Just bought my first Fcar

Long story short, my 996 Turbo had massive hail damage Tuesday night. To avoid having a salvage title, I am selling it to a dealer that will then repair it. I was kind of at a loss replacement wise, until I stumbled upon this 2000 360. The good? It's a three-pedal car. The better? It has service records and a recent major. The best? It has a Fabspeed exhaust. The bad? I wish it had a tan interior. Very glad it comes with service records. These cars are not easy to find. Sure, you can find them with a stick, or with service records, or with a roof (not Spyder), .... you get the idea.

Anyway, should be here in about a week and a half. It's going to be my daily driver for a while, as I took the hail opportunity to sell my current daily in addition to the beetle. We'll see how it goes! Hope it doesn't melt in the rain

2000 Ferrari 360 Modena, $71,950 - Cars.com
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The stitching is black. A little plain-jane, but easier to keep clean than red--at least for a drivers car. As long as these cars are cared for properly, there's no reason keep them locked away. I used to be like that. Drive a car once a month because "it was too nice," but I've since changed my tune. My view now is, if you're going to have something, why not enjoy it?

No PPI done. Honestly, I've never done a PPI. The only real bad experience I had to date was my S600 had some big deferred maintenance issues, but they all have those problems (in other words, I was expecting it).

The cam belts were changed yes, but my swiss-cheese brain can't remember when he said. I'd like to say they were done at 25 or 26k miles? I did not ask about the fluids, as I'll have Dave Helms go over the car when it arrives.

Speaking of the price, they were firm on it, but for $72k I'm happy. The other cars I was considering were a F355 GTB (good luck finding a 1999 with a stick and reasonable miles) and a 2008 CL65. The CL65 will be my next car. I'm in the mood for something different. The CL65 is just a faster, two door version of my S600. Oh, and a bit newer. Big whoop. LOL.

Cheers,
Ricky

 

Thanks! I will post updates as I can! The Porsche was a great car, absolutely loved it--and I'm very sorry to see it go. It was an 03 in Arena Red with the PCCB's, the X50 pack, and an authentic GT2 bodykit. Needless to say, it was a screamer. With that said, it was so fast that it was hard to ever enjoy it. As soon as you hit turbo boost, in any gear, you were instantly doing Mach 3. On the flip-side, at least it reminded you of when you were speeding. My only real complaint about the car was the gas tank size. It took 12.5 gallons from when the reserve light came on, so I only got about 180 miles per tank.

 

Thanks for the info Evan. I have Fabspeed headers, cat bypass pipes, and muffler bypass pipes on my 99 C2. Sounds just fantastic. I've been listening to youtube videos of the 360's with Fabspeed and they sound equally as good.

 

Fort Collins, we met... At the C&C by e470 and also up at some get together in Golden. You still had your SL at the time.

Good to hear from you again!

 

Finally got the email from the seller. Belts were done 100 miles ago along with all the fluids. Brakes were done at 26k.

 

^^^^^That's why I waited so long. I was kind of afraid of that. My father has a '99 355GTS, and had a 2002 456GT/M. Both of which I loved driving.

Thank you for the warm welcome,
Ricky

 

Another update, looks like I'm all set. The wire transfer is sent off, papers are signed, and my left kidney being removed as I type.

Originally I was going to have it shipped back up here. Luckily(?), I had second thoughts about it, so I'm paying a friend to tag along with me to pick it up this weekend. We'll head out tomorrow morning and should arrive in Arizona late tomorrow night. I just need to reach Joey again to make sure the dealer will be open on Saturday for me to take delivery.

I really must be excited for this, as this is the first time that I've personally gone out to get a car. First time for everything though I suppose. Should be an easy trip. 13-14 hours according to Google.