Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Maranello 575

[clyderomero (clyderomero]

I here ypu Britt but if ypu buy a car with low miles that has been stored you 
have to ask yourself has it been stored properly? Otherwise you will be buying 
a museum piece nice to look at but it will not run! I have over 80K on my 93 
512 TR and when I decide to sell I will sell it to only someone who can 
appreciate that the car has been used not just washed and waxed!

The sad thing is that when you look at Ebay right now there are 550s and 575s 
that are 4yrs and older with no miles on them that are rotting.

It is like buying a used house that no one has been living in. The frame is 
there but that's it. 

Clyde 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com

Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:42:25 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Maranello 575


 
 
I have recently looked at a '91 Mondial T Cab with 10,000 miles. The owner  
works in Singapore so the car has been stored long term. He has driven it once  
in 4 years and now is wanting to sell it. Priced the same as a mid-level  
328GTS.
BTW it is very very difficult to sell a Ferrari with miles on it over here.  
For anything upto 10 years old if it has more than 20k most dealers and  
independents won't touch it. One of them told me that after 20k miles the 
people  
wanting to buy just evaporate.
 
Britt
 
 

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)





BR in the  UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i  (RHD 72,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
2003 BMW 530d
1991  Alfa Spider S4



   
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