When Should I Register My 430?

[bad company]

I have just done the spec on my 430 Spider and have a build slot in October which should mean delivery around November. I don't really need the car until the Spring and had in mind putting it into storage and registering it in the new year. That should help the depreciation as it would be a 2007 car.

Trouble is the dealer is saying that Ferrari will not allow this. Does anybody have any experience of this? I would have thought that if I pay for the car I can do more or less what I like with it.

[therossatron]

Sounds like the dealer talking mince to me. What does Ferrari have to do with when you register YOUR car.

The warranty may not run from first day of registration though mind, a friend of mine got caught out with this. Not sure what day they declare it "new" though....

[elms]

bad company said:

I have just done the spec on my 430 Spider and have a build slot in October which should mean delivery around November. I don't really need the car until the Spring and had in mind putting it into storage and registering it in the new year. That should help the depreciation as it would be a 2007 car.

Trouble is the dealer is saying that Ferrari will not allow this. Does anybody have any experience of this? I would have thought that if I pay for the car I can do more or less what I like with it.

I think you are righ with what Ferrari are saying. They wont (rightly or wrongly) let someone take a car without registering it. In their defence it makes a difference between 'cars registered/sold' and 'cars built' and therefore shows on the sales figures.

[Murph7355]

Not only that, but I guess it could lead to complications at sale time if they change the spec between now and then...unlikely as that may be.

Can you not just get them to put the build back 6mths and not pay the final bit until then? Double win.

[cayman-black]

took delivery of both ferrari and lamborghini before registration. one of them was delivered end of november and registered march following year, both cars supplied by hrowen..

[traxx]

bad company said:

I have just done the spec on my 430 Spider and have a build slot in October which should mean delivery around November. I don't really need the car until the Spring and had in mind putting it into storage and registering it in the new year. That should help the depreciation as it would be a 2007 car.

Trouble is the dealer is saying that Ferrari will not allow this. Does anybody have any experience of this? I would have thought that if I pay for the car I can do more or less what I like with it.

Surely the dealer will be more than happy to give you a Jan-07 build slot and exchange it with someone else on the wait list.

I think this is happening a lot at the moment, there are a bunch of people out there who only drive their cars in the summer and don't want a new 430 in December

[DamienCBR]

Probably something to do with dealer targets and them getting there figures for particular months.

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[fid]

bad company said:

...it would be a 2007 car...

Not really, it'd still be model year '06...

[traxx]

fid said:

bad company said:

...it would be a 2007 car...

Not really, it'd still be model year '06...

An Oct-06 build will already be a model year 07