price question on high mileage 355s

I am no expert on Ferrari mechanics or maintenance. With that said I shopped pretty hard for a lesser expensive 355 for the past several months. The problem was that there are just too few cars on the market and even fewer wither higher mileage.

There is a red 96 spider for sale in New Jersey with 48k miles on it going for $68k. I talked with the seller who had zero history on the car and acquired it from 'a close friend' who he would not let me speak with. The car quickly lost its charm.

I can dig up the ad if you want to do more exploration on it.

Good luck!

 

There is a low mileage 355 on cars.com for $52k right now. Rebuilt title though. Might be worth looking into. If they have the before repair pics it might have been (relatively) minor damage.
BT

 

johng- I purchased what many on this board consider to be a "high-mileage" car. It is a 96' 355 spider, 6 speed car and had 36K and some change on it when I got it. It needed new dash, wheels refinished and some other small items. It did have its 15 and 30K service with all records so that coupled with the fact that the previous owner was a well-respected F-chat member made for a quick decision.

Since I've had the car I have spent about $8500 to get it "finished" and as I prepare to post it for sale I realize that there are few well sorted all problems solved 355's available in the "reasonable" range. Those with extremely low prices generally have a story and are in my opinion poor choices, unless of course you intend on keeping the car for the duration and are willing to sift through the "story". I actually wanted to experience Ferrari ownership at a reasonable level prior to diving in and purchasing a 360 CS, F-40 or Enzo and think I've accomplished that, which is exactly why I'm selling my spider!

Good luck in your search

 

mmm what color is it?!

 

Rossa/Tan Delaneys "old" car!