Is this a bubble?

I agree 100%

 

Sort of, although I already own a carb'ed car (1950s Porsche), and frankly I can see why no one uses carbs anymore -- injection is better from a performance/driveability perspective, so you really have to enjoy the sounds.

I agree the 308 has the prettier interior - much closer to the 246/Daytona in flavor, and I suspect that aesthetic is going to keep steel 308 values competitive with 328s.

 

The pure definition of bubble would have to include all cars, all makes and all models and brands

To suggest the 308/328 only is in a bubble is not accurate per say. The bubble hurting would include all cars that have seen positive significant growth in resale.

 

Well, I was in the hunt for a 328 - that was always what I wanted. While I do like the pure look of the 308 (specifically the Euros), the improvements made in the 328 made it that much more desirable for me.

The tipping point for when they become "unaffordable" for me seemed to coincide with the Forza article published maybe 10 years ago? The examples I could find seemed to be out of reach.

Now I know plenty of folks here in that time frame were able to nab a solid 328 in the under $40K range. I know a few people that purchased them as well, so it's not fair to say the article was the reason. It was a perception I had, and it just seemed to pull to blanket off the 328 and it went gangbusters IMHO.

I'm very happy with my '84 QV, and even happier that the 308 is starting to get the recognition of something more than "entry level".

 

It's funny in the collector/enthusiast market, how for some cars the earliest is the most valuable and for others the last of line is the most valuable. Both of my cars are on the ends, my 308 being the very last of the line and my ZR-1 being the very first. And I've exactly missed the mark with both! Earliest 308s and latest ZR-1s carry the highest values right now. I won't complain since I'm in the money on both right now, but I certainly didn't maximize my investment.

Of course neither one is really an investment at this point. I enjoy driving them too much.

 

Only problem if this is a sustained rise in value - is that I will most likely never see the benefit as I wont be a seller. I suppose it is better to own a higher priced car than to own a lower priced car..

I still wish I had have stocked up on a 308 GT4 or two when they were floundering in value

Nearly sold my 308QV 6 months ago to fund a new SUV for my wife - thank goodness that was only a fleeting bout of madness, and the SUV was funded through other means.

 

I own a '77 gtb and a '83 QV. switches are the same. Only the 328 had different ones

 

Carbs make your garage smell better.

 

Lol. That they do.

 

Quote of the month!

 

Unfortunately winter is here and the smell has gone... for now.

Can't wait to get it back.

 

Drivability-certainly. Performance? Not so much.

 

So the QV is the injected sweet spot? It got the power back, and it still has the cool slider switches.

 

Did they go back to carbs for the LaFerrari?

 

Please show photos of the slider controls the rest of us are missing..
Because my 82 has a bunch of them.

 

I was responding to a previous poster who was saying the 308 and the 328 are basically identical....

 

This thread has gotten wayyyy off track. Would be nice to get back on it.


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BubbleWatch 2015 continues, but we can't find one.

 

prices raising on and on and on ...

Euro mono marmita (01/1978) , Cond 2 , Last week 126k EURO , this week 140k EUR !

I can't print my own money as fast as I need it !

 

What does mono marmita mean?


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It is used here in the meaning of "Single-pipe exhaust", the period-correct exhaust for euro carbed 308.
But linguistically this is not right, as a "marmitta" in Italian is in fact the whole silencer, the exhaust box, and every 3x8 has of course only one.

The right translation for "exhaust pipe" in Italian is "Tubo di scarico", and therefore the "right", or most used expression for the single pipe exhaust of the carbed euro 308 in Italian is "mono-scarico".

Rgds

 

Thank you, good to know..
Greg

 

+1

Thank you !

 

To confuse us further, doesn't the single exhaust 308 actually have two silencers/mufflers and one exhaust pipe?

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Hannibal
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