Ive given up looking for mint, now looking for “just” no stories I can enjoy in CA state.
During your search, have you investigated condition and history on the $189,950 asking price, 9273 mile, red one? https://kassermg.com/listings/2004-ferrari-360-challenge-stradale/ Anything you can tell us? (someone posted back on Page 402 of this thread asking about that car, but I haven't seen anyone reply with any info...its been for sale since 2018, starting with an asking price of $230k...but Mike's site doesn't have any other info on it...) https://www.challenge-stradale.com/136662.html
"If" this is Challenge64's old CS, it was in amazing condition when he owned it. I *think* this is that same car. Scottsdale Ferrari had it for $205k a few months ago, which I thought was a decent asking price. They have since upped the asking price, but who knows, maybe they are in post-covid mode now and will entertain offers... Are you still stuck on factory stripe? (for a car you want to drive, vs. invest in, no stripe is the way to go, you can add it when you own it and sell it with or without when the time comes) https://www.scottsdaleferrari.com/details-2004-ferrari-360_challenge_strada-base-used-zffdu57a840135378.html https://www.challenge-stradale.com/135378.html
Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Normalcy bias can convince us of A LOT of things. Consider this elephant in the room. Let's say Covid-19 antibodies only last weeks or months rather than forever. (Very possible) Let's also say that a Covid-19 vaccine never exists (also very possible. Look at the lack of other coronavirus vaccines around....) We are then looking at a new world of very possibly dealing with the presence of this virus forever. Sucks, but true. It will just become the new reality. We will look back at this multiple years from now, remembering how we used to live in a world without the virus present. (i.e. pre 9/11.) Just a thought. Kevin
Carpe Diem. Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow. The ode says that the future is unforeseen and that one should not leave to chance future happenings, but rather one should do all one can today to make one's own future better.
Whats the best value on a 360CS out there today for a moderate mile car ? Around 20K miles more or less. Yes a low mile, red with factory stripe and red/black Alcantara interior is my grail but probably the premium is too much. However they say buy what you love. Decisions decisions. We just sold our land and my wife said to do whatever I want with my share. Sounds like "Buy another Ferrari" to me ! Anything wrong with the Porsche Monterey car ? https://www.porschemonterey.com/used/Ferrari/2004-Ferrari-Challenge+Stradale-Seaside-CA-3e3cb49a0a0e0adf5f5f97d3ef35cd9f.htm The Foreign Cars Italia car also catches my eye. https://greensboro.ferraridealers.com/en_us/search-used-ferrari/2004/ferrari/challenge_stradale/2004_ferrari_challenge_stradale-foreign_cars%20italia-ZFFDU57A940139651
Ya whats up with the jump in price especially given the current economic situation? 220 a couple days ago and now 250. Autotrader still shows it at 220 though I'm curious about the difference in price between the Scottsdale car vs the Kasser MG car. 220 vs 190 was interesting for two cars that looked the same on the surface but now it's 250 vs 190 which is very interesting.
Not entirely certain LOL. Just a totally straight cat bypass pipe, nothing special. Heat wrapped as well. Keeps engine bay temp WAY down, it's a giant difference.
To a lesser extent, the precat is a bit further back than where it's located on the F430. I actually have a brand new set of fabspeed headers and blankets sitting in my warehouse for the last year. Just can't bring myself to install them and potentially alter the noise. My understanding is you'll get some warning as the precats begin to deteriorate where they'll audibly rattle during startup.
Maybe the best way is the old fashion way - gut the precats? Sent from my iPhone using MotorInteractive
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/skyxtfnmgm0c3z3/AAAToeedqTAdNBRilzXefO94a?dl=0 I posted a bunch of recent pics to another thread but they look like crap and the colors look "off". IMO these are desktop wallpaper worthy so I created a dropbox account and put them in there. Hope this link works properly and you guys can see/enjoy them.
Enjoying it too much since I rediscovered Race Mode. Unbelievable I haven't put it in Race Mode for well over a year - I liked having full TC on for the added safety. I remembered race mode made downshifts really crisp with a throttle blip but I recreated that by simply manually blipping the throttle on downshifts heel-toe style like I do on all my manuals. But I TOTALLY forgot how brutal it made upshifts! My god were they addictive. That F1 box gets such a bad name, but with 360CS race mode, up shifts are downright thrilling.
