Gentlemen, I'm considering this car : https://www.*******************/2008-ferrari-599-gtb-fiorano-coupe-c-504.htm Electromagnetic shocks have been replaced with standard shocks and needs a clutch with only 20k miles. New wheels and tires. My thought is that this car saw track time. Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
It is a very nice looking car. You would be the 5th owner. Did you talk to Merlin? Is that how you know about the shocks and clutch? I'm surprised that this was not covered in the advertisement. Here is a link to the iseecars site that has further links to CarFax, stolen cars, etc. that you can click thru and will give you a good history of the car: https://www.iseecars.com/vin-ZFFFC60A680159843-c5086
There is a 2010 HGTE for sale above in FerrariAds, with HGTE, for very little more money and owned by a long time FChatter. Would much rather have that one, especially since nobody has monkeyed with the suspension/shocks.
Hi all - adding a few comments for clarification. The clutch still has 39% remaining. If it needed a clutch, we would replace the clutch. The tires are indeed new, but not the wheels.
599 shocks bleed out so regularly, if I were planning on keeping it I'd pick up a car with them changed out for coilovers.. Wouldn't blink an eye. I was quoted $6k a corner by Ferrari to replace them on my '07 with about 10k miles, needed both rears, and that's just parts. I got them at 25% that from Eurospares, but it's still the same design and will bleed again eventually. Re clutch, eating 60% in 20k miles is pretty bad, but I don't that necessarily proves anything other than the car launched more often than most. That's where you eat clutch more than shifting, engaging 1st. Would be interesting to know how the throwout bearing looks, could tell some of the story. Neither if these would give me pause buying the car. With 40% remaining on a F1-S, if you drive it civilized, should last another 20k easy.
I had to google that to know for sure, and yes. I'm facing the same dilemma with my '06 Cayenne TTS, eventually the air shocks, control module, compressor and pneumatics will all start going bad and I could well replace that system for normal shocks, too.
