Methinks someone’s taking the internet a bit too seriously… I’ve been cancelled! (you do realize that the owl response is to the price of the 308 and not your question, right?)
First time that I've seen one with the front spoiler black, but the area below the doors body color. I'm not a fan of having the front spoiler and area below the doors body color, but I like this even less .
Not surprising. That said, I’m definitely interested if the new buyer ever wants to sell some of the aftermarket parts (I have been looking for used Capristo…)
Yea, there was no owl, your logo was in place taking up the entire page, the wol showd up 10 minutes later. I took it as a pompous statement. No worries, but as you can tell I'm not a fan of spam and on this form there are a lot of spammers, scammers and con people trying to make a buck off the members.
Is that some form of apology? My post was never edited, so must have been a glitch of some kind on your end for the picture to not have loaded properly. And besides, I’ve been here over 20 years, long before becoming a sponsor. Publicly admonishing someone whom you don’t know is poor form. I can see that you are not subscribed in any fashion, so you probably miss 99% of my posts. But suffice to say, I’ve contributed a great deal to this website for quite a long time and find your manner of acting to be rather uncouth, but fortunately not the experience I’m used to having with the many real life friends who also participate on this forum and conduct themselves as responsible adults. But now back to the regular scheduled programming. Did anyone else notice this somewhat large price drop recently? Image Unavailable, Please Login
These price drops will happen across the board. Cars are ridiculously priced right now. Especially exotics.
A boxer is in the same boat, half that of a Daytona and cheaper than a Dino with a Fiat engine but a great car thats under appreciated. I will say a boxer is a better car than a Testarossa (and priced accordingly) because its simple to work on and the only electronic part on the car is the ignition box. I would like another Testarossa because its just a cool car and the rear end is to die for but with that thought comes a dark cloud hanging over it. I know I'll be fixing it and wishing I bought a 512TR instead until an ecu fails then I'll wish I had a boxer again. I think the known issues, cramped cabin for anyone over 5'5" and new parts availability (plus they made a million of them) keeps them priced right where they are. With people coddling them and preserving them it seems like there will always be countless ones to chose from for anyone in the market which doesn't help the value either.
I agree Jay535. I went to a car meet off Angeles Crest and it was flattering to see how the Testarossa was received. Onlookers blocked a space for me and the rest guided me over. I let many sit in it and they were an appreciative bunch. They were all in their 20's and said this was their fantasy car. We are just seeing the beginning of Testarossa coming back into the spotlight. It will slump but this car will only go up soon after. Look at all the positive praise and recent reviews on YouTube. Those are future buyers. This can't be said with many comparable cars.
Testarossa for a long time was a 35-50k car. And that wasn't too long ago. From the inside looking out..I don't see too much interest in actual ownership of these older exotics. Nice to look at and enjoy from a distance...but ownership and caretaking is an entirely different ball of wax. Not too many of us left who are willing (or capable) of doing that.
I'm 46 and I have just bought one. I wasn't able to afford one before. People like me (who grew up in the 80s) are gonna buy those cars for the next 20+ years.
You are the same age as me..but I have a year on you. I would also buy a testarossa..only because 80's tech is what I grew up on also. But to do you honestly think our kids will by a Testarossa? Or the current kids who where born in the last 20 years?
The youngest of the last generation that grew up with the TR in childhood still are only in their late 30s when using the ‘what you want in middle/high school’ approach. By that logic until that generation dies off the market will be strong for at least another 20 or so years, random ups and down not withstanding
That’s the thing, you only need 0.001% who desire it to want it enough to drive the market when we are talking about a comparatively few cars. the TRs time will have passed when people more obsess over 2000s era moderate production level cars…a place we are not quite at just yet.
You needed to see the reactions. They freaked out over it. I also liked it at a time I couldn't afford it. I'm a generation younger than you too. Then my hard work paid off and I bought it. This can happen to any one of the 20 something year olds I met. That crowd isn't going crazy for a Boxer. Few even care what it is.
an other thing is for the not so high prices for TR: when you are not a mechanic/technician then you have to find a reliable and knowledgeable person who not only want your money when repairing/fixing/servicing the car. and not all interested buyers are members here in the forum and not know much about those cars.
depends on the age and demographic of the crowd. i have both cars, and find that the 512tr attracts all those that might have watched miami vice and onwards in age. whereas the 512bbi attracts people with somewhat less common, or more refined tastes. its like the difference between audiences for a blockbuster movie of the 80's vs a foreign art film that won an oscar. the blockbuster is known and attractive to masses, whereas the bbi is for a smaller group and a different level of ferrari connoisseur.
Yet the collectors want them instead of a Testarossa and thats what drives the market, not the kids at DQ. I bet those same kids would think a 288GTO is a Magnum car.
