Right price vs. Headache on 360 / 355

PM John Lamour, he's selling his '99 with all kinds of recent service history, sounds like he's done pretty much everything to make the car perfect - perhaps that'll work out for you better than the previous experiences.

http://www.thebestemployee.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93152

Link to thread.

 

If you are interested in a 355. Algar Ferrari has a yellow 355. It was previously owned by a member here.


http://www.algarferrari.com/fer_showroom.php

 

That is my next car---exact color combo!!!!

 

really? Are you gonna come up here and buy it?

 

I looked long and hard to find the right 355. I paid for 5 PPIs before settling on my car. I was bottom feeding a bit in that I was looking for a 1995 in the $ 60k to low $ 70k range with around 20k miles. I paid low to mid $ 60k for my 1995 that was well sorted and had valve guides done. I drove it hard for about 6 months and put around 4k to 5k miles on it. Never had any problems and sold it for more than I paid for it negating sales tax.

I had two other 355s that I looked at that were in the $ 60k range. One had 30 miles and had a great PPI (needed about $ 3,500 worth of stuff but costs of new tires included in the $ 3,500) and another that had no issues, except color was not what I was looking for. I chose my car due to color combination, lower miles and valve guide issues resolved.

Two of the cars I PPIed were disasters with one needing about $ 18k before the shop even recommended driving it.

Deals in the low $ 70k and upper $ 60k range with around 20k miles can be had if you are patient and diligent about inspections.