Enzo engine being offered for sale at RM Auctions Monterey. What can this seriously used for? Is there an Enzo out there looking for an engine?
Best of Show IMO at Quail Motorsport yesterday. Across America from Massachusetts to California, in an Enzo! Image by Simon Kidston. Image Unavailable, Please Login
S/N 131325. Do you know the current mileage? I believe it was only ~3,000 when he acquired it from a FL dealer and proceeded to drive the wheels off it (good for him ); then nearly 20,000 when listed for sale (unsuccessfully) in 2020 and surely much more now!
rmsothebys.com meanwhile $4,075,000 was realized for RM's lot 260 which will probably not see many more miles.
Considering the owner's projected the identity of "sharing" the car - by driving it as much as possible - it seems like a reasonable question to ask. Heck, he just added more miles onto the car than it had when he bought it... And more than the RM car. You know, sometimes a simple "I don't know" would suffice... It's OK.
Your question was entirely reasonable, after all miles can make a huge difference in values. You are also correct, the Enzo's trip from Boston exceeded 3,000 miles which is more than the total miles the RM car has. However the context of my post was, the Enzo's owner clearly doesn't care how many miles it has, so, in the same spirit I responded to your question with "who cares" punctuated with which is universally understood to signify being playful or joking, because the irony is, although everyone asks about miles, there are a few people who just don't care. Perhaps you're assuming I don't know the Enzo's mileage, but a few days ago he passed the 26,000 miles milestone somewhere in Arizona heading for California, so figure he now has around 27,000 miles give or take as he drives around the Monterey peninsula this weekend. Here's a pic from this past week early on in the trip somewhere in the USA, showing just over 25,000 miles taken at 143 mph! Well said. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Only 180 degree for oil and water and pegging the needle at 140 psi oil pressure @ 5k RPM! But we can't hear that glorious engine noise.
Now that's how you enjoy a f'in Enzo. How much greater is it to say to your grandkids ''I drove my Enzo across the continent'' rather than ''I never drove my Enzo so I could sell it for a few hundred grand more...'''
There's something in peoples mindsets that low mileage = great condition. But a car that's been stored inappropriately and/or not been serviced regularly because it's not been driven as much...will not be in great condition. And IMO a car that's done no mileage more often has things overlooked than a well driven one. Great condition = great condition, regardless of the mileage.
A little over 21 years ago, the Enzo was launched at the 2002 Paris Auto Show in late September. Yes, it's been 21 years. What a revolutionary design, especially so given the common style of the day of more rounded and bubbly shapes, often described as a "bar of soap" style. But the Enzo was no bar of soap, but rather a collection of bold surfaces and powerful masses, inspired by the great prototype race cars of the 1970's. Elevated above a mirrored base, revealing the intricacy and detail of the underside panels, all made in perfectly tailored carbon fiber. Displayed next to the championship F1 car driven by the great Michael Schumacher. The car impressed and befuddled viewers on site and around the world with pictures shared on the still young and growing internet. And still today, especially in person, it draws attention, it looks like nothing else, and if anything, it resonates even more today because of its boldness of design. Thank you Ferrari, thank you Luca di Montezemolo, thank you Ken Okuyama, the designer at Pininfarina who penned the design. Thank you for being bold and delivering designs that have not been done before. Forza Ferrari, and may God bless Enzo Ferrari and the company he built. Surely he must be proud of one of the great cars from the factory that bears his name, indeed a car that bears his name. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The 5th digit in a VIN sequence is usually a letter rather than a number; in the case of Enzos, usually a W or Z... so yes, perhaps a mistake in using a 2 instead of a Z. Though - and Marcel will surely correct me if I'm wrong - I *think* the cars with a Z as a 5th digit are 2004s, which obviously the show car in 2002 would not be.
