Can we stop the gratuitous 355 hysteria??? Please??? Isn't this getting stupid?

Thanks Dave I totally agree. 7 years ago everyone here was talking about valve guides, header failures, and cats going bad....now it's all about how these cars are worth $100K and every car that sells for $50K is a POS.

 

Well stated guys. I agree 100%.

 

As much as I enjoy conversing about this, what we say here really isn't going to change anything.

 

100% right on the ball. Give it up already... It's a very nice car. Discuss other things so we can learn from each other.

 

I just checked out the Fiorano. Silver and black is horrendous? I think it looks awesome.

 

+1

 

The market will speak, as much as a small group of people think they can impact values on a website, it will be what the cars actually trade for. I am confused why some owners continue to talk down the value of the very car they own, it just does not make sense to me. I don't really care I have owned mine for almost 9 years with no intention on selling, it just seems weird the negativity on the value from the current owners, I would hate to hear how some of them talk about their wives...

 

Is that what I said? No it isn't.

I said it looks awesome because it does. You said it's horrendous because it isn't red? Sorry but if I agree with you we'll both be wrong

 

That dealer has all kinds of crazy prices on cars.
Look at what they want for some 930 turbos.

 

It's a free market. Just let people take it where people want it to go. We're just all going along for the ride.

I suppose if someone today offers you $200K for your 355 spider and let's say $170K for your Speciale would you still post what you have posted?

 

Oh I agree completely on the price. Wouldn't surprise me to see an ask of low 100k range but yeah 250k++ seems crazy.

 

Haha! Except color combos

 

I respect your character and your loyalty to your GF.

No one is making you offers unless you put your asking out there first.

I hope that $259k is perhaps a typo on the dealer's part.

But if not, at least they are gutsy enough to ask for that kind of money on a 355.

 

The only thing I find more fanatic that the obsession with price is the obsession with red/tan. 355s look so good in other colors.

 

My favorite spider is Johnk's in blue...

If he ever sells, I'll be in line.

Robb

 

Thanks Robb, you'll have a bit of a wait, but I'll consider $259,999. It's not a Fiorano. It's a 95. Even better.

 

Not to change the subject, but a quick comment on Marshall Goodwin- I was prepared to buy a 355 spider this January- they had a yellow 355 spider that looked good (I don't recall the specifics on the car, but I don't think it's the one on their current ebay ad)... Step 1 was to call and get some generaral information on the car, and if it sounded good I was going to drive out to look at the car in person (I had a few weeks off between switching jobs so I was literally ready to go out the next day)- in short, I was ready to buy if things checked out, but I didn't get past step one.

The salseman opens up the conversation saying all the details of the car and the number of Ferraris they sell, etc. The first followup question I had was if there was any record of the valve guides ever being updated- just an inforamtional question I asked on all the 355s I looked at...I didn't ask the question with the tone that if they weren't done it was a deal killer...and the salesman said he didn't know what I was talking about. While I found this impossible to fathom, I explained that the valve guides were often updated if they showed signs of wear due to the original material used, and he again said he didn't know what I was referring to. I paused and asked him with all the 355s they sold he has never heard of this issue (given his intro on the number of 355s and ferraris they sell) again he says it's not an issue on any car they sold and he has never heard of it. I didn't even get to my other general questions regarding the car as I found it frankly insulting that he was most likely playing me for a fool or less likely actually uninformed about valve guides after bragging about how many they move.

Bottom line I moved on and felt more comfortible buying my car sight unseen from the other side of the country if you can imagine that. Pathetic. That dealer lost a potential customer/easy sale! Unless there was an issue with the car I was looking at and I sounded like a buyer who had done some research on the car and they were trying to hide the issue.

Bottom line- I wouldn't put it beyond them to try to find some sucker to buy a car way overpriced given the way they (or at least the salesman I spoke to) tried to BS me.

 

Andrew talk to nobody but John Ashe at Marshall Goldmans. (personal friend...straight shooter)

chas