FF vs GTC

I wonder if the Michelins play a big role in this. I have them on my 997 and they are insanely loud.

 

Now that I think about this, I felt this in a car I just test drove at Merritt partners. It’s the FF they have for sale.

 

I drive my 360 anywhere, just drove l.a to Houston with no problems, no drones and a very very comfortable ride.

 

So I have been actively looking for cars and I have gone to go visit quite a few so I will recap the cars I have test driven.

I saw the Salt Lake City car that another member was having issues. It had a massive stereo system. The same went with a car at Ferrari palm beach that was heavily modified. These cars don’t handle heavily modified electronics well, hell they can’t even keep a battery charge for 3 days.

the FF at merit partners in atlanta: I went there to go buy this car. Although they had the car originally priced at $169k and they were going to take $145. Although they told me the car would be detailed, it wasn’t and the paint felt like sandpaper. So I get there flying in from Houston, keep in mind I have a small ocd issue. The drivers door rubber upper trim was stained with a weird sap. The dash needed to be recovered and replaced ($10k at least). The headliner was starting to come off so that will have to be done too. I did feel a drone at under 1500 rpm. There was scratches in the lower panels drivers wheel panel. The car drove great and the rest was fine. The car has a 1 year power 15 but the gash on the dash with the ripped leather just stares at you and almost winks at you. Seats were hard. Passed on the car as too many things put together.

I drove the gtc at lambo Houston. The car is dropped and has straight pipes. The straight pipes are insanely loud, lol. They want like $269 for the car which makes no sense as you can get a cpo for cheaper. The car was way more comfortable than the ff. I remember testing a gtc a long time ago and my biggest memory of it was the hard seats? Although really liked this car wouldn’t buy as I feel a cpo car would be a smarter choice.

The FF at Ferrari Beverly Hills. They want $185 for the car although listed at $199. The car although in great condition with only $3400 miles has oxidation on the front air dam grills, the rear view mirror is scratched ($3k to replace), scratched wheel, and the worst stickies job you can possibly think of. The rest of the car is beautiful and the leather smells great. Daytona seats were very comfortable. I offered $180 but the sales guy wanted $183 with the cpo but the rest of the car was as is….passed on this as I believe that at this price the car should be perfect.

I am looking at a GTC at Ferrari of ft lauderdale for $230k with an original msrp of $320, they sold the other car at the same price they had with a msrp of $380. I told the sales guy that didn’t make any sense. They don’t want to come down, the car is priced at $230 and that’s what they want, keep in mind it has almost no options. Ventilated seats option keeps me from this. I should get this car….

so that’s what I have, I’m a journalist at heart so I thought I would share..

 

Pretty much, I didnt see it as $3k, I saw it as the stickies, the mirror ($3k, can you believe the stupid mirror is $3k!), curb rash, rusted grills and so on, i figured about $14k in repairs? But for the dealer, who makes 6% off the sale, that is a silly number to let the sale go. Butt hey dont care, as the car is a consignment car.

 

Used from the exotic recycling was $1299

 

So, update, I have decided to go with the FF. The GTC I was looking at had some weird front bumper shrinkage happening and my OCD just can't take that type of impact. Has anyone here with a GTC seen front bump[er shrinkage, Im assuming it is from the sun? Also, can't tell if the lower valance is supposed to have that wave like that, haven't seen that in other GTC's?

Believe I found a 2014 FF and trying to seal the deal, so fingers crossed that this one actually works. The good thing is that the spec on this car is amazing and has everything I want, so very happy about that. Patience is needed but not always the easiest..lol.

Check out the picture of the front bumper.
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I don't know about that. These are the pictures taken with the iPhone. Seems there is definitely something happening here.
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Soon come my friend. I want to make sure I seal this before sharing.

 

nice! If this happens we will have to get the FFs together! When does your car arrive? I spoke to intercity today and they were giving out a 4 week window.

 

Other thing is I put together a plan. I'll start in the FF, then move to the GTC when the prices drop and then onto the PS when they are widely available 6-7 years from now.