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Spacers on rear. I'm not sure what size as they've been on the car since I bought it (it had similar offset BBS LM's prior), but if I had to guess probably 15mm.

 

Hi Tres. You car look absolutely superb. Enjoy it

 

Do you any videos of the exhaust?

 

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Here's a couple of them, but these don't do the exhaust justice. Sounds much better in person and even better under load...and even better than that when in a tunnel.






I will try to get a video through a tunnel at full throttle. It's quite mental. It's also very tame and daily driveable when the exhaust is closed, although still louder than stock of course.

 

Delicious!

 

That just might be my favourite 550M I’ve ever laid eyes on. Just perfect!

 

My 456 GT
Picture taken in November at Monza, during the Finali
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Added something new to the 575M this weekend - 250GT style front grill.


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Optional on all MY 575Ms until Summer/Fall 2003, when it because standard.

 

My 575M was a May, 2003 production so it just missed it from the factory. I think it works nicely with grigio titanio and ties into the look of the modular wheels as well.

 

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456M GT 6-speed VIN 126263. It is believed one of only two cars in Verde British Racing.

 

Keeping a register on M cars that came to the US, for cars with manual trans I have one Verde British Racing in 99, VIN 112299 and two Verde Zeltweg, both in 02 with VINs 126519 and 126889. I don't know about Euro market cars but the greens are indeed quite rare.

 

4 Maranellos met for breakfast over the weekend

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This is how heaven looks like.

Daniel

 

Took her out after her annual, rain or shine....
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More pictures and stories please. I've recently became active on this forum and it's been an exciting roughly 3 weeks reading through the 180 pages of this thread. I'm at a point in life where a dream is about to soon become a reality. I had set my sights on a 456 because of the 2+2 and it's beautiful lines before I even knew about this dedicated thread. I wasn't sure at first if I'd start my search for either of the generations but after 180 pages of truly beautiful pictures of all of the models I think I'm leaning more towards the 456M. Now I've done a fair amount of due diligence but I wanted to ask you as owners some questions of possible expectations.

What realistic price range shall I expect on a gated manual only, but fairly flexible on color.. no yellow or white or light blue but pretty much safe to say all other colors would suffice. I'm not afraid of higher milage so long as the maintenance has not been neglected. Being the age of the car is about to become a classic I also am not going to be looking or expecting mint condition neither.

What is a realistic time frame? I realize that it seems many owners of these models love them as if they are their own child and few are shown up for sale, even fewer in manual.

What other words of wisdom can you pass along to me as I begin my search.

 

If you want the car go for it, honestly I was really set on a red/tan/red insert 575 and I wasted 6-8 months of my life looking for one, looking back I would rather have had any color bc the car is amazing and life is short, no sense in wasting that long looking for a perfect one. As for maintenance, Im not a mechanic, unless you are the service records are going to exist, but its possible things are done half ass. In my case I was told the clutch was changed, there was a receipt that said clutch was changed and in fine print it said clutch changed but disc only, so a few months later my clutch position sensor went out and that should've been done with a new clutch, I was out $3,700 to fix it.

Whatever it is, its just money and you clearly have some to burn if you're buying an old ferrari. I have/had my 575 for 15 months, I spent $13k in maintenance but im a perfectionist, others might have let some things go, but I wanted it perfect. Just get one, like everything in life the only way you'll live and learn is by doing it, maintenance is time consuming and pricey but so what you get to drive one of the best cars ever made, its well worth it. Just have patience it seemed every time my 575 went in for something no matter how minor it was 7-10 days minimum, these aren't cars where you're dropping them off and getting repairs right away, parts will get stuck in customs for weeks, etc.

If you change your mind and you want a perfect 575 mine is still for sale I can link you to the dealer who has it, the car needs nothing maintenance wise. My wife is pregnant now....twins...so I have to get rid of some toys she says, I only get to keep 1 car.

 

Maurizio,

Gated 6-sp M should run you from $100k or so for a higher mileage car. The highest price I've seen in the last two years is $135k before premium at an auction (Scottsdale 2018 if memory serves).

The duPont Registry has an 03 456M GT listing (manual) for $149k

https://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/listing/2003/ferrari/456--m/1965387

I believe there is a gray car you can find on Autotrader that is a manual listed at $119k

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=494694781&zip=03064&referrer=/cars-for-sale/searchresults.xhtml?zip=03064&startYear=1981&sortBy=relevance&incremental=all&firstRecord=0&marketExtension=on&endYear=2019&modelCodeList=456MGT&makeCodeList=FER&searchRadius=0&startYear=1981&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0&endYear=2019&modelCodeList=456MGT&makeCodeList=FER&searchRadius=0&makeCode1=FER&modelCode1=456MGT&clickType=listing

and the ex-Tommy Hilfiger green car at Carriage House in Greenwich listed on Hemmings. Last I talked to them, they wanted about $130k for the car.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ferrari/456m-gt/1933418.html

I am the keeper of a register of 456M cars that came to the US and there were a total of 93 manual transmission cars between 1998 and 2003. The manuals are rare, seldom come on the market and are still underappreciated (says the owner of one). Depending on the condition that you expect the car to display, you may have a good wait until the right one becomes available. Here is what I know about the colors of M manuals....
There were no white manuals. And I've only seen one white auto. Just didn't make any white 456s. 16 silver, 25 of various shades of gray metallics, 9 black, 1 yellow, 3 green, 17 various shades of blue, 8 various reds, and 17 unaccounted for.

Argento Nurburgring 16
Grigio Ingrid 3
Grigio Alloy 5
Grigio Titanio 14
Grigio Scaglietti 1
Grigio Nuvolari 1
Canne Di Fucile 1
Nero/Nero Daytona 9
Giallo 1
Verde British Racing 1
Verde Zeltweg 2
Azzuro Cali Met 4
Blu TdF 9
Blu LeMans 1
Blu Pozzi 3
Rosso Corsa 2
Rosso Monza 1
Rosso Fiorano 3
Rosso Barchetta 2
Unknown 17

Good luck with your hunt. They are a sublime drive.

 

There is a Norwegian 456 non M with chassis ZFFSD44B000098679 that looks to be British green too. For sale.
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The car does look good in the dark green, either BRG or Mugelo. And I do like the 575 Modular wheels. They look excellent as well.

 

Those 550/Barchetta wheels are worth a good part of her value.

 

Thanks for the correction Taz. I get that wrong rather consistently....sheesh.

 

Eric- You can tell easiest by the deep dish on the rear wheels. The 575 wheels are more flush with the rims. The dreaded Chinese modulars look similar to the 550 wheels, but are 19" and narrower and have fake bolts.

 

I'm not to worried about the lost time, I don't expect what I find/buy to be perfect but I do want to have a color that I can live with as it will be sometime I never sell and just pass along to my son.

As for maintenance I used to be a tech and studied ASE for a number of years, I've since left that field but I'm sure owning a Ferrari I will enjoy learning everything I can about it while taking care of a few things myself.

Laserguru you are a book of information, thank you for the info. What is your opinion about the few examples listed in the under 100k ranges, I've noticed there are a few of them which I've been trying to understand why there seems to be a wide gap between pricing. I've also noticed some of the higher ranged priced examples showing hundreds of days on the market, is there such little interest or is that due to an uncertain price gap range in true current value?

I'm guessing that's the reason it's important to have a PPI performed regardless of listing price.