Finally Got my baby home!! Not all fun and games though.....

Maybe it's been said before in this thread, but you should be glad the selling dealer didn't do the detailing. It most likely would not have been done as well, and whoever did it may well have damaged the paint and you would be way worse off than you are now.

 

Is yours a euro? Mine is a US model.
Jes

 

I've been thinking the same thing. I've never known a dealer to have a good detail department, high-end or otherwise. In fact, whenever I bring my car in for service, I ask them to NOT wash the car because they introduce swirls that weren't there before. My dealer is amazing at the tech stuff, but terrible at washing. The best detailers seem to be the independents, and the best way to find them seems to be word of mouth on the forums.

 

I can't speak for all but the Vegas dealer is one of the best in town. The guy there has 30 years experience and I think because it's a small market -- really takes his time. I've heard the same from others who have used him.

As usual, YMMV.

 

Last time my local dealership washed my car - and it was a decent job by say, Jaguar standards - I thought, "Awesome! Now I have an excellent opportunity to remove some water spots and clay the car again!"

Seriously, keeping up my Ferrari is one of those zen-like things in my life: I just NEED to do it, and it feels sooooo good. I get into the same kind of, "zone" when I'm detailing that I do when I'm shooting (Archery and firearms/Formal targets), or riding motorcycles (Which still tops driving any four-wheeler in my world).

If you haven't felt-up your Ferrari in a while, you're neglecting her. ;^)

Cheers,

George

 

this is why carfax is retarded. I have been burned by it. It dindt show frame damage, while autocheck did. and the car was already well into my possession.



Please, for the love of all gods, use Autocheck. You will be surprised what it brings up that carfax doesn't this is why dealers went to using it when buying cars, and using car fax to sell you one.

 

Good luck.. We are all curious about how this turns out..

 

Chris, congrats on the 360. This is off topic, but my DBS was on that same truck and was offloaded in Roslyn early that same morning. I also have a 2001 360 spider, which I've owned since new and still love. I'm on the island for the summer and would be happy to share my experiences as you get to know your car. Enjoy.

 

Good luck! And don't worry too much about stuff getting done. I used to, but then realized I could pay people to fix/clean the stuff I didn't have time to.

 

Any updates? It's been very quiet...

 

that is right. it has been 2 weeks since you emailed to the dealer.

 

No title? Ruh, roh. Did you ever see a copy of the title? Big problemo if they didn't have that in hand when they sold the car. Hope you get it real soon and if they claim they have it have them scan a copy of the front and back and send that to you.

 

How did you get the car registered in NY without the title?

When I bought my car from out of state, recently, they overnighted the title as soon as I wired them the money. I had the title in my possession while my car was still in transit from the dealership.

 

I'd verify that reciprocal info thing? Call the FLA DMV and NY to make sure that's true and see if there is anything in the system to back up what she is saying? The fear is that they sold the car without having the title and are scrambling to get it. There was the recent story in So. CA about a guy who's dealer sold the car a couple of years back and didn't inform the owner until they started sniffing around? They were out of the country so that's why things fell through the cracks so bad.

Anyway, this dealer is dicking you around. Contact FLA DMV investigations and explain to them what is going on. You're going to have to get tough if you want fast results.

 

Wow... This transaction was a s**** show excuse my French... But it sounds like you were a little bit to trusting! Don't ever pay until you got what you bargained for... You take my money I get my car at same time with everything that is promised to me at that moment. Sometimes that's what happens when you fall in love with a purchase... You just want it so bad you tend to over look things... Oh well lesson learned... I hope it all works out.

 

Florida.. you mean the Southern part of the State of New York? ;-)

When I bought my 360 from Fla. dealership they worked with a "title company" down the road that sends in the title and registers it for you. It's basically an outfit down the road that takes the title and the paperwork, collects it and sends it to the DMV. It took a few weeks, but it did appear on the tax records system and was registered under may name in about a month. It's slower than doing it youself. I did have FAXed documents from them so I could verify legitness etc. I Googled them and even called them and verbally spoke with the title-ing company. Perhaps you might do the same to confirm things?

 

Regretably once they have your money they just don't care anymore. I bought my F car from a dealer in the northeast who assured me that it had "everything" included. All the accessories and books etc. Well it arrived without an owners manual or trickle charger. (Car had only 2 K miles on it). Needless to say after I emailed them about this I never heard from them again. Not a big deal from a financial standpoint but I have a problem with broken promises (even "small" ones).

Hope you get satifactory resolution of these issues.

 

Like a chunk of South America floated up north and collided with a chunk of New York as it was floating south...That's Miami. I love though.

 

Just call your lawyer and have him send them a letter, then they might understand.
Trust me, car dealers of this sort will NOT do the right thing. Not after what they have already done to you. Their game is obvious. they ignored your wishes and were dishonest about things. To be frank, it's a little naive to think this was all an accident. Stop playing along with their waiting game, they're trying to wear you down so you'll give up.