Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Maranello 575

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

Sounds like a buying opportunity to me.......as long as you are comfortable  
buying a 10 year old car with only 20k miles on it!
 
John
 
In a message dated 2/9/2008 5:42:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Britt2Asa [at] aol.com writes:


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)







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