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Sorry, what exactly is the question? Confirm your logic or help finding the car? Or could be I need a second cup of coffee.

 

No affiliation, but if you're shopping for the lower end of the price range it won't get much cheaper than this: Ferrari 599 Fiorano Coupe 2 Door | eBay

 

When you say you want a "grey market 599", do you mean you want a non-US spec car to import into the US?

 

I drove that car a few days ago as I was in Scottsdale on business and the list of "imperfections" is long. Literally the tweeter speaker on the passenger side A pillar was practically dangling. There were several body panels painted per my cursory inspection, looked like it had been smoked in (or at least was really dirty inside), the trunk and engine bay seams where the felt attached looked like they had been put back together by a blind man, the windshield wipers were broken, etc etc. I wanted to like the car as it drove ok, but lord only knows what else you will encounter with it when you peel back the onion. It's a walking money pit waiting to happen. I wouldn't touch the car unless I owned a body shop that could fix all the little things. Even then it would still never compare to a car that had never been hit, but I guess it all comes down to price and someone's level of comfort of risk/reward for buying cheap. I will add that my cousin has mannheim access and they have a wholesale buy it now of $120k OBO. That should tell you something. Don't know if they bought the wreck and fixed it or what, as it didn't show as having previously gone through auction. The funny thing as this was a 4.9/5.0 car as listed by Mannheim, but there was no effing way after seeing it in person. Just leaving feedback for anyone else in the community considering it.

 

That's my understanding of grey market as well. Non US Spec that has to be federalized

 

Grey market means the car is an non-US spec imported into the country.

A blemish on the report is what most would call a "storied" car.

As you see from Soldier's post above, any car at the bottom of the price range will have stuff to deal with. It's always infinitely better to save up and get into something in good condition...and even those cars will have an issue or two anyway.

Personally, I'd take higher mileage over blemished history.

 

Grey market = euro car . From 430 and newer , there are very very few euros floating around. Only seen one euro 599 and commanded a premium because it was a manual .

You may get a attractive price on Canadian car especially with exchange rate.


Remember , there are no cheap Ferraris.

 

Ah ha, I suspected you didn't mean a real grey market car.

No problem with looking at some cars with a "blemish" or two, but the one KY soldier described is not one you want to deal with unless you have the expertise and patience of "Here's a pic of me pulling the engine out of my 612 yesterday!" F chatter trygve11.

The only thing I would caution you on is don't put every last $ into buying the car, save some for maintenance.

 

That car would cost about $20k to bring it right ...

Here's one I look at for my brother when I was in Fl

Used 2008 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Coupe for sale in Florida

 

Assuming well maintained, I agree with this. Depreciation for having been driven is much different than depreciation for neglect or damage. Wishing you good luck.

 

If you can deal with the styling, why not bypass the 599 and go with an FF. Four seats = future proof and they are about at $200k now. Won't be long before they see $180k. I do love the styling of the 612 over the FF though. The 612 is timeless whereas the FF is polarizing but insanely awesome.

 

I don't see how the FF is future proof. I found the FF to be the opposite of insanely awesome.

 

This one seems to have a history or blemish for paint.

 

DonJuan - how was the silver 599 you listed and saw in person?

 

It looked like a good car . It was getting dark when we went and my brother didn't like the colour in person so I didn't give a through look over as I originally intended.