F360M Sold! What next??

Beautiful 360 Ernesto! What about a 550/575? That would be way different from the 360. We don't need another deserter to "the darkside"

 

Dino is gorgeous, far prettier than anything currently made by anyone, and doesn't look dated- even though it is an 'old' car.
Pretty pricey for what they are- maybe i'll be wrong, and they'll be worth 300k some day, but since they are priced high, I wouldn't buy anything but close to the best- it's just too costly to make a car right, and it won't match market value if you have to reach deep.
I love the idea of a small tossable car that you could really drive hard, and still be in a zone close to arguable lawfulness.
But, I wonder, from Dino owners- GTS- too much chassis flex?
I've kicked around the idea of an older, hot-rodded Morgan for similar reasons- bugs in the teeth, visceral thrills at sub-100 mph speeds. Pretty raw car though.

My concern with this approach is that sometimes you want something that can put it down occasionally. So, whether it is a Dino, a Morgan or anything else of that ilk, you'll also want something modern, with some torque and semi-current tire technology. A Dino and a Daytona as a matched period set might do it, if you could find the right pair and make a 'bulk' deal. Good Luck.

 

Hard to overlook these...or how about a Boxer with full provenance?

I can't imagine how gut wrenching it must have been to have parted with the car!

 

Go for the 430. Are there many F-cars in PR? My guess is no, but I don't really know.

 

That is such a cute 360! I haven't driven any of those you listed, only even seen 1 in person in fact, but I think you should get the Gallardo spyder

 

go for the g

 

Dino's are fun to drive...but it looks to me that you'll be dissapointed by the lack of horsepower.

You need 2 cars...something old....something new (with some serious balls)

 

There are plenty but not near what one would expect and thats somewhat odd because there is a lot and I mean a lot of serious cash in P.R.

 

Ernesto, we talked five and a half years ago when both you and I bought the 360's. In fact you helped with advice when I installed my Tubi. Well I sold mine after 5 years (last May) and bought a Gallardo to bridge the gap to my 430. I love the darn thing so much that I am not sure I'd trade it for a 430 now.

 

2 interesting cars you might consider test driving:

Aston Martin V-8 Vantage;

Lotus Exige

 

I can't imagine that many people would describe a drive in a Gallardo as dry and unemotional. I wonder if the Lambo (or Audi) name, or the lack of the Ferrari name, affected you. I just got into an 06 G after putting 9000 miles on a 99 Diablo SV less than two years. I had been nervous that I would miss the SV, but after my first morning commute, I came away with the feeling that this was the most fun car I've ever had. The sound is incredible, better than the Diablo to me, the gated shifter is a perfect combination of "raw" yet super smooth, clutch feel is great, overall the car is a very visceral experience that reminded me of the Diablo but felt tighter.

Your opinion is every bit as valid as mine, of course. I have never driven a 360 or 430, and maybe I will be blown away when I do. I can promise if I do drive a 360 or 430 and it makes my G feel dry or unemotional by comparison, I will buy one the next day, plus sell plasma to buy one to have as a spare!

 

I have an elise as a daily driver, and trust me, its hard to beat for a smile on your face even if it isnt the fastest.

for what an Elise costs in the US, you could sit yourself in one of those and a Dino for far less than an F430 would cost you.

Im thinking of upgrading to an Exige, but not sure if i should just wait with my Elise till i upgrade to a Ferrari or Lambo. What about a Diablo 6.0 thats the ultimate beast IMO

 

I'm wondering here the price of a F430 in Puerto Rico. Is it something around $260,000 for a modest optioned car?
I have a friend that bought a Porsche 996C4S about a year ago and the cost brand new at the dealer was something like $133,000 and it was pretty much a plain model car.

 

Go with the Dino, you don't want the ContiGT, and I understand why you're an no-go on the 430. If you take a step back in time, you'll appreciate the brand that much more, and you'll feel what Enzo truly intended to do with his company, and how truly successful Ferrari has been at maintaining that philosophy of building only the best race cars on the globe. It's twenty times classier than a Gallardo too.

 

Ford GT?

 

Ernesto,
I still have the stock exhaust, sounds just fine to me.
I went for the 6sp because my 430 will be an F1. AFA the G being numb compared to the 360/CS/430, I may agree on a real good and fun track day but I still think I will brake my own NRing record driving a G, not a CS or a 430. With all due humility, I have raced for ten years and appreciate a "nervous/edgy " tossable car but my quest when I track streetable cars competitively is to leave point A and come back to point A in the shortest possible time; I think the G is my pick right now, short of elevating things a notch or two and driving a CGT or Enzo. AFA the "it" factor, I find a lot of "it" in the G, but my definitions may be different.

 

FORD GT!!!!

 

For what it is worth, after owning Porsches, Corvettes, both old and new Vipers, and driving the 360 Ferrari, the 328, the 512TR the 512 boxer and the 88 Testarossa, I bought the 88 Testarossa.

It is significantly slower, heavier and less of a "driver" in the sense of getting results than any of my modern cars, but I'm not racing.

I like the smell of warm oil in the garage, having to go from 1rst to 3rd until the car warms up, the sound and feel of a 12 cylinder boxer engine behind my head, the hard steering at low speeds. Of course this is all brand new to me with the Testarossa, which is currently having the engine out major done, but I think there is something about going backwards in time that makes the driving experience more fun.

I had the same results after hundreds of thousands of miles on motorcycles over the years. I ultimately sold the quickest production bike in the world (Suzuki GSXR 1000 K3 at the time) and if ever I went back, it would be to a Ducati Monster, or a Triumph.

At some point, all of the refinements become too refined (e.g my Range Rover Sport with "dial it in" terrain adjustments.... boring.

If you like small, go with the Dino, I think. If you like larger, consider a 512TR IMHO I wouldn't trade my 88 Testarossa for a brand new 430 today.
(well maybe a convertible :- ) but you get the point.

 

Whatever you get, don't pay cash (recall those conversations from 5 yrs ago?).

 

Ernesto - was it an 06 model? They are supposed to have a much sharper steering configuration.

 

Yeah, from what I've read, the 06's, SE's and Spyders all have a new gearing ratio and tighter steering. Dunno if that would make you take another look.

How about something like a 6spd DB9? Or get a 550 and an Elise - have a GT *and* a sports car.

I've never been to PR, but lived 4 yrs on Oahu - so I know the island living - is there anywhere to really 'open it up' on PR? Is it smaller and fairly urban like Oahu, or more like the Big Island? I always thought to myself I probably wouldn't get a lot of value from a fast GT on Oahu... a Boxster S or Elise would have done the trick for 99% of 'fun' driving around there (ie. low speed curves).