Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Maranello 575

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Dan,
Thx for the comments -  it's been a long time since I placed any ads in R&T 
but I think the lead time was at *least* 6 weeks - closer to 8 IIRC.  Maybe 
R&T has some stock photos for The Stable since they buy at least 2 full 
color pages each issue - and silver is a pretty common color.  Of course, 
the world of electronics has increased the speed of everything - maybe they 
have a new procedure in place to allow quicker turnaround of display ads 
with photos?

So, if the Stable gave the owner the 155 he wanted they'll make 20k from 
it -- not bad.  ;-)  of course there overhead is probably pretty high.

The timing *does* seem suspicious -

Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Warlick" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Maranello 575


> Larry,
> I saw that in there and strangely enough I was offered the car about 3 
> weeks ago. I could not bring myself to pay more than 148k for the car. I 
> of course would have bought it for inventory but the owner wanted 155k. I 
> guess the stable stepped up. The only thing I find odd is that I would 
> think that R&T's ad art would have had to have been submitted long before 
> the said 3 weeks ago time frame. It truly is a nice car though.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:14 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Maranello 575
>
>
> > I find this really odd - in the back of R&T there's a For Sale section - 
> > one
> > regular is "The Stable" in NJ - this time they have a '03 Ferrari 575M - 
> > in
> > great condition - with only 762 miles!!  Who buys a car like that and 
> > drives
> > it a little more than 152 miles driven per *year* on average!!
> >
> > Maybe they tought it ws going to be an investment - (*Ha!* it's going for
> > $175k)  I'll bet the cost of paying insurance, taxes, maintanence, etc 
> > just
> > to keep it sitting in the garage!  Just seems to be the ultimate in 
> > waste.
> > Why buy it in the 1st place?  Seems so silly -
> > Am I missing something?  Do some people buy these wonderful machines and 
> > use
> > them as long-term lawn ornaments?
> >
> >
> > Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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