Buying US Ferrari?

canadian prices will not adjust if dealers have had the cars in stock before the dollar was at par, they'll wait or take a loss or jam someone into one.
The only thing you need from at all from Ferrari is a recall clearance letter which you can get from Ferrari North America($2000) and daytime running lights which if you buy a car at a ferrari dealer down there i get them thrown in when i buy the car.

 

I guess they gotta make some money somewhere besides service and thats IF someone decides to bring it to a dealer for service which its always nice to have Ferrari paperwork with a car. Recall clearance letters used to be free until 8 months ago i think. BMW,Porsche,Ferrari,Mercedes all charge for them now with the others costing $500, but don't bother with a benz it's not worth it.

 

Alot of the cars in stock are u.s cars and if not dealers will just argue the point on trade in's about being able to buy one cheaper.

 

does the same apply for a f430?

 

yes

 

Have a 2008 F430 I need to add daytime running lights. The dealer provided me with a little jumper harness to plug into panel? part # 216006. Helpfull but where do I install this in the car to make the lights work?
Thanks for your help, Jerry

 

only DRLs and a recall clearance is needed to bring a ferrari back to canada or is that just the basics. how much would it cost to get DRLs put in at the dealer.

 

only 2k for the letter from F of O - sounds alittle low to me , i thought it was 5k or 7 k

thought its was lambo for 2k , is this correct ?

 

Yes sorry Ferrari charges something like $7000 for the letter BUT apparentley when you contact F.N.A for the letter they say they are no longer giving them because the R.I.V accepts carfax's which is absolutely NOT TRUE!!!!

D.R.L'S are in the $300 range, when really it should cost $20 because all they do in MOST cases is plug in the computer and turn them on, some hardwire it with a wiring harness which by the way ferrari italy will not supply to u.s dealers anymore. So you'll have to find a mechanic to rig up the lights.


And yes it's $2000 for the lambo letter, sorry for the confusion.

 

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lambos are looking like the best deal around from my searching

Cats in the US seems to be about 125k US for a ragtop gallardo - seems like after this winter prices are still going lower -

i think its time to start ditching Fearri with all this nonesense.

360 service every 3 yrs for belts, 458 fires, f of o letters of 7 grand , what nonesense....

thks for the tips james

 

Stay old school with Ferrari.

 

Has anyone had this jumper installed? Where does it plug in-somewhere under the hood I'm told?? This is appearantly all I need to activate the DRL's!
Thanks for the reply's, Jerry
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Last time I asked it was $5k for a Ferrari recall letter.

 

Already have recall letter! now need to get DRL's working!

 

yes but the won't give you the letter until a cdn ferrari dealer inspects the car at a cost of $2-$3000!!

 

My friend never needed a letter for his 430

 

this post was not about a letter. Please do not get side tracked! My question is about the install of the DRL jumper provided by our Ferrari dealer. Does one of you know where it is installed? Thank you, Jerry

 

$7,000 for a recall clearance letter is totally outrageous. Is there any way of getting around this recall letter? James I read somewhere that you might be able to do this?

 

Jerry......

Pretty much any mechanic could do that in 30 minutes or less, without the Ferrari provided part. Just wire up a relay from the lights to the fuel pump, for example. Why haven't you paid for someone to do it already ?

 

Besides Dealer , try Daytona !