is this car a KM car or Miles car?

It's in MPH/miles. On that gauge, you can see KM/kilometers in yellow.

 

Yes. You are correct. The odometer on the US speedo, which this is, records miles. The speedo would have been changed when it was imported to the US, meaning you also don't know how many miles/KM were on the car before the speedo change unless there are records for that, so true mileage could be even higher than 60K miles.

While it's possible that a sticker could have been placed on the original speedo to alter the face but not the odo, I've never seen that on one of these Ferraris. The entire speedo unit is just replaced. It is, obviously, very easy to prove as well what the odo is calibrated as; just drive for a bit.

(Interestingly enough, if this was a Lamborghini from the mid-80s to 90s (think late US Countach, Diablo, etc.), the US speedometer read in MPH around the dial, but the odometer was in KM.)

 

Agree looks like 60k miles (+) to me... The documents shown in the listing should give an audit trail to enable you to unpick the mileage history.

Presumably, when the gauge was changed the prior mileage was logged.

Trying to think of any LHD / miles markets .. Euro car imported into UK then shipped to US ...? Again docs should decipher if you're still interested

 

I had actually also been watching that car and thought the $99k ask was a "pie in the sky" given all the questions surrounding it. Even it was 37k miles that still "driver" let alone 60k+

I recall another different car semi-recently where the car went to Canada for awhile and then had the gauges changed and then changed back when the car came back to the states and under those even weirder scenarios, a full PPI would be wanted and even then shouldn't either that car or this car set the absolute bottom of the price range for a 550?

Plus don't forget if you are in California this car, if federalized wont matter, you would likely still need to register it out of state (posting said it was in CA for 7 years but want to bet it was under a different state registration)..... even with cats, unless it has the CARB certification sticker this would be tough.

Lots of reasons this one has been available for so long. Same story on the black 2002 575 that's available in SoCal (129726).....so many questions with that car as well.

 

Best test is to drive a mile with the car to confirm.
Actually drive 2 miles it’s 3.2 km. Pretty easy but dealer won’t do it I guess


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Indeed. Not only could the mileage be a lot higher than indicated, let alone the mileage the vendor claims, but the dealer is clearly a snake-oil salesman. Walk.

 

Plus are people in the market so wealthy that seldom people are doing PPI’s?

I got snakebit the last time I bought a car sight unseen without a PPI....I have been lucky many times (but last time I got the privilege of doing a 5-figure DART 427 rebuild) but for what to me is a material amount of money on a 550/575, I would assume guys are doing PPI’s to protect themselves?

 

The digits shall always match up perfectly straight. When looking at this odo, it is obvious that someone have taken it apart and not got it right back together. The condition of the car is the main thing. But If it is questionable matters even if it actually is in great shape, it will make the price go down...

 

Didn't you and I talk about this gauge ?

 

Agreed, that's the first thing I noticed, the first 6 should be straight the last six should only be off center if about to change to 7.

 

Good point!

 

How would the dealer be liable (caveat emptor)? There is so much dumb money out there buying cars without full due diligence and/or PPI's its ridiculous and this seller is likely just hoping for a knuckehead catfish. Not surprising.