Parking a ferrari on the street

[achilles8]

I have finally managed to save up some money (about 60k) and am looking to splurge and buy a Ferrari 360 :-) The problem is that my current garage is uselessly narrow and hence I will have to park the car in the street (and I live in Croydon, but in the nice bit- and yeah there is a nice bit!)
Do any of you park on the street, or is it a completely crazy idea? Have been parking my BMW 530i on the street without any problems for the last year.

[jackyum]

your just asking for trouble parking a car like that on any street regardless of area imo

[F355GTS]

I suspect for the extra premium the Insurnace co. would want to charge you, you will be able to rent a suitable garage

[Callughan]

There are a few in town that park on the street. I'm afraid I don't know anything about Croydon, if there are other cars of that caliber in your area then it will not stick out as much.

If you get it in silver you will not be able to see the scratch marks and spit.lol

[pits]

you could if you, hired someone to stand next to it all day who could kick the living crap out of anyone, electrfied the body work, etc
other than that, i wouldnt, i would save up a bit more and get the garage widened

[VladTheDad]

I think it's a bad idea and you'll be worried about it all the time.
I left my old Elise out for one night in a nice street in a nice town and came back to find someone had jumped on the roof. Even in the nicest areas it only takes one person who's had a lager and wants to show off.

[okgo]

I know that in some areaa down that way there are lovley bits.

It really depends on your road, is it a private road? Through road?

Do the neighbours have expensive cars?

I say this because if its purley just a nice house on a busy road where chavs could wander its not worth it.

I have seen many supercars parked on the street down here in Cobham, but they were nice roads that led to more houses.. so not somewhere people would natrually walk..

[S1MMA]

There's a few supercars parked in residential parking bays in the west end (I know of an F430 off Edgware Road, and a few tasty cars off kings road).

Personally I wouldn't even park my Porsche on the street no matter where I live in London, and it doesn't stand out that much. Any Ferrari will attract a lot more attention obviously - just think about how much it would cost to respray one side of the car if it got keyed/kicked etc...

Garage is the way to go. How often will it be used?

[okgo]

I hear you Simma, but I thought the nice areas of croydon were more suburbia than what you are suggesting in West end.

[S1MMA]

yeah, I'm not comparing the areas, just saying that some people do park their top end cars on the street.

Although how much of a great idea that is (or whether or not they can afford to repair any damage that occurs (living off kings road, you'd assume they probably can)) is up for debate!

If you've had to save for a while to afford a Ferrari or similar (I did for my Porsche) you probably would want to limit any incidents of vandalism - I wouldn't want to budget for half a respray every 6 months when a pissed up idiot decides to take a punt at my PAJ, because his life sucks!

Depends how paraniod you'll be (probably very if you're about to buy your first Ferrari) and if you want to budget for new paint every so often if some twerp takes a chunk out of your Fezza!

[okgo]

S1MMA said:

yeah, I'm not comparing the areas, just saying that some people do park their top end cars on the street.

Although how much of a great idea that is (or whether or not they can afford to repair any damage that occurs (living off kings road, you'd assume they probably can)) is up for debate!

If you've had to save for a while to afford a Ferrari or similar (I did for my Porsche) you probably would want to limit any incidents of vandalism - I wouldn't want to budget for half a respray every 6 months when a pissed up idiot decides to take a punt at my PAJ, because his life sucks!

Depends how paraniod you'll be (probably very if you're about to buy your first Ferrari) and if you want to budget for new paint every so often if some twerp takes a chunk out of your Fezza!

Good points.

I would think it IS worth renting a secure lock up somewhere, theres plenty around I would think

[Thorny]

Try this:

http://parklet.co.uk/

[mike_1985]

There is already a red 360 parked on the road by mitcham common . You dont get worse road than that, it seemed ok . I guess it depends which area of croydon you park it in thats all . Most people like the older cars compared to the new ones , i mean if it was a f430 you wouldnt want to park that anywhere on a street as it would get scratched and spat on

[Maxige]

I used to leave my former 997GT3 parked on the street almost every night (SW3, close to Sloane Square) and nothing ever happened.

I changed the car and I now have a F430...I left it outside the garage in a couple of occasions and once the left rear view mirror was missing and another time I got the front fender tagged with some sort of acrylic inc (which came off with a bit of work and a lot of wax/polish).

Edited by Maxige on Tuesday 12th August 10:39

[S1MMA]

Maxige said:

I used to leave my former 997GT3 parked on the street almost every night (SW3, close to Sloane Square) and nothing ever happened.

I changed the car and I now have a F430...I left it outside the garage in a couple of occasions and once the left rear view mirror was missing and another time I got the front fender tagged with some sort of acrylic inc (which came off with a bit of work and a lot of wax/polish).

Edited by Maxige on Tuesday 12th August 10:39

The difference in attention a Porsche gets compared to a Ferrari is massive. When following a Ferrari in traffic (no matter if it's a 355 or an F430) the majority of the population wouldn't give a Porsche a second glance. Same goes to parking on the street - as Maxige said above, it will attract the wrong kind of attention wherever it's parked IMO.

[achilles8]

The road is a residential road and has the usual mix of beemers and mercs but nothing really fancy apart from a couple of Boxsters, but it does have a school close by and we do have some secondary school kids walking past everyday. I think I am going to have to do one of the following: a) Give up on the ferrari dream for now and just buy something less exotic like a 911 or b) wait another couple of years so I can save up and buy another house with a nice big double garage..

Edited by achilles8 on Tuesday 12th August 22:35

[Callughan]

Although in monetary terms its probably cheaper repairing or going through insurance if there is any damage rather than the cost of buying or renting a garage per annum. However it's more upsetting to see something happen to your pride and joy.

[Gold]

achilles8 said:

The road is a residential road and has the usual mix of beemers and mercs but nothing really fancy apart from a couple of Boxsters, but it does have a school close by and we do have some secondary school kids walking past everyday. I think I am going to have to do one of the following: a) Give up on the ferrari dream for now and just buy something less exotic like a 911 or b) wait another couple of years so I can save up and buy another house with a nice big double garage..

Edited by achilles8 on Tuesday 12th August 22:35

Why not just rent a garage - google seems to bring up a number at between £100-150, a small sacrifice for owning a ferrari

[Alexandra]

achilles8 said:

The road is a residential road and has the usual mix of beemers and mercs but nothing really fancy apart from a couple of Boxsters, but it does have a school close by and we do have some secondary school kids walking past everyday. I think I am going to have to do one of the following: a) Give up on the ferrari dream for now and just buy something less exotic like a 911 or b) wait another couple of years so I can save up and buy another house with a nice big double garage..

Edited by achilles8 on Tuesday 12th August 22:35

I would be more concerned about the school traffic damaging it than the pupils. I would have thought that children would appreciate it more than adults and harbour no ill will, but could be completely wrong!

[Callughan]

Alexandra said:

achilles8 said:

The road is a residential road and has the usual mix of beemers and mercs but nothing really fancy apart from a couple of Boxsters, but it does have a school close by and we do have some secondary school kids walking past everyday. I think I am going to have to do one of the following: a) Give up on the ferrari dream for now and just buy something less exotic like a 911 or b) wait another couple of years so I can save up and buy another house with a nice big double garage..

Edited by achilles8 on Tuesday 12th August 22:35

I would be more concerned about the school traffic damaging it than the pupils. I would have thought that children would appreciate it more than adults and harbour no ill will, but could be completely wrong!

I live on a road with four schools, and the kids can be careless bouncing balls on cars and putting rocks in exhausts even while the parents watch! The traffic is an additional worry. But hey it's life.