Wsup! How to buy a Ferrari?

With all due respect here, I think (from your brief post) that's you might be getting ahead of yourself. And by that I mean, the commitment you're about to make requires a lot more due diligence than "Hey I'm about to buy a car, Anything I should know about it?"

There is enough information on this board about a 430 to fill several books. Most all of it is important. I'm not saying you should read all of it in one sitting... But I would tell you to spend a couple of night reading and doing searches. (and then maybe ask some more specific questions) I am continually amazed by the knowledge here.

Unless, you are in a financial position where this bit of money is irrelevant in which case, dive in. As long as you don't drive like an idiot the day you get it and harm yourself, most all the other issues boil down to money.

My thoughts anyway. Welcome.

 

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As stated above, you should think more about this and do more research. If you were serious, you'd have your price named for the car by now at the least.

Welcome to FChat and I wish you the best on your F430 hunting.

 

If you want information, search down in the F430 section. It's impossible to give you anything but "it's a good car.. buy it" from your description. No year, no model, no mileage, no service or repair information, no mention of maintenance or campaigns being attended to...

We're not mind readers.

If you can afford the car and you like it, buy it. Our only suggestion is have an expert look at it first in case there's something seriously wrong. In general, there's no major issues with the F430's. Some have had the headers replaced under warranty.

The trick is to buy a good one that's been well maintained. If you've found a good one that you like, buy it is my best advice.

Some here have searched literally years for the right car. Others just buy one on a whim. There is no right or wrong anwer.

 

If you could afford a $350k+ car you would know more about it, at least that for $300k you can get TWO 430's You can send me $25k for saving you $200k, thanks.

I am hopping over to the NASA forum to ask if $2.35 mil is a good price for a retired shuttle that I am buying soon, I wonder if I should be more concerned about fuel or maintenance? Oh well I will just skimp on one.....

 

I have just the right 430 for you!

 

shhhh I got a buyer here.

 

If you're willing and able to spend upwards of 350K for a car, why not purchase a 458? The 430 is priced at half what the 458 is.

Kieran's suggestion with research was about reading information on this site and doing research in that manner, NOT about looking at a few online 3rd party car listing sites. With that said your above post says you know a lot about Ferrari's and everything in general, so why bother coming here to even ask for help?

 

Kieran was referring to doing some research in the 430 section here which is a few forums down. As far as price goes, options and colors would help people value the car you want better. A spider will cost much more than the coupe. If the car has the carbon ceramic brakes it would cost a bit more. A red car may command more of a premium than a white car. There are too many variables to be able to properly price a car with just the year, mileage and transmission. The more you list here, the more people can help you out with this.

 

Actually, his comment makes a good bit of sense.

 

Tell us some more about yourself and it will be easier to help. Like where are you cause some areas may have different price ranges.

 

cool. where do you live? that could be a long (and fun) drive

I love silverstone (gray)/red. beautiful combination. and considered a bit of an "off" color, as everyone wants red/tan

good luck with the search!
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If you can afford up to a 350k car, and love the 430 styling - why not go for the Scuderia or 16M. They are the best of the 430 lineup IMO! They should be well under ur budget still.

 

Out of curiosity, why are you limiting yourself to a car with less than 5,000 miles? Expanding on the mileage could make your search a bit easier. These cars hold up pretty well and actually feel faster and run stronger as the mileage builds up. I have driven two F430s, a 2007 Coupe with about 48,000 miles on it and a 2007 Spider with about 7,000 miles on it pretty much back to back and the coupe pulled much harder and felt better overall.

 

here ya go. easy commute, too

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/07-Ferrari-F-430-Coupe-Grigio-MANUAL-shift-5356-miles-/190515012719?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2c5b94646f#ht_26324wt_1167