550 Maranello article - they'll be £200k before you know it!

550 Maranello article - they'll be £200k before you know it!

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jtremlett

1,369 posts

221 months

Wednesday 13th December 2017
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harrykul said:
Have you a link?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/550/ferrari-550-maranello/7994784

Jonathan

Mario149

7,750 posts

177 months

Friday 15th December 2017
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ferrisbueller said:
Manual 599 circa 3x the value of a manual 575. No longer a fair comparison.

599 vs 550. The 599 is a big car. Enzo engine but auto only. Much more modern. Personally I doubt I could use 485 horses often, 611 even less so. 550 much more antiquated in terms of tech and ultimate capabilities but analogue. Both look spectacular in their own ways.

It's a nice decision to have to make.
It's the chassis that limits the performance of a 550 in my experience, not the power.

HIS LM

1,279 posts

258 months

Friday 15th December 2017
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jtremlett said:
ttp://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/550/ferrari-550-maranello/7994784

Jonathan
How is it his first ever supercar when he owned a black M reg 355 ?

This-isnt-real

92 posts

76 months

Friday 15th December 2017
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HIS LM said:
How is it his first ever supercar when he owned a black M reg 355 ?
And he had a F40 before that

Typical dealer bull**** !

Camlet

1,132 posts

148 months

Saturday 16th December 2017
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ferrisbueller said:
Manual 599 circa 3x the value of a manual 575. No longer a fair comparison.

599 vs 550. The 599 is a big car. Enzo engine but auto only. Much more modern. Personally I doubt I could use 485 horses often, 611 even less so. 550 much more antiquated in terms of tech and ultimate capabilities but analogue. Both look spectacular in their own ways.

It's a nice decision to have to make.
My 550 Maranello was my first Ferrari. I purchased her in 1999 as a one year old, one previous owner car. Today she's in rude health, in my garage, and has since been joined by a few of her more illustrious siblings.

Between March 2007 and mid 2011, I owned a 599 GTB F1. I bought her new and specced her in gorgeous Grigio Silverstone.

The GTB is a remarkable car and in performance terms is incomparable to the 550. Its ability to cruise effortlessly at very high speed, poodle around town or burst into brutal life in a nano-second is IMO at the core of its appeal. Plus superb styling, its superb F1 box and that gem of an engine. Less impressive is its handling (by a small margin), the 599 is a big car (much larger in relative terms than the 550 and F12) and in GTB form it can struggle occasionally to handle the transition from cruiser to drag racer. In HGTE form it's much better sorted.

While the 550 can't compare in performance terms to the 599 GTB (or in overall build quality - though I did have to reboot my GTB's electrics several times, a weakness which is not uncommon in GTBs), the 550 provides an experience which is sublime. It serves IMO as a wonderful bridge from one era to another. She's compact, beautifully balanced, towering torque, with that priceless click-clack gate, she has an instrument cluster that looks already classic, analogue everywhere. And then her sensual body design which today IMO oozes an Aston type class. That said, she's firmly a GT and not track focused, which is fair enough, she's fine on the track just don't worry when a Scud passes you as if you're in first.

Regarding manual boxes; I totally get the desirability of a 575 with a manual box. But I don't get the premium of a GTB with a manual box (other than it's rare). The 599 was designed with an F1 box in mind. Same way I wouldn't pay a premium for one of the Sultan's RHD F40s. Each to their own but I prefer to have what the experts had in mind.




footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Monday 19th November 2018
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Read this whole thread over the weekend...

A year later, some of the cars mentioned here are still advertised, some around £40k less than 2017. Unlike some other cars, seems like 550 sellers are at least paying attention to the market.

I've struggled with prices over last few years, after just missing out on a £70k 575 manual pre-hype, but now planning to get one (a 550) for next spring.

Not looking to talk prices down, just interested in actual selling prices recently if anyone knows?
There is a very wide spread in asking, even for similar cars. (Don't want ultra-low mileage, would prefer one that's been used continuously).




