts

185 months

Friday 13th October 2017
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M7arthy said:
Amen ! Yours looks stunning ! is it Rosso Fiorano ?
thank you it is indeed

chris neeves

133 posts

164 months

Saturday 14th October 2017
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I absolutely love mine and have done 7,000 miles in 2.5years now. Can think of anything to replace it with.

Here’s a little vid I helped out on with a youtuber last Sunday. Wanted to test against equivalent Porsche and have some fun, which we did ! Excuse the naff doughnuts at the end but I had to drive home on those tyres which were pretty knackered. Hope you all enjoy.

https://youtu.be/G5fesqJI8kc

Chris

GarethRR

130 posts

123 months

Saturday 14th October 2017
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Great thread; get out and use 'em: 2017's adventures in my CS including a damp early morning winter blast, a Silverstone track day and annual trip to Le Mans (not sure my boy liked who was in his seat!)- all in all she clicked over to 70k km. But given the title of the tread, should I sell my early manual V12 Murci for a Speciale? (ps: I will never let the CS go!)





ajr550

489 posts

123 months

Saturday 14th October 2017
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YES

Chrism355

101 posts

159 months

Sunday 15th October 2017
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Give it a few years and he will love who’s sitting in that seat
Good to see a “used” Ferrari not a garage queen

Arsh-Naz

22 posts

85 months

Tuesday 24th October 2017
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Dear all,
I'm thinking of getting a Speciale, however I can't afford a massive depreciation, where do you see their prices in the next year or so ?
Do you think they have bottomed out ?
I have decided to go for Speciale instead of 488 coupe and 458 Spider.
Thanks

sardis

305 posts

175 months

Wednesday 25th October 2017
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Arsh-Naz said:
Dear all,
I'm thinking of getting a Speciale, however I can't afford a massive depreciation, where do you see their prices in the next year or so ?
Do you think they have bottomed out ?
I have decided to go for Speciale instead of 488 coupe and 458 Spider.
Thanks
Dear Arsh-Naz, you have completely missed the point of this thread. Looking at your posting history I suspect half term is playing on your mind. Kindly move elsewhere to the numerous speculation and depreciation threads running on PH.

MingtheMerciless

414 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th October 2017
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That's a bit harsh. I looked at his other posts and he does seem to be concerned about depreciation of a number of alternatives he is considering, which is legitimate. I'm concerned too about not taking a bath with my next one. And where best to get a view (apart from asking Rambolambo) than from those with skin in the game smile?

But perhaps in fairness that isn't central to this thread which I am otherwise enjoying.

sardis

305 posts

175 months

Wednesday 25th October 2017
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Possibly, but not in the context of this thread. There are far too many threads on PH that get polluted by what will this be worth in x,y,z seconds days weeks months etc. I am enjoying this thread because it is about people who enjoy driving their cars and appreciate them for that reason, not their fiscal value. Start a new thread if you want that debate but don't side-track these very rare conversations. Just my opinion of course but here I am further side-tracking. I'll stop now...

MDL111

6,892 posts

176 months

Wednesday 25th October 2017
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not a Speciale, but just picked up a Scuderia end of last week and already did about 1k km - certainly an event to drive. The dealer had an unregistered Speciale in the showroom, looked stunning (and will need to be registered by end of this year for some legal/emissions reason)

Pics for good measure



and together


marky1

1,045 posts

195 months

Wednesday 25th October 2017
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MDL111 said:
not a Speciale, but just picked up a Scuderia end of last week and already did about 1k km - certainly an event to drive. The dealer had an unregistered Speciale in the showroom, looked stunning (and will need to be registered by end of this year for some legal/emissions reason)

Pics for good measure



and together

Looks great. Would you mind letting me know which dealer has the new speciale?

M7arthy

Original Poster:

74 posts

100 months

Thursday 26th October 2017
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MDL111 said:
not a Speciale, but just picked up a Scuderia end of last week and already did about 1k km - certainly an event to drive. The dealer had an unregistered Speciale in the showroom, looked stunning (and will need to be registered by end of this year for some legal/emissions reason)

Pics for good measure



and together

Looks stunning ! Enjoy it in good health. Keep the good experiences rolling

MDL111

6,892 posts

176 months

Thursday 26th October 2017
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marky1 said:
MDL111 said:
not a Speciale, but just picked up a Scuderia end of last week and already did about 1k km - certainly an event to drive. The dealer had an unregistered Speciale in the showroom, looked stunning (and will need to be registered by end of this year for some legal/emissions reason)

Pics for good measure



and together

Looks great. Would you mind letting me know which dealer has the new speciale?
thanks
Moll in Hannover

ajr550

489 posts

123 months

Saturday 28th October 2017
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Going to put a few hundred more miles on mine tomorrow.Whatever that knocks off the value it is worth it !!!
I will post some pics.

f1ten

2,161 posts

152 months

Tuesday 28th November 2017
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Terrific some people that actually use them and it is simply a stunning machine. My driven one yet but frankly I thought the standard 458 was stunning so I badly need to drive one !

topless360

2,763 posts

217 months

Wednesday 29th November 2017
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_Leg_ said:
Did the 500 in August, albeit in my Spider rather than the Speciale. Superb, despite the bloody midges on the west coast.

One word of advice, whatever you do, dont stay at the Gairloch Hotel. Without doubt the worst hotel I've stayed in, ever.
It can't be any worse than the Royal Hotel in Thurso. So wrong in every aspect. My friend did a write up about it on the forum,

Great to hear stories about owners using their Speciale/Scud/CS smile so much better than the 'how much will it be worth in 18 months' type threads.

mikewood

179 posts

129 months

Friday 22nd December 2017
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Most special(e) moment of 2017: after dithering about renting a box trailer to tow behind my motorhome to drive 300 miles to Goodwood for a track day and thinking sod it! drive the Speciale there & back and have a hoot! So that's what I did, and it was a true moment of magickfulness when I drove the perfect line through St Marys just as a Spitfire took off above me! So, 300 miles to GW, 295 miles on track (!), and 300 miles home = 900 miles of ear-to-ear grin! Another Speciale turned up and sat in the paddock all day without turning a wheel. What a waste!

Two years, nearly 10,000 miles, and no regrets!!

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