Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Scuderia stripes $8500

[Adam Green (flatcrank]

I don't have much authority to chime in on this thread, but I've have it on
good authority that in a limited production car like the Scuderia, having
the "livery" is essential to resale value.  As ever, don't buy the car for
the next guy and if you plan on driving it forever, let it be what you want
it to be.  Me, if I'm silly enough to dive in, resale value is very
important -- and its the very public collapse of the Ferrari resale market
that's given me cold feet.

I had been tyring to jump through hoops with the local Ferrari dealer to get
a Scuderia.  Then they announced the Spider version (I'd still rather the
coupe) and the resale market fell apart, the Alfa introduction was a flop
and Maserati resale values are only getting worse.  I question the business
acumen of the current Ferrari management -- following on the 360
overproduction with producing too many F430's just seems to exhibit a
learning disability.  I think 2008 will go into the textbooks as the year
that suspended disbelief, denial and "too good to be true" will finally make
their way into the education of children along with concepts like compound
interest on investments and interest on debt as well as recognizing the
weakness in their own fear and greed.  Here's hoping! : )

All that said, when I found out the stripes were "extra" (even though
they're the visual signature of the car) I took the $8500 to be a challenge
to see just out far out of touch I am with reality.  Still, I would rather
put the extra $8500 into the car with the assurance it would be returned in
a quick resale at the upper end of the resale valuations.

Personally, I don't mind Panaerai, but I don't like wristwatches with
branding.  It reminds me of that guy whose unfortunate photograph showing
him in ferrari shirt, shorts, hat and shoes in the paddock looking just a
little bit too silly for words.