Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Is 5000 miles worth $100,000??

[Ric Rainbolt (ricrain]

Would you rather have your first girlfriend be a virgin or one that's 
been around?

Some people place a high value on "newness".

I'll take one with 12-15K miles... GTO that is.

Ric Rainbolt

At 09:25 AM 2/20/2007, you wrote:
> Looking at typical market values for 288 GTOs and the like, it blows me away
> that a GTO with 1000 miles is worth about 100k more than one with a few
> thousand miles more!!
>
> And it's possible I'm understating this as well......no lie. I believe I
> read difference between 1k and 2k miles...
>
>
> The irony of course is that a driven GTO is most likely better than a garage
> queen....and it's not like we're comparing a 2k example to a 55k example.
>
> Take the $100k and work on the car....these turbo cars are expensive to
> maintain as it is.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
> I'm still far from writing a check for a *Ferrari* GTO, but figure
> this makes for interesting debate on one of my favorites...
>
> :)
>
> FG
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