Looking for that first Ferrari.....

[B14RY W]

Having sold my Range Rover I have promised myself a 360 but the good ones are not lasting for sale long or the prices are fairly top end. This has seen me look at Nero as a consideration to Rosso.

Any views on these two cars? Anyone dealt with James Paul before?

http://www.jamespaul.co.uk/ferrari-360-spider-f1-3...

Or

http://www.theferraricentre.com/used-cars/408/ferr...


The alternative is sacrifice the Spider and go for a Coupe. There is a nice Rosso one at Top Automotive in Cardiff but no one appears to have heard of them


Any advice welcome chaps, being my first Ferrari I want to make sure I get it right

Should have said, I am from the Edinburgh area so it isn't that easy for me to go and inspect the cars. Tim from Walkersport seems to come very highly regarded as someone who could potentially help with inspections.

Cheers

Edited by B14RY W on Friday 16th May 15:25

[X7LDA]

Cant help RE the 360's mentioned however I'm also from Edinburgh and have a F430 spider. I didn't manage to inspect the car beforehand and had it delivered straight to my house. My only advice is either buy main dealer or make sure you pay for a thorough, thorough inspection (regardless of who you purchase it from). These cars get seriously expensive very fast.

As an example, my F430 was given the all clear on the suspension at time of purchase (three months ago) and is now in need of £2k's worth of a suspension refresh already. It's also about to have the headers replaced - which again were fine three months ago - £3k if you go main dealer. Thankfully I bought dealer and mine is all being taken car of, but a good example none the less.

Budget £5-10k a year to cover tyres, clutch, service and any surprises and you should be fine. Some go truoble free for years on end however and generally the newer F cars are very reliable.

Edited by X7LDA on Friday 16th May 16:34

[will_]

B14RY W said:

Having sold my Range Rover I have promised myself a 360 but the good ones are not lasting for sale long or the prices are fairly top end. This has seen me look at Nero as a consideration to Rosso.

Any views on these two cars? Anyone dealt with James Paul before?

http://www.jamespaul.co.uk/ferrari-360-spider-f1-3...

Or

http://www.theferraricentre.com/used-cars/408/ferr...


The alternative is sacrifice the Spider and go for a Coupe. There is a nice Rosso one at Top Automotive in Cardiff but no one appears to have heard of them


Any advice welcome chaps, being my first Ferrari I want to make sure I get it right

Should have said, I am from the Edinburgh area so it isn't that easy for me to go and inspect the cars. Tim from Walkersport seems to come very highly regarded as someone who could potentially help with inspections.

Cheers

Edited by B14RY W on Friday 16th May 15:25

The Ferrari Centre appear to be fairly well liked on here.

Of the two the latter would certainly be my preference - same price as the first, but 10k fewer miles and the lovely-looking carbon sports seats (which I think are quite rare).

[voicey]

I only have these cars in my general data. The James Paul car has been in my data since April and hasn't moved in price. The KHPC car has been in the data since March and has been steadily reducing in price. It looks like it has had another reduction since I last scraped the data at the start of the month. I suspect it is on SoR with a motivated vendor - perhaps there is a deal to be done.



For my price analysis head over here: http://aldousvoice.com/category/buying-and-selling...

I also have a work in progress buying guide here: http://aldousvoice.com/ferrari-360-f430-buying-gui...

[TISPKJ]

I am a big fan of TFC however I have yet to see a bad car for sale there.
If you are serious I am happy to look critically at that car and give you my initial thoughts.
Will have to be a Saturday thou and am away next weekend

[Mike Brown]

Carbon seats compromise driving position and view, I disliked mine, now have normal comfortable seats that afford good alround .visibility and comfort. Not worth the premium ,IMHO only, Mike

[Mike Brown]

Carbon seats compromise driving position and view, I disliked mine, now have normal comfortable seats that afford good alround .visibility and comfort. Not worth the premium ,IMHO only, Mike

[Mike Brown]

Carbon seats compromise driving position and view, I disliked mine, now have normal comfortable seats that afford good alround .visibility and comfort. Not worth the premium ,IMHO only, Mike

[Bluebottle911]

B14RY W said:

Any advice welcome chaps, being my first Ferrari I want to make sure I get it right

Buy a 550.

[Mike Brown]

Yes the latter one looks stunning, but I would go manual if possible, Mike

[Mike Brown]

Yes the latter one looks stunning, but I would go manual if possible, Mike

[Mike Brown]

Yes the latter one looks stunning, but I would go manual if possible, Mike