Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 1985 308 QV GTSi euro value

[Mike Fleischer (themightytoe]

While not as truly awesome a driver as Clyde, I replaced the 348's clutch at about 22k miles, but that was probably from learning to heel and toe at the track with it, some significant heat (Texas), and the clutch pads were OK, it was the spring plate that lost its teeth (literally).

My E46 M3's clutch failed at about 44k, and again it was a mechanical problem with the clutch itself, it did not just "wear out", in this case one of the balancer springs let loose and bulleted itself through the clutch housing (down at the street fortunately). Neither Vette, nor my 1st M3 or Boxster (or Spec Miata with 135k miles on it) had any kind of issues...

But a few tips:

Never leave your left foot on the clutch pedal, even lightly.

When engaging and disengaging do it quickly and smoothly, don't linger mid gear, or with the clutch half way in, all the way in, and back out, quickly and smoothly (the latter probably is easier to get right first, the former comes with time).

BR,
Mike


fer308qv [at] aol.com wrote:

Thanks for your input guys...My gut feeling is that if I asked $30K for this car, The first serious buyer would grab it.

Another question................why do you see so many of these cars advertised with new clutches after 20K miles or so? Poor driving habits? Racing? Normal expected wear?

Ive owned many standard cars, rarely ever needed to replace a clutch. Curious.........

-----Original Message-----
From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
To: Matt Kellers <fer308qv [at] aol.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 4:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 1985 308 QV GTSi euro value

Nice Euro QVs are $29-35k range.

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I've seen worn out ones for $25k.

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I've looked at 5 308s personally in the last 3 months and I know what they all sold for.

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78 GTS-38k miles, recent major, nice car but not perfect, sold for $27500. Didn't get any action for a year at $30k however.

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From: Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 4:44:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 1985 308 QV GTSi euro value

I hope good euro last year QVs aren't down that low. Of course if they are, maybe I should just get two spares... :-)

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-Matt

'85 Euro 308 QV

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:34 PM, clarence romero jr <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

Itâs a euro and it is 25 years old

You might get $20k for it

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clyde

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From: fer308qv [at] aol.com [mailto:fer308qv [at] aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 3:16 PM
To: Clyde
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] 1985 308 QV GTSi euro value

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Afternoon listers.......

I am considering putting my beloved car up for sale this year. I havent been tuned in to resale values lately other than whats listed in Cavallino magazine. My question is.... are the values reflected there realistic? How would I determine an asking price?

Any help will be appreciated.

Matt Kellers

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