Dino 246's handles much easier at lower speed than the 308's. I much prefer the Dino for city driving and take the 308 for longer hauls where I can benefit from the aircon and more driving comfort in general. Reliability is the same between two evenly well restored cars I would argue. The technology and mechanical quality is more or less the same regardless of the +- 10 years of difference. Best regard Peter
And 1974 we bought a brand new Dino 246 instead of buying a Daytona convertible 246 drove much easier but we traded it in 1975 for the 308 GT four which is interesting good driving car felt great then 76 we ordered a 308 GTB and it turned out to be one of the Fiber glass models. After that we bought a 1977 black 308 GTB and then we bought another red 78 308 GTB . I really think of the past 45 years we've had Cars by Ferrari, I think the 308 GTB's were the most beautiful cars ever designed the 288 GTO was to me just a beefed up version of the already beautiful 308 GTB from 76 so I just don't have any fault with 308 GTB
and if you had kept all those cars, Dino 246, Daytona, 308 Fiberglass, 308GTBs, then you would have amassed a $10M fortune and I would like to be your son in law.
we always got the newest Ferrari back then, they were just to drive. We had no ideal that they would go through the roof. The Daytona was a yellow spyder for $21,000, the Dino was $18,000.. Back then nobody wanted the old race cars, or even the older cars, as they were hard to get repaired. Corvette engines started showing up in the the V12's.... Makes me wonder what today will be worth a crazy amount 20 years from now.... But also this was the price of our house was only $19,000 a few years before the Dino, so $18,000 was massive. A top of the line Mercedes was a massive $14,000 , I mean just stooopid money. Back then you could have bought 3 Andy Warhol paintings for $18,000 and they would bring about $12 Million Each.... I just don't have a magic bowl of wax to look into.. But it has been fun . In the 60's we passed up a Cobra that was sitting in a show room in Miami in 1967 at $6500, they could not give the thing away. Our friend Preston Henn, had cash and time to buy a Ferrari 275, ex works LeMans for $19,000 #06885, now look at the price. Over $59 Million... shoot me now.
If you understood James May's humour, here's the next instalment featuring his 308. We've all done this & thoroughly enjoyed the tinkle of the vents.
I get James May’s humor and I know he’s being (somewhat) facetious. But am curios to know why he bought it in the first place (beyond the obvious reason that, despite its flaws, it’s an awesome car!). I’ve searched the internet and haven’t seen any explanations. Just curious to know if there was anything in particular that appealed to him…
