Ok – boys out with your financial crystal balls please (no testicle jokes thanks)

In the UK now a Scud is worth about £ 100 and a 360 about £ 40 - in three years time the Scud will probably be worth £ 80 - your 360 will not have halved in value to lose you the same amount of money - it will be cheaper to maintain (especially if you choose to go indie) and insure - so keeping it gets you closer to a 458

 

I dont know your exact financial situation, but if you are able to spend money and purchase another Ferrari now i would go for it. What i get from you is that you are somewhat disappointed with the 360 performance. The Scud will give you a huge jump in performance when you compare it to your current 360. I am not only talking HP #s its an all around better car in terms of power handling and dynamics. The way i see it is if you can buy one now buy it and enjoy it instead of keeping the 360 until the 458 drops in price to within your budget.

Maybe not to many think like me, but I also like to enjoy life, and believe me it is short. heck if you can buy the scud buy it and enjoy it. You might not have the time to buy a 458 in 3 yrs.

 

If the main goal is the lose as little money as possible so that you can best afford a 458 in 3 years, the answer is to keep the 360. It's lower on the depreciation curve and there's no guarantee a Scuderia will hold its value better. The cost of acquisition has you placing a bet that it will, but there is more to lose and no upside (other than the performance/enjoyment in the meantime). It's not like driving a 360 is a hardship.

 

I agree with this. It depends on if your priority in the decision is financial or driver fulfillment.

Keep 360 = financial
Scud = driver fulfillment

But you cant put a price on driver fulfillment...priceless!

 

One thing to think about is if you go the Scud route, it will "feel" easier to transition to the 458 since you will have a smaller cash outlay to make when trading in a Scud for a 458.

I do agree that in absolute dollar terms, it's probably more likely that a nice 360 will depreciate less than a nice Scud over the next 3 years. But you can say that about any two cars that have a large age gap. A nice 355 will depreciate less than a nice 360. Etc. The decision hinges around whether or not the fun you get out of the Scud is worth the extra money to you.

 

This

 

You answered your own question. If you want a 458, then buy a 458 as soon as you can. Buying a 430 will add more depreciation in nominal dollars (Australian or otherwise) than your current 360, thus pushing out your 458 purchase timeline.

You have a 360, so drive and enjoy.

"Three years will pass slightly faster than the last three." Trentism 2012

 

like many have said...
To minimize cash/value lost, keep your 360.
To make the transit easier, get scud now and add a lot less later for 458

Something new will always come out. If you can stertch now, get the scud enjoy it now and worry about the rest 3-5 years later. I don't think keeping the 360 and jump to 458 in 5 years will save you a lot of money when compare to get the scud now then 458.

At least not enough to justify the torture!

 

If you go the Scuderia route, you may find the 458 "unnecessary". By that I mean, the Scuderia will be quite a performance leap from the 360, and performance may be "close enough" to the 458 that you may decide to not spend the extra cash for the 458 (and in certain environments, one may argue the Scuderia outperforms the 458).

Or you may find that the race-oriented, spartan Scuderia interior is not for you thus accelerating your decision to move into a 458.

Keep in mind this is coming from a biased Scuderia owner, so take my comments with a grain of salt.

Cheers,

DL

 

I don't think money should be center of your decision making. While, it governs what you can or cannot afford, ultimately you know what you want and it then just becomes a question of how you get there.

If the 458 is truly what you want and will bring you that happiness you seek, then do whatever you can with honesty and integrity to attain it. Life's too bloody short and we all make enough compromises in our lives; happiness shouldn't be one of them...and with new cars coming out all the time, dwelling on what might come to pass vs the now seems kind of stupid imo.

But I'm a simpleton like that, might not be an acceptable style / approach to life for many.

I test drove the 458, have a scud at the moment and came from a stradale+R8...I didn't ever grin like a rahtard in the other cars like I do when I'm in the scud. It's magical, and though I think the 360 CS is aesthetically more pleasing imo than the scud, once I get in and drive it I don't even remember what a CS looks like. It's that magical, at least for me.

 

We have to figure about 10% sales tax and registration in California which is not an insignificant sum of money if you're considering a 430, Scud or 458. So even if you sell for the same price you loose 10% right off the bat.

 

I just drove a 458 today, not sure if you have driven them yet but I strongly suggest you drive
a Scud and a 458 first. Is different animal where the 458 is a bit too refined and smooth for me.

 

enjoy!

 

You looking for a coupe or a spider? I want to get a 458 when I get a few free minutes to do the research and shop, but I am torn spider Vs coupe. The 2+ year wait for a spider does not phase me, I am patient hand have no shortage of toys. If only the engine was visible on the 458 spider...... then it would be easy.

 

+1

 

What sales tax, use tax, and insurance deltas would you have to pay for trading up from the 360 to the Scud? How easy will it be to sell your 360? Will you have to trade it in at a lower value? Even besides the added (absolute not percentage) depreciation on the Scud vs 360, that sounds like a very expensive trade up for a 3 year period when the goal is to save money and get a 458. If you truely want a 458 quicker, than my vote is keep the 360.

One other alternative: Get the Scud and keep it as you may enjoy the rawness of it much better than the 458, and IMO, the power difference between the two is inconsequential unless you really need to win your drag races.

ETA: As I read through the thread after posting this, it looks like other brought up the same issues in different posts as well.

 

There is only one problem with this statement.

Once you drive and own a scuderia you will not want a 458

greyhair

 

Fair enough reason. I live in central Florida and its always warm and sunny, but if its too hot I just take another vehicle. I have some pre-cancer on my face from too much sun and really, really need to just buy coupes, but I bought hats instead.

 

I totally agree.