Thank you Brexit: new car in the stable (tips and tricks)

Howdy,

Just for those in Mainland Europe: now is a great time to buy LHD cars in the UK, as you both have a discount o due to cheaper sterling and dealerships are a bit scared and give nice discounts so they can get rid of inventory.

I spent the weekend making a list of available LHD cars I'd like to add, and there are plenty so thought I would share my experience so far and some tip and tricks.

So im the new proud owner of a 456M GT in Tour de France with tan interior!
17,800 miles and purchased new in Sweden by the royal family.
It will be the perfect car to take instead of the 550 when I need to go somewhere with friends.

So the tip is to make a deposit and get it PPI'd, and the final balance isnt due until 2 weeks from now, so it gives the sterling the opportunity to drop further in all the chaos thats ongoing. If you wait longer, im pretty sure all the nice LHD cars will be snapped up once the sterling dips even lower, so best to act now but postpone full payment until 2-3 weeks.

If anyone is interested in a list of LHD cars, PM me and I can share with you my list or website you can look (they are not advertised on Mobile.de or EU mainland websites).

Will be picking her up after she receives a cambelt change and service in early July.
So stylish, cant wait!
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Yes, I do.
Do you want it for something?

 

Nope,

the sum of the last 6 single digits is 20 on this one.

 

For anyone whos interested: Send me your email address, and I will forward the excel sheet. PM is not very handy for this.

 

Hi .

Ive been getting a lot of requests, so I thought I share the cars in the list here:
456M GT ( i already bought that one, so thats gone)
512M ( im in contact for this one myself, so this is left empty )
550 Barchetta
575 SuperAmerica
575M
16M
Scuderia
Challenge Stradale
599 GTO
GT3RS 4.0 997
GT3 mk 2 996
Vanquish S


The list contains 15 cars which i researched and only added if I thought the dealer was legitimate.
Dont mail me if you dont like any of the above cars haha

Good websites to hunt:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/ ( Select a brand, then put in the keywords field "lhd" and select anything over 50k gbp price, it will show you all nice cars that are LHD...e.g.: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/35/lhd/) Lots of Porsches and Ferraris
http://www.theoctanecollection.com/ known dealer with plenty of LHD inventory, heavy on Ferrari's
http://www.dkeng.co.uk (lots of LHD cars, also lots of Ferraris and more modern cars)
http://www.simonfurlonger.co.uk/ Few LHD cars, mix of all brands, very good service.

 

Its all tricky, if more people start offering them the euro price will drop as well.
I decided to only buy cars I was planning to buy anyway, so in the worst case if the whole world falls in to recession and we are all again at the brink of financial chaos I can at least just drive the bloody thing

 

Cars For Sale - 1993 Ferrari 512TR LHD Rosso Corsa

That one?
Looks nice indeed.... will put that on the list

This website also has a LOT of LHD cars:
Showroom

 

Thank you sir!

Hope I can add a 512M in the next few days as well if all goes according to plan.
Rule Britannia!

 

Ah damn, you found out who owned it

I was writing up a nice article on the history of this car, so wanted to keep it a secret haha.
Ah well...

Turns out this King Carl liked the 456 very much.
Here is another pic of him with the car he owned prior to the 456M GT, a 456GT
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Im sorry.... the head of PR at Ferrari hadnt been in a manual Ferrari for over 11 years??!
Wow....

I like the weird look of a 512M, and i mean weird in the positive sense.
It connects the old miami vice style to the newer 550 models with the fixed headlights.

Looking forward to the 512M, keeping fingers crossed!