That 458 at "My Next Car"

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Seems to have been there for months and months. Any opinions on the car here spec wise? Obviously LHD not to all tastes but the savings puts that into my buy zone. Right colour for me (first Ferrari red )

I'd really appreciate any opinions or history knowledge of this car, and actually any more general buying tips if you have any.

Cheers

[supermono]

Wasn't sure of the rules -- but I'll try

http://www.my-next-car.co.uk/used-FERRARI-458-Sand...

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I read the MOT history and the weird beam deflector thing -- surely these lights are electronically changeable? and I'd really not noticed the spec which worries me since clearly I'm not very well informed yet as to recognising stuff I want / is present.

Good feedback thanks, I'll take a drive out there over Christmas for a good look.

Beyond telephoning Johnny Foreigner Ferrari to confirm services, what other OUK research is it possible to do? Also, taking it to UK dealer for an inspection will they just look at the car or have access to some central Ferrari database to gather some facts?

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Just noticed their place is next to Copart. Coincidence I hope

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Thanks for info.

I'm not super confident the seller knows his stuff having spoken to him, and actually having dealt with main dealers for the past 12 years of Porsche and Mercs I'm left feeling a bit unclean talking to someone who normally sells hatchbacks about a 100k+ car.

It might well be worth hanging on and waiting for a proper UK RHD car from a main dealer. I guess cars out of the network are cheap for a reason.

Maybe there's a car broker somewhere who knows people looking to buy GT2s and sell 458s

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R8Steve said:

Send me a PM once you're close to a deal and let me know what they've offered you trade. I'm looking for a nice GT2 at the moment and would offer you above what they were offering you if i like the car. If you're not interested in doing so i completely understand though.

Absolutely fine. I'm always puzzled given the enormous spread dealers are creaming off 100k+ cars why so few people strike private deals. Especially with forums like this where cars and characters are often well known over time in the "community". OPC Bristol were looking for a minimum of 20k spread for my car last week less than 500 miles after the last open chequebook service at OPC Cambridge. Presumably to cover the zero work they identified

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Thanks for the information, as you say nothing necessarily wrong with the car but it needs to be confirmed good really rather than not confirmed bad.

Nope, I've been looking at various cheap 458s for a while now and scratching around the 120k bottom end thinking maybe make allowances but for 20-30k more I can get into a proper RHD with solid history that's actually knowable and it's worth that extra for peace of mind and no potential disappointments once I've owned it a few months.

• If* I can't afford a nice one -- that's an indication that I can't afford one at all.

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It does seem that way. Good link thanks. Maybe a drive out over Christmas called for!

This rear parking brake failure? Likely to be an expensive / well known fault? I know the car's cheap but it'd be nice not to have to pay out thousands on day 1

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That's beautiful. I'm starting to move away from red/crema now. Seems a couple of nice dark silvery colours.