Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Info for 308/328

[Charles Perry (charles]

Being 12 years and 4 cars into this game, I can say that Britt's advice
is absolutely the most important. I can't remember which Lister told me
the same thing back in 96 when I started shopping for a TR, but it has
been the one point I've never forgotten and for which I have been the
most grateful.

I was lucky enough to find a mechanic (and Lister) who is a talented,
honest mechanic, is reasonably priced, and is willing to both give
advice and pick up the pieces if I want to try something myself and get
in over my head. That is what made it possible for me to buy my TR (at a
time when the sale price was 150% of my annual income) and add to my
collection over the years.

My other suggestion regards service histories. My own preference is to
find a car that is due for a major, use it as a negotiating point, and
then buy the car and have your own mechanic do the service. You will
certainly have more spending on the "while we're in there" front, but
you will also have your guy being responsible for the work and you will
have the work done at the quality level you ask for, rather than the
"all I need is the receipt for the new buyer" level that otherwise
occurs.

Good luck,

-- charles
 
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Charles G Perry IV
Vice-President, Engineering
 
Carolina Sound Communications - Muzak
7630 Southrail Road, BLDG B
N. Charleston, SC 29420 
(843) 571-4488         www.carolina-sound.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:04 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Info for 308/328

 
 
Find your mechanic first. Find someone you can trust and work with
(unless you are doing everything yourself). You can get the costs from
him/her. 
Suggest  you use the same person for your PPI even if you have to fly
them somewhere and  pay for an overnight.
 
Good luck
Britt

Ok,

So I've been on this damn list for 10 years now.   Finished undergrad,
grad school, law school.  I'm positioned,  following approval of my
physical, to be commissioned into the Army JAG  corps.  I'll be
stationed at Ft. Drum, NY.  Alright, so that is  pretty good.

After watching enough Top Gear with my wife, she is of  the
understanding that I should have a fun car.  I agree with  her.  USAA
gave me a nice commissioning loan at 2.9%, and quite  frankly, I think
it is time to live the dream.

Ok, so I have to  convince the wife of the F-Car.  She knows of my
addiction, and I  think she has come to accept it, after spending 7
years of my life with  her.  But she has this pesky MBA, and she want
numbers.

So I am  interested in average cost per year,  cost of 3.25k, 7.5k, 15k,
and  30k services, depreciation, and other funky stuff that might come
up.

Also, a Clyde price.

Now I start train, presumably, in  Feb.  I finish in July.  I know the
search should take longer  than 8 months, so I don't mind being in OBC
while looking.

What say  you,  F-list?

John
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