Ferrari Mailing List: Re: TestaRossa

[philville dejazzd.com (philville]

   I think your apples and oranges is as good as you will get, but they
   are both Ferraris, and there is nothing better.
   Phil
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
   Date: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:31 pm
   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Thx Gang -
   >     There is absolutely nothing in this world as
   > knowledgable as a bunch of
   > Ferrari owners when it comes to deciding if & when a used
   > Ferrari is priced
   > at a reasonable level.!  Thanks to all who responded.
   > BTW, I'm not in the
   > market.  I'd dearly love a TR or a 550 or 360 for that
   > matter but at the
   > moment things are too tight.
   >
   >     This TR just happened to catch my eye and I
   > thought I'd mention it
   > because it looked like a decent deal - all depending on the
   > maintanence
   > history of course.
   >
   >     It all comes down to what work is needed,
   > what work has been left undone
   > and what was done wrong.  I suspect getting an honest
   > answer to those
   > questions might be the hard part..
   >
   >     Someone mentioned the inventory at
   > GullwingMotorCars - they certainly
   > have a huge range of cars!  I only look at the sports cars
   > but they seem to
   > have everything from AH 3000 & XKE basket cases (literally in
   > baskets!) all
   > the way to very nice 275GTBs for 7 figures.
   >
   >     Don't know what kind of info comes with the
   > cars they sell - I guess it
   > all matters what kind of previous/current owner the car comes
   > from.- or is
   > on contingency from.
   >
   >     Anyway - thanks for the info - I really found
   > the omparision of the TR
   > and 550.  The 550 has always been one of my most desirable
   > Ferrari's.  IMO,
   > it looks to have a direct lineage back to the 365 Daytona.
   > I think its the
   > car Ferrari should have built following the Daytona but of
   > course, the
   > technology wasn't there at that time.
   >
   >     Don't know if I would think of the 550 and TR
   > as comparable though.
   > They seem to be very different with different purposes.
   > The 550 seems to be
   > a high performance GT road eater while the TR is more of a "take
   > no enemies"
   > sports car - although a rather large one.  That's not a
   > very good
   > explanation but maybe some of you know what I'm trying to
   > say?  They seem to
   > be apples and oranges...
   >
   >     Thanks again -
   > LarryT
   >
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   > .
   > ----- Original Message -----
   > From: "Fellippe Galletta" <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
   > To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
   > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:27 PM
   > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa
   >
   >
   > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Erik Nielsen
   > <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
   > >
   > >> I echo Clyde's comments, the lowest datapoint I have is $28k
   > for a one
   > >> owner car. But it is worthless at the condition it was in.
   > Hold out
   > >> for a 512, but you'd be better off in a 550, much better car
   > overall.>> Damn near bullet proof.
   > >
   > >
   > > 550 is a better car sure, but is that what he wants?
   > >
   > > A 599 is a better car than a 550 but how many people want that?
   > >
   > > 512 TR/M is the way to go.
   > >
   > > FG
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