Ferrari 355 buying advice

[polar8]

Hi all,

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 1999 355 with F1 gearbox. I need some advice from F1 owners...

Car advertised as having a 'recent' clutch replacement. Being sold by a small indy.

Me to external / third party service manager: "what's the clutch reading?"

Service manager: "70% wear, probably needs a new one."

Dealer response : "oh, that's wrong, it just needed the reading system to be manually reset... 70% is the previous clutch wear. Once reset the reading will be very low. "

Can I ask any owners... Am I being completely had, or is this a potentially authentic response?

Thank you for your help!

[johnnyreggae]

Can you find out how many miles ago is the invoice for the 'recent' replacement ?

[DanoS4]

Well, tbh, the fact that you've asked the question, your awooga bell has gone off.

And imho, rightly so!

Get it checked if you feel the need to

Good luck

Dan

[TISPKJ]

What independent dealer ?

[Cactussed]

TISPKJ said:

What independent dealer ?

This...

[F355GTS]

Cactussed said:

TISPKJ said:

What independent dealer ?

This...

This again and yes check the mileage against the invoice for the parts, it's easy to reset or adjust the readings without replacing the clutch

[polar8]

Thanks for all comments. I don't want to name the dealer as all seems ok so far, and it may unfairly taint. Spoke to a main dealer and they confirmed that there is a reset before a new clutch reading, so it could all be authentic.

I'm jumping in to my first Ferrari (after plenty of Astons, a couple of Lambos, a few 911s, and a Spyker: tip= just say no if offered one) .

Starting Ferrari ownership with one of the prettiest and best sounding from Maranello... In an unusual and rare colour.... Can't wait!

[TISPKJ]

My point was not to name and shame but if one of the well known Independents on here had told you that then no problem, someone outside the inner sanctum ? Then maybe a problem :-)