Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Maranello 575

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Magnificent allegory Clyde.

rick

--- clyde romero <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Actually you are wrong 3-5 miles will not get the
> car up to operating temps.
> And let me ask you this if this were an airplane
> that was flown like this
> would you buy it!
> You would only do it once !
> Cars that are driven like this are the ones we all
> here about all time. 
> Ferraris are like athletes they need to be run hard
> and exercised not wash
> and waxed in oblivion! Like the CAV crowd.
> When I bought my 93 512 TR in 96 it had a grand
> total of 10k miles on it and
> the biggest gripe on the car was DEAD BATTERY!
> Go figure.
> If you buy a low mileage car expect major problems
> from window motors to
> cooling issues along with suspension bushing etc.
> Having a super model locked up in a half way house
> does you no good between
> the sheets when she gets out.
> She will not be flexible when you need her to be.
> 
> Gotta go 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LarryT [mailto:l02turner [at] comcast.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:55 AM
> To: clyde
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Maranello 575
> 
> It's good to see we're "Drivers" here!   As you
> said, it's better to drive
> them than let them sit & rot - there's a sweet spot
> though of low miles but
> not miles that are too low - less than 1000 miles in
> 4-5 years is way too
> low.  OTOH, the MB I bought early last year - a 91
> with 99k on it or approx
> 7000 mi per year.  I did some checking and the owner
> drove it 3-5 miles a
> day back & forth to work and lunch.  
> 
>     IMO that's low miles - but enough to keep things
> from rotting from
> under-use.  I replaced some stuff - mostly regular
> maintanence items and my
> wife stated driving it to work on a 110 mi RT of
> mostly 70 mph driving.
> After 6 months of that it ran perfectly and all the
> rubber, plastic and
> other stuff is still young enough to be in perfect
> condition.
> 
>     There's a place called www.Sloancars.com who
> specializes in ultra low
> mileage cars (mostly Porsches) and asks high dollar
> for them - like an 87
> 959 with ~4000 miles on it.   Total waste of money
> IMO - as you say, cars
> are meant to be driven!
> 
>     You're probably right about the Ferrari being on
> Consignment at The
> Stable - while the owner and his agents still try to
> sell it.
> 
> Have a nice weekend - 
> 
> Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: JAshburne [at] aol.com 
>   To: l02turner [at] comcast.net 
>   Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:13 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Maranello 575
> 
> 
>   Maybe The Stable doesn't own the car, maybe it is
> (and has been) on
> consignment with them.  They get paid a commission
> if they find a buyer and
> the seller can still try to find a buyer on his own.
>  That way the seller
> can be offering it to buyers and meanwhile The
> Stable places an ad for it
> hoping to get a buyer for that particular car to get
> a commission or at
> least to generate traffic to their shop to buy
> something else.  Happens a
> lot, especially with high value items.  
> 
>   I agree with the feeling that it is an entire
> waste to buy a car like that
> and not drive it.  Even if it ever became
> "collectible" (which it won't
> because there just are too many of them), driving
> the car is infinitely
> better for the long term health of the car than
> letting it sit and rot.  Not
> to mention a hell of a lot more fun!
> 
>   I just can't imagine telling my grandchildren "Boy
> oh boy, you should have
> seen all of the cool cars that I have owned!" 
> Grandchildren "Wow, grandpa,
> that sounds great!  They must have been fun to
> drive!  What were they like
> to drive?"  Grandpa, "Er, um, hey have you guys done
> your homework yet?"
> 
>   What a waste!
> 
>   John
> 
> 
>   In a message dated 2/7/2008 3:05:02 P.M. Central
> Standard Time,
> l02turner [at] comcast.net writes:
>     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?
>     >>
> 
> 
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