Downsides to a 99

I think you need to stop taking what people who clearly don't know anything about Ferrari's seriously. Who are you hanging out with? Corvette owners?

The 99's (mine is a euro) were the closest to the design spec that Ferrari issued. They didn't have extra crap tacked on as necessitated by the EPA. They did have some small design flaws that were corrected such as gutters on the engine panels and extra bracing on the engine mounts.

All those things will have been corrected by now and your car is for all practical purposes the same as a 2004. The differences being you don't have to worry about precat killing your engine and a few extra causes for a CEL.

What else did they say? It costs $10,000 a year to own one? There's alot of people (myself included) who talk out of their rear end. Part of the art is knowing when to call them out and when to acknowledge when they're accurate.

 

The 99's had weak brackets on the frame for the motor mounts and they can break. They need regular inspection to be sure they have not started to crack. They do not have air injection which is a plus.

 

I have a 99 model, with 32k miles, when is purchased it recently had a PPI performed. Only issues were worn ball joints and engine mounts. From what I know standard issues for all 360's.

Most major issues would have been dealt with by now as well.


My car runs like a dream. I wouldn't worry about what others say.

 

Some people have to talk down to anything that they do not have. Everything that all of the posts have said so far is correct in my book. You will find out when you put it on the market, You will then know what the score is.

 

I found this video and wanted to share .. it makes reference to first year models. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWEgEuZNdYQ

 

A clean and well sorted '99 would probably be my first choice for a 360.

 

Were the rain gutters a part of a recall campaign? I don't recall seeing that on the list.

To the OP: Do you have a Spider or a Modena? The only thing I am aware of on the 99 Spider there is some sort of an extra brace, or such, that needs to be taken off to do engine maintenance. This apparently makes the labor more expensive.

If all the recall campaigns were performed, no other substantial differences,

 

Nope and the rain gutters were only the very early cars.. like first 50 or 100 or something.. I didn't know there was a 99 spider?

 

You are right. I was thinking of the first year of the Spiders, maybe 2001?

 

Dude makes a lot of sense.

He also just published this vid yesterday - what I've been trying to explain to people for years...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0YEMmyCZRA[/ame]

 

And the 99's have no pre-cats in the headers. Slight HP advantage, some say better sound, and less risk of engine implosion due to failure.

I have had several people tell me the 99 model year is the only one they would buy.

Ignore the naysayers and enjoy.

 

Dude makes ALOT if assumptions. Like maintaining value, no major repairs needed, who is doing the work (Indy vs Dealership), qualifying for the loan, etc etc. I think if anyone is making $6k a month is buying a 360 and thinks they can afford it without a $10k reserve fund or doing work themselves... they're potentially looking at a world of hurt.

 

rain gutters were only the very early cars.. like first 50 or 100 or something..

My 2001 coupe (definitely after the first 50 or 100 cars) has the rain gutters.

 

My 99 Modena, Dec build, has gutters.