thoughts

[andyleeds]

hi everyone, have found a white 308 QV GTB low miles for £100k.... what do we think, good value?

[johnnyreggae]

Are you serious ? None of the recent auction cars have sold anywhere near that (some went unsold) and its not even a carb let alone a vetro - you might also want to be 100 % sure on the mileage

Having said that there is an argument that if a Dino is £ 300-500 000 why should any 308 not also be six figures

To which an answer is when the music stops......

[rubystone]

Are Dinos selling? Are the £70k 308s selling? Will the trade ever come clean on this?

[andyleeds]

Mileage is right, being in a collection.....

Someone I know in the trade thought a good buy at £90k.....

Rare car, colour and format....

[andyleeds]

Ruby what you mean chief? Are you saying that there's a lot of smoke and mirrors going on?

I have being watching various models and they seem to be selling quickly and stuff seems to be going up :-(

Your thoughts are appreciated as I don't have cash to throw away

Cheers

[johnnyreggae]

andyleeds said:

I don't have cash to throw away

You've been trying to offload £ 50-100 000 on another Ferrari for a few months - unless you are obtaining most of it from the uplift in your 456 the potential for future tears right now is high

[andyleeds]

Hey jonny, am keeping the 456 for a couple of years I think at least as I haven't really driven it much, but have got some spare cash now to put into a couple of cars so was thinking about a 308 as one of them... a 355 or 599 the other one.... But I think that this 308 might be too specialised for me as it looks like the sort of car that might be better off in a collection etc

Didn't yiu have a 355? Or am I thinking of some one else?

Cheers

[Murph7355]

andyleeds said:

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Someone I know in the trade thought a good buy at £90k........

Presumably they haven't bought it though?

[andyleeds]

They are both at competing dealers so I think that's unlikely :-)

he reckons it's good value because it's rare but I think its a bit too rare / unusual for me

[bertie]

The beauty of the QV is that you can just jump in and drive, the carb cars take a lot more TLC to keep them readily usable, so I'm not sure how that sits with a low milage one.

When I were in the market I spoke to Nigel Jeffery and Tim Walker, both top blokes and I'm very happy I did, so I'd talk to either of them for an opinion if I were you.

[andyleeds]

Cheers Bertie

Who does Nigel work for?

Andy

[bertie]

http://www.nigeljeffery.co.uk/

http://www.walkersport.co.uk/

[Behemoth]

andyleeds said:

But I think that this 308 might be too specialised for me as it looks like the sort of car that might be better off in a collection etc

What's so special about it? Turn the key and enjoy. Sounds steep for a 308 but maybe I've missed something.

[Nmj]

andyleeds said:

Cheers Bertie

Who does Nigel work for?

Andy

myself

[Nmj]

rubystone said:

Are Dinos selling? Are the £70k 308s selling? Will the trade ever come clean on this?

the right 246 and 308's are definitely selling

[Andy 308GTB]

bertie said:

The beauty of the QV is that you can just jump in and drive, the carb cars take a lot more TLC to keep them readily usable

I disagree with this.
I've owned a Carb'd 308 for 17 years and in that time the carbs have only been touched once (by Terry Hoyle) - to make the car a bit more MOT friendly. In terms of day to day usability carbs are rock solid, novices fiddling with them is the (well documented) problem.

[bertie]

Andy 308GTB said:

I disagree with this.
I've owned a Carb'd 308 for 17 years and in that time the carbs have only been touched once (by Terry Hoyle) - to make the car a bit more MOT friendly. In terms of day to day usability carbs are rock solid, novices fiddling with them is the (well documented) problem.

Fair enough, I bow to your experience.

I was led to believe they drifted over time and also could be troublesome on hot start.

[Andy 308GTB]

bertie said:

Andy 308GTB said:

I disagree with this.
I've owned a Carb'd 308 for 17 years and in that time the carbs have only been touched once (by Terry Hoyle) - to make the car a bit more MOT friendly. In terms of day to day usability carbs are rock solid, novices fiddling with them is the (well documented) problem.

Fair enough, I bow to your experience.

I was led to believe they drifted over time and also could be troublesome on hot start.

Some old fashioned knowledge of how to use a Choke (although 99 pct of owners use the throttle pedal), combined with knowing your car helps when starting at any temperature - but to my mind that is part of the joy of owning one.

I'm tempted to post up a picture of my carbs - I reckon they have 35 years of grease and crap on them. But they work fine and I don't enter car polishing competitions so best left alone in my book