I'm coming to Dallas... 2/16-2/18

Did you drive it in the snow?

It looks like I'll make it. My meeting has been moved to 1:00 and I don't think I need to attend.

 

Great meeting you guys too

 

Good seeing all of you.

If you get bored enough to want to race electric carts, give me a buzz. (I'm such the party animal )

 

Funniest thing, as we were leaving Tillman and I were being held up in the parking lot by a Red Kia.... Don't know about you but I thought she ran in to that curbe when she tried to do that rapid u turn....

 

Jim/Byron, nice to meet you both. It was funny when I got back to my office I looked out the window and there were Tillman and Byron looking at Tillmans car!

 

It was pleasure meeting you Byron & Jim, and good to see you guys again, Rob, Jim, Tillman.

Thanks for the lead, Byron. He already called & left a message. I hope this will work out!

Yoshi Ace

 

Remember, if you need someone to drive it home......

 

Damn Yoshi I bet that comes with new seat covers .. :0)

 

Byron, thanks for pics. I envy your skill to post pics even away from your own computer. Your offer for check up is very much appreciated, and of course, if I bought the car, you can drive it. I called him already.

I just don't know where to start as I never bought a car outside of my residential state. Maybe I should go visit first to see the car???

Jim, are you coming w/ me?

Dazed, confused, but happy!

 

I'll come when you BUY it to drive it home!

First, talk to the owner. Talk about history, what he knows about the car. Does it have records/books? If you think you're interested at the price he's asking, then get a PPI done. If the PPI checks out, THEN you get on a plane to go see for yourself. If you like it when you see it, buy it. Worry about getting it home after it's yours.

 

500 made, 75 imported into the US

 

Thank you very much for advice, Jim & Rob!

I talked to the owner, and he maybe a famous guy as a car collector. He said that he changes his part of collection in every 3-4 months, and he got his 512M along w/ cash for a trade of F40. He told me of existing problem of warped dash board, which will cost about $1,000 to repair. He was very nice, and polite.

There's 1 more party who's interested in the car right now, so he told me to hurry to come look at the car. Before reading Jim's post, I was thinking to fly in this weekend, but then what Jim said made perfect sense. So I will negotiate beforehand.

My concern is how to get PPI. How can I find someone I can trust & who is not influenced by the seller. And if what PPI said wasn't true once I get the car, what happens? I bought my 328 w/out PPI, since I bought it at FMoD & knew some work needs to be done. So I have no experience w/ PPI.

Any comment will be greatly appreciated. You can PM me if you prefer, too.

 

The car's in LA, right? There has to be quite a few places that can do a PPI. Off the top of my head, and I don't live there, I can think of Lyle Tanner, Eugenio, and Ferrari of Orange County. There's also the place in Laguna Beach that sells a lot of Ferraris. Post a thread in the So California section about who does PPI's, you should get a bunch of responses.

 

The car is at FX Performance right now, and it has been serviced there. The seller use FX as his track & maintenance need. (I'm think there are others too)

Is it wise to use them for PPI? Conflict of interest? I will give them a call in 1-2 days.

 

Hello,

It's been quite some time since my last post and would like to share my thoughts and info relative to this topic. Yoshi, is this the same car that's been offered through Ferrari-online (Michael Sheehan)? If yes, I just saw the car 2 weeks ago in CA at FAI (Francochamp of America, Inc). This was actually the car I was interested in buying while in CA but ultimately decided not to (puchased something else instead). The car was presented to me as mechanically excellent but the dash does need to be recovered due to the leather shrinkage (apparently a common issue). Also revealed to me was that the roof had a minor repair done (a samall dent caused by someone's elbow???).

I think a PPI is definitely in order. Ferrari of Orange County isn't far away. Your total cost should be around $500 to 600. Once purchased, I'm assuming you would want to have it shipped back to Dallas via enclosed transport (unless you and Jim will take turn driving it back). There are several transport co's you can use. My recent purchase was shipped back to Dallas (from CA) via Intercity. The total cost was around $1,000. It took less tha 2 days (picked up SAT morning and arrived Sun afternoon).

If you have additional questions/concerns, please feel free to pm me. Hope this helps.

 

lee168, thank you very much for info. Yes, it turned out the same car that I originally inquired to Mr. Sheehan 2 weeks ago. By the time, I inquired on the car, it wasn't listed in his site anymore.

I knew of dash problem, but didn't know about a roof. That maybe why his price is lower than others in the market. How bad was it?

If you prefer, I will PM next time, but I do want your feedback since you have seen the car. Did you drive it?

Yoshi Ace

 

Yoshi, The roof damage was insignificant. At least that was told to me by Rod Drew at FAI. The roof has been repaired and when I saw the car, I can't notice it at all. Apparently, this car has been worked on by Rod Drew at FAI. FAI also did the recent major service on the car (I believe the receipts show approx $13,000). Exactly what was included in this major service I do not recall. I'm sure the owner of the car can supply you with that. OR, you can contact Rod at 949-631-6373. I find that Rod is above board and is knowledgable on this car. The interior of the car looks decent, considering that it has approx 15,000+ miles on it(?). The dash does show shrinkage and will cost any where from $1,000 to $3,000 to fix it, depending on who you ask.

It appears to me that this car has been serviced at different places (FAI, FX, etc.). That said, if you want an unbiased opinion in terms of a PPI, I would personally lean more towards Ferrari of Orange County. This, of course, is with the assumption that FOC has not worked on the car before and should have no conflict of interest. If the potential conflict of interest doesn't bother you, then FAI can certainly perform the PPI for you as well (Rod did the PPI on my recent purchase).

Lastly, I did not drive the car while I was there. At the time when I finally saw it, I had already made up my mind on a different car. Sorry I can't tell you how it drives.

Please let me know if I could help further.

Eddie Lee

 

Rob, thanks for the info. I was not aware of it.