I bought a 355 and ...

rad911 started an excellent post below concerning 355 vs. 996TT .. His concerns and feelings are almost mirrored in my own. I'm really interested to hear from 355 owners who covered, to the best of their ability, all the bases before buying. Let's say - and your situation might have varied slightly, but you get the jist - that:

-You bought a 97-99 355.
-Bought it from a Ferrari dealership.
-Car maintained at that dealership.
-Car was recently through major (less than six months)
-Compression numbers were all above 200 and consistent. Valve guides haven't required replacement ..
-Thing is pretty close to pristine (at least visually and high-level functionality wise) ..

You know .. a choice car. How did it turn out?