Delivery Mileage F430 anyone?

[adf27]

https://auctions.paddlup.com/lot-details/index/cat...

My favourite Ferrari, shame it'll probably end up in a garage all its life

[4rephill]

If I had the money, I'd buy it, get it made road worthy (11 years of being completely unused will have done it no favours whatsoever!), and then I'd use it as a daily, racking up 100,000 miles as soon as possible, as Enzo Ferrari intended for his cars, just to make the investors cry over it!

[Louis Balfour]

adf27 said:

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My favourite Ferrari, shame it'll probably end up in a garage all its life

Looks a bit scabby.

[sfella]

4rephill said:

If I had the money, I'd buy it, get it made road worthy (11 years of being completely unused will have done it no favours whatsoever!), and then I'd use it as a daily, racking up 100,000 miles as soon as possible, as Enzo Ferrari intended for his cars, just to make the investors cry over it!

Wonder how easy it would be, now emissions rules have moved on I bet it would be a pain to get registered.

[gotoPzero]

whats going on with the paint and the general condition looks like its got about 50k on the clock from the outside condition!

[MDL111]

sfella said:

4rephill said:

If I had the money, I'd buy it, get it made road worthy (11 years of being completely unused will have done it no favours whatsoever!), and then I'd use it as a daily, racking up 100,000 miles as soon as possible, as Enzo Ferrari intended for his cars, just to make the investors cry over it!

Wonder how easy it would be, now emissions rules have moved on I bet it would be a pain to get registered.

I think you could not in the EU. Got an email a few years ago that all unregistered Ferraris should be registered prior to x day as not possible afterwards. No clue if UK mirrored that same emissions rule implementation.

[mwstewart]

I'm surprised that it has been presented in that state - it's a missed opportunity.

I say 'state': it's near immaculate but could be much better with a few days of effort.

[Sarnie]

mwstewart said:

I'm surprised that it has been presented in that state - it's a missed opportunity.

I say 'state': it's near immaculate but could be much better with a few days of effort.

I wouldn't say this car is anywhere near immaculate.........

[supersport]

It may only have delivery mileage up must have been one hell of a rough delivery.

It looks terrible. Given those pictures I guess they are not actually wanting to sell it.

[gotoPzero]

MDL111 said:

sfella said:

4rephill said:

If I had the money, I'd buy it, get it made road worthy (11 years of being completely unused will have done it no favours whatsoever!), and then I'd use it as a daily, racking up 100,000 miles as soon as possible, as Enzo Ferrari intended for his cars, just to make the investors cry over it!

Wonder how easy it would be, now emissions rules have moved on I bet it would be a pain to get registered.

I think you could not in the EU. Got an email a few years ago that all unregistered Ferraris should be registered prior to x day as not possible afterwards. No clue if UK mirrored that same emissions rule implementation.

Back in the day in the UK (last time I did it was 15+ years ago) you could put an older car through SVA and so long as you had a certificate of newness from the manufacturer you could have a date of 1st reg from the date of the application for rego. I think the "oldest new" car I put through like that was a 99 so would have been an X reg? and it got an 06 plate. The rules have probably changed now and it wont be so easy!! I think if you had a certificate of conformity back when I did it you would not have even had to bother with the SVA.

[mwstewart]

Sarnie said:

I wouldn't say this car is anywhere near immaculate.........

Touch up a few chips, some steam on the bolsters, re-glue the headlining, and a good detail. That is just a few days of work that even an amateur could take care of, and after that is done you'd have a showroom car. I don't understand why the prep hadn't been done.

[Lee Jones Jnr]

mwstewart said:

I don't understand why the prep hadn't been done.

I don’t understand why the car exists?

[DevonPaul]

Who delivered it?

Ken Block?

[Robotron70]

Hopefully it’ll get snapped up by one of the supercar dealers like Hartley who can wipe it over with some WD40 and then flog it for another £25k claiming it wants for nothing.

[mwstewart]

Lee Jones Jnr said:

I don’t understand why the car exists?

Are you referring to the lack of use? If so I agree. It seems a waste.

[Louis Balfour]

mwstewart said:

Lee Jones Jnr said:

I don’t understand why the car exists?

Are you referring to the lack of use? If so I agree. It seems a waste.

Have you read the bit that says "The story goes..."?

It may or may not be true.

I tried to buy a low mileage Porsche 930 some years ago that had similar outward scabbing and the odd ding. It had been stored in a shipping container for many years. I suspect it was an absolute wreck.

I would be unsurprised if the car in the OP had "enjoyed" similar storage conditions. It certainly doesn't look like a main dealer was storing it.

[Sarnie]

mwstewart said:

Touch up a few chips, some steam on the bolsters, re-glue the headlining, and a good detail. That is just a few days of work that even an amateur could take care of, and after that is done you'd have a showroom car. I don't understand why the prep hadn't been done.

I've owned cars for years that didn't need any of that. It just doesn't look like what what most people would expect a delivery mileage car to look like........

[mwstewart]

Sarnie said:

I've owned cars for years that didn't need any of that. It just doesn't look like what what most people would expect a delivery mileage car to look like........

Oh, I agree, it's slack presentation. My view is that if the mileage & provenance check out then the rest is minor to resolve, and I'd enjoy doing it myself.

The headlinings are a not-unknown issue in these, and are time-based rather than a wear issue. I did however just notice that the bolt underneath the O/S door stricker is missing. That is a bit wierd for an 80 mile car - it actually concerns me more than anything else.

You must have stone chips - these cars are a magnet for them when getting a shift on

[paddlup]

mwstewart said:

Touch up a few chips, some steam on the bolsters, re-glue the headlining, and a good detail. That is just a few days of work that even an amateur could take care of, and after that is done you'd have a showroom car. I don't understand why the prep hadn't been done.

Hi there, thank you for your comments - the prep hasn't been done as we provide an end-to-end service of selling the vehicle on behalf of the seller, and the seller wanted to sell it as is with no work done. We listened to the sellers request, hence it is as is.

[Spleen]

The next 'cool' Ferrari? I don't think so. It's been plagued by divisive opinions over its looks since it was introduced, I don't think that's going to change any time soon.

Edited by Spleen on Tuesday 5th April 21:28