F8 Newbie - 1st potential F8 Purchase help!

car #1

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It would be nice to know the interior colors. I always thought corsa goes better with tan and scuderia goes better with black. All things equal I would go with car number 1 because I like corsa better but that's all personal preference. Hard to go wrong here.

 

As qell as the interior color the price difference would be of interest - if the carbon has already been discounted car 2 wins - over the years however the premium will decline

 

From the little I've seen the extra carbon bits won't move the needle a ton on resale value. I say it's like buying a house: make your decision based on the things that are hard to change (like the floorplan or in a car, the paint color or expensive options like the lifter), since you can always do the easy stuff (house paint colors or swapping out carbon trim pieces) for yourself later.

 

I think you answered your own question. It’s the corsa car with the options you want.

You can always accessorize with carbon later.

Good luck!


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I think you answered your own question. It’s the corsa car with the options you want.

You can always accessorize with carbon later.

Good luck!


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Ditch the F8 and get a Speciale


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Magnaride suspension is incredible, both my Ferrari's ride better than any other performance car I've owned ....and by a huge margin.

Resale on an F8 in the UK is tricky. Many got flipped, meaning quite a few up for sale, plus dealers with cancelled orders. The supercar market is pretty strong, but you can feel a little caution with the F8. Look at 488 pricing trends, as short term they'll track pretty close IMO.

 

Car 2. Scuderia goes very well with nero interior.

And as many confirm; you don't need the front lift.

 

Car 2 wins with the color and added value to me would be the CF. I do not use my lifter in the Pista.

 

I’m UK based too. There are F8’s out there. Why not keep searching until you find the right car. If it’s strictly out of these two ask yourself how you would feel if you took the scud car and caught the carbon on a speed bump? If they are the same price, use the scud car as bargaining power to get a discount on the corsa car and use the saving to paint the mat black glossy back which also looks cool. In UK scud seems to be less preferable to corsa. I like both colours but scud looks better in sunny climates and corsa looks better in UK weather. All IMHO.

 

I would say car 2. The original owner will take the hit on the exterior carbon bits (hopefully based on the deal you work out). The car looks much nicer with the exterior carbon. If you don't lower your car, you might be able to get without the lifter. All depends on where you live I guess. Put on some scrape armor for the fronts for added protection. I think the lifter and the exterior carbon might be a wash on resale.

https://scrapearmor.com/collections/ferrari/products/scrape-armor-front-bumper-protection-ferarri-488

I have the lift, but the car is lowered so I ordered these for added protection.

 

There are several Corsa/Lift cars listed on PH from 500 miles up including a couple at Colchester which seem much cheaper than the ones at Egham or Swindon - might be worth a look if you haven't already https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&Distance=2147483647&M=3001&Postcode=z.vttjsq.xj5zd.k.hml.m9d7kpy.g-gx.ld.yv8wd.i.v.l0.st.v.v7.t.e77suhpqf.q.xa.ig.s.p4b1.j&SortOptions=Location

 

Some interesting cars in Colchester lately. They have been marketing unregistered cars that have between 1k-2k miles on the clock and have already burned through the first year of the serving and warranty schedule. I believe these are ex Ferrari Northern Europe track/demo cars.

 

Yes, Magnaride is standard along with the bumpy roads button on the steering wheel. Totally transforms the car at touring pace on UK roads, but then when you start to push on, Race firmness is the ticket.

Nothing like other brands....

Comfort = hard
Sport = harder
Race = even harder

 

Many people accessorize with CF. My opinion is that you can save a lot of money by doing it as an aftermarket consideration once you have had the car and can really make an educated decision on what you would like.

Makes it easy for resale as many buyers love the CF bits when done tastefully, which is very subjective of course.

And CF is not money that will be recovered if you decide to move on, so save as much money as you can. Just my 2c


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If resale value is of utmost importance, I would suggest you wait a year or 2 on buying the F8. Prices will be substantially lower and consequently less devaluation on resale.

 

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