Collector sues over LaFerrari Aperta denial

This whole story reminds Me of something!...........................





....................Ah, that's it!:

It's like a child having a tantrum in the middle of a shop because his Mum won't buy him any sweets!

There's only going to be one outcome to this lawsuit: Preston Henn is going to lose, he will end up paying the legal costs of both sides, and he will make himself look like a pathetic, spoilt brat - crying because he couldn't get what he wants!

He would do better to pick his dummy up off the floor and simply accept that you don't always get what you want in life!

 

Spot on! Pathetic entitled behaviour.

 

For the most part, that's not the way it works in the US. PH will have his own costs. Ferrari with have theirs. The whole thing will be thrown out by the first judge who looks at it and that will be the end of it. This is not the UK where pathetic libel lawsuits can clog the courts for years on end and the loser gets saddled with the other side's costs.

 

Shouldn't this thread be in General Ferrari discussion? The thread isn't about a LaFerrari, it's about a buyer's ability, or inability, to buy a Ferrari, the model is irrelevant.

 

a part of me can't help but thinks this only helps Ferrari in the long term. People want what they can't have. More potential Ferrari buyers will want to buy their cars once they heard/read about this lawsuit.
might be a brilliant strategy.

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The other two threads were started in general which is where I'd look for a discussion on how Ferrari treats (formerly) valued customers.

On another note it was mentioned somewhere else that being in the FXX program entitled PH to first right of refusal on any new supercar. First I've heard of that and wonder if the poster was confused about the documents from a few years ago where you gave Ferrari first right on a car you were buying when you decide to resell.

 

Definitely a 1st world problem, but for Ferrari to call him unqualified, is just plain wrong. I think he has a case. Especially since he has honored ferrari's request numerous times to show the 275 at events, and the fact that he is a multiple Ferrari supercar owner, should put him at the top of the list. I don't think there are too many people out there with a collection or history with the branding him.

 

Unless you're a world superstar where Ferrari gains some thing by selling you a car one must go through screaming process. This includes consistent purchases of recent manufactured models. So unless you bought the basic 430, 458, FF or F12 aside from the obvious Ferrari supercars, you're not going to qualify. Unfortunately that's what's required and it probably the case here I assume.

Geno

 

But he bought a LaFerrari... He was qualified for that, but not the spyder? It doesn't make much sense....

If anything that has been said here was the cause, I think it has to do with him not being happy at the Corse Clienti program and being vocal about it...

 

Keep in mind there are supposedly 150 out of 499 LaFerrari Apertas. This means 349 people won't qualify.

 

math is not everyones strong suit...theyd prefer to keep thinking using emotions


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Where is Joe? Maybe he can shed some light. Preston has lived the life most only dream about. Giant. Gigantic. Winning and some tragedy. There is a story that he sat in his LaFerrari and could not get out. Just a story I assume.

 

I see no mention of an FF or Cali-T in his collection therefore he is unqualified. Time to drive that yellow F50 to cool off - or a nice trip in the G650 if he can get it back for a day.

 

Sorry, I don't know Preston or the circumstances surrounding this particular matter, so I can't comment.

 

He did not buy a brand new LF. I understand he had to buy his LF on the secondary market.
I think he was already very upset about that. I may be wrong with all that but that is what I had "heard" last year. PH is a razor sharp and absolutely brilliant man and he can afford everything he wants. His heart is in the right place, I have known him for quite some time. He doesn't like the extreme arrogance of certain people. PH is a real car guy, a good man.

Marcel Massini

 

Great post Marcel...From what I know, I really like this PH fellow.


Is PH's rare 275 really the most valuable Ferrari in the world? If so, that alone should have earned him a LFA in my opinion.

 

Hard to say as only the market would tell, but 06885 is not for sale (it's in a trust). This is the one and only "1965 GTO", in my opinion. A total solitaire. If a 250 GTO is worth $50 M and a (genuine) 330 P4 (0856, I mean) maybe similarly priced then 06885 must be at least $75 M. But this discussion does not belong here. A few years ago we (Preston Henn, graphic designer Dave Williams and I) did a special book about 06885, it is available from blurb. It contains many period pix and dox.
For some people Preston may be a bit shrewd or eccentric but he can afford to be so. I like him. A word is a word and a handshake is a handshake. That's how he works. Old school but honest.

Marcel Massini

 

you could argue that without those eccentricities, PH wouldn't be the success he is.

Ferrari could use more people like him as customers IMO.

 

LOL. Will, I cannot believe nobody +1'd your comment yet. Allow me to be the first.
I don't necessarily agree with a lawsuit, but certainly believe PH would rightly belong in a list of invitees for an Aperta.
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They obviously don't want him buying their cars. That's their prerogative and I'm sure that they have their reasons.

That's the problem with huge success and wealth. You become accustomed to never being told 'no'. He does his reputation no favors by reacting the way he has.

 

I think you guys just heard from Mr. Massini who seems to know this man. I will take your word.

As to the rest, I suspect there is much about his situation to which we are unaware. So I think I we should be careful about making harsh judgements.

 

From what Marcel says, I would agree with Caeruleus and given Ferraris ideas about who their best customers are, suspect there is more to the story to make him feel so aggrieved.

 

Agree. This is an internet forum, not a place to speculate or express opinions freely.