Just curious, does anyone know this car or the place that has it?...
Just curious, does anyone know this car or the place that has it? http://www.autotrader.ca/a/Ferrari/456/Toronto/Ontario/5_17555882_ON20081117094519374/?showcpo=ShowCPO The price seems very sweet, almost too sweet, but the question is if the car is a basketcase or has issues... I'm not in Toronto otherwise I would just look at it myself but I figured that someone here may know about it so why not ask.
Always liked these cars, drives like a big BMW 750. Black/blue/silver/gray/gold ... are the best colors on these cars. I do not know this car, but I have heard about the automatic transmission being as expensive as the entire car if it pooches. Someone enjoyed this one, therefore, good to see its a driver !
That thing is still around? Ugg..stay well away. Unless sombody has dumped a ton of money into it since I saw it last. The mileage hasn't seemed to have changed much either. If it's the same car..which I think it is.
This is a great thing about F-chat, people everywhere who know the cars. If you are saying it needs a lot of work thats not a good sign at all.... What was wrong with the 456 when you saw it?
It overheated quite badly last time I saw it. I let it cool down and filled the coolant back up, and ran it on the hoist. It needed head gaskets, and the right head was possibly cracked. The rads were leaking, the rear shocks were bad. The lower spoiler did not operate, the rear window was in need of replacement. The headlights were miss aligned and hitting the hood when opened. The windows were totaly out of alignment, needing the Ferrari fix at 3k a door at the time. The car was then parked, and that was the last I heard of it until now. Maybe it was fixed up since then, who knows. But I would stay away from this one.
Wow.... so in other words the price they are asking is only half the cost of the car. It basically is a parts car at this point from what you are saying which is sad because they look so good in black on black. If they put the cash into the car that it sounds like it would need to have had I cannot see them selling it for the price they have on it, it would be way too low. Definitely not a car I would consider now. I saw the ad and thought maybe, especially at the low cost of entry if it didnt need much, but it just needs way too much work to make it a viable purchase. Thanks for the info.
I knew the car would need some work, no way it would be pristine for that low of a price of course. That said I wanted to get an idea about just how bad it was because the price is so low and if the car wasnt in too bad of shape it might have been a good buy. Hearing this though it needs far more work than I would want to be buying.
That is an American car. I think it was 4 sale 1-2 years ago in Fl from the rims. Too bad you didn't buy the M 4 sale in Montreal which was $75k with 35k km. It looked good.
I would only buy a cheap one if your prepared to sort out its issues yourself and deal with it as a project for 2 years. Once sorted,they are great cars and even make a great car for track days with wider tires and the muffler delete pipes. Great sound and handling. Bought mine from the US,usually lower mileage, less bad weather driving.-look at all the leased porsches and ferraris you see here in sh**ty weather.
FWIW, the April issue of Forza has a 456 Buyers Guide segment Forza :: Supercar for Four : 456 Buyer's Guide Chris
I know of a silver 2002 manual - original owner with maybe 20,000 km & he did'nt used it for at least the last 5 years (he owns about 15 other cars) so maybe it is available but it will not be a bargain so if you are really interested I can inquire.