Claret Badger

214 posts

167 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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I would like to think £85k would get you a decent 550 with about 45,000 miles on the clock. My old one is up for sale here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-R-Ferrari-550-Mara...

Think its a little overpriced but a sorted example. I regret selling it!

footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Claret Badger said:
I would like to think £85k would get you a decent 550 with about 45,000 miles on the clock. My old one is up for sale here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-R-Ferrari-550-Mara...

Think its a little overpriced but a sorted example. I regret selling it!
Does look like a good one, when did you sell it?

cgt2

7,092 posts

187 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Does it definitely have FHP? I can see the modular rims but must be one of the very first as I thought that was introduced in the 1999 model year under the Carozzeria Scaglietti options.

Claret Badger

214 posts

167 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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I sold it in 2015 as had to buy a flat :-(

It definitely has factory option FHP (which was a nightmare in London as car was lower than usual). The diamond stitching was added later and is only on the parcel shelf. I loved the modular wheels! Not sure if they were original though. Tubi exhaust made it sound great though not boomy. Tim at Walkersport checked it over for me before I bought it.

roygarth

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

247 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Claret Badger said:
I sold it in 2015 as had to buy a flat :-(

I loved the modular wheels! Not sure if they were original though.
My 550 had identical modular wheels which were OE. IMO they have better around the edge bolt spacing than the modulars on the 575.

harrykul

2,770 posts

225 months

Saturday 24th November 2018
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Claret Badger said:
I sold it in 2015 as had to buy a flat :-(

It definitely has factory option FHP (which was a nightmare in London as car was lower than usual). The diamond stitching was added later and is only on the parcel shelf. I loved the modular wheels! Not sure if they were original though. Tubi exhaust made it sound great though not boomy. Tim at Walkersport checked it over for me before I bought it.
Can I ask where you got the shelf trimmed? Would love to get mine done.

roygarth

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

247 months

Saturday 24th November 2018
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harrykul said:
Claret Badger said:
I sold it in 2015 as had to buy a flat :-(

It definitely has factory option FHP (which was a nightmare in London as car was lower than usual). The diamond stitching was added later and is only on the parcel shelf. I loved the modular wheels! Not sure if they were original though. Tubi exhaust made it sound great though not boomy. Tim at Walkersport checked it over for me before I bought it.
Can I ask where you got the shelf trimmed? Would love to get mine done.
The Ferrari Centre did mine. I got the entire rear area done. Looked fantastic.

cgt2

7,092 posts

187 months

Saturday 24th November 2018
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harrykul said:
Can I ask where you got the shelf trimmed? Would love to get mine done.
I had my 550 dash retrimmed via Neal Lucas. It took around a month but that was because the trimmer he uses normally works on 250GT's and other rarer Ferraris. The quality of the finished work exceeded the quality when the car left the factory by quite a margin I would say.

harrykul

2,770 posts

225 months

Sunday 25th November 2018
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Great, thanks guys. Will investigate both when the time comes. Getting this and the headlining will create my perfect spec car.

andyleeds

668 posts

218 months

Tuesday 27th November 2018
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How much did a re trim cost? I am thinking of getting my 355 done in new year....

Cheers

Claret Badger

214 posts

167 months

Friday 30th November 2018
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Claret Badger said:
I would like to think £85k would get you a decent 550 with about 45,000 miles on the clock. My old one is up for sale here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-R-Ferrari-550-Mara...

Think its a little overpriced but a sorted example. I regret selling it!
Now dropped in price by £8k I think!

footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Saturday 1st December 2018
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I know the FHP is worth having on the 575, but is it a big step up for 550, or does it make it less comfortable to drive?

johnnyreggae

2,930 posts

159 months

Saturday 1st December 2018
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footsoldier said:
I know the FHP is worth having on the 575,
Personal experience or internet heresay ?

footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Saturday 1st December 2018
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johnnyreggae said:
Personal experience or internet heresay ?
Internet advice...the best kind :-)
Also seems like reviews at the time. You disagree?