The passion is gone...

1982 Mondial 8, red/tan (a solid 2- car) ~48k miles, 16” and original wheels, factory car cover (rare), $23000

1983 308 GTS QV, red/tan with the usual cosmetic issues, just finishing the major service, $26000

1988 Bentley Mulsanne S, blue/tan, 120k miles, a driver with upgraded round headlights (all factory parts), $16000

Its not like your selling a F50/250GTO/Enzo You can look at it that way. 65K (potentially) in your pocket and if you want to get back in the game down the road they will (the cars your selling) will still be available in or around the same price point.

 

I have a Nissan Armada that I bought brand new, now is probably worth $14,000, but that's if I fix the engine which costs $7,500. So I see a lot of folks driving Armadas that they can't afford!

 

If that's the reason for owning something, then yeah, the connection isn't very deep.

But some people, myself included, buy these kind of things, Ferraris included, because they give true enjoyment through their use. I appreciate products that have special qualities. Nothing wrong with that IMO. But then again, I don't tend to surround myself with too much stuff.

I guess every person's life experience is a little different.

-F

 

Just came across this thread..wish it wasn't so...but I certainly wish you the best...damn, I wish I was in the market.

Thanks again for sharing them a few years back!

 

+1! Dave gets 'em the Spring and Summer; I take 'em for the Fall and Winter.

 

My sentiments exactly. Then again, each of us has to find his or her own path in life.

I also think that recent concerns about 'class warfare' in the U.S. are a bit overblown. I have been pleasantly surprised by all the positive comments that I receive when driving a Ferrari, from folks from all walks of life. This is still a country that celebrates individual accomplishment, hard work, and rags-to-riches stories.

 

I respectfully disagree. And I like to garden, fill the birdfeeder and watch the birds and watch sunrises as much as anyone. And I say this as my family heads today to my brother-in-law's mother's funeral, where the fun stops for everyone eventually. This is among the greatest irrational decisions I ever made, shipping a car to Florida for one week, only topped by buying the Mondial in the first place. I've had nothing but fabulous life experiences the past three years since I acquired my first Ferrari, which seemed to culminate in January this year.

Fun is an action word. You have to make life fun.

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Powered or silent?

 

That makes sense. Nothing wrong with that. People change, times change, interests change.

That definitely makes sense. Sometimes a new condo is a better fit than an old mansion.

-F

 

Bravo, Bravo!!! Sounds like your son has given you a new perspective on life...time to stop and smell the roses. Someone told me when I first got married...you love your wife, but you'll know true love when you have your first child. And boy, he sure was right. Nothing is more fulfilling than growing up with your child and watching the amazement in their eyes and the laughter in their heart. Good luck, friend.

 

I do not know the individual, also I am a petrol head , I do understand his situation and do not have a hard judgment toward him. Most of us tend to forget that the memories will be there until we pass even if we sell our stuff : ie the ride that I took with my uncle in a very loving 328 gtb in France in 1986 will be with me forever even though my uncle passed away a few years back and who knows what happen to the 328. To this day when I close my eyes I can still smell and hear that moment

 

My wife left 2 years after our daugther was born, I am very happy with my daugther growing also her Mom is no longer around . ..'o) but I would add that the true enjoyment is sharing your joy with others weither it is cars, humans or ??? and this site and many others are the prime example of this reality : how long would you last if you would be the only one being excited about your new whatever?

 

Passion still there just shifted to a different form ...;o) bonne continuation . Guillaume

 

I, too, will always remember the first ride I had in my dad's 328, after all the years he saved to attain it. It was a sublime moment and will always bring a smile to my face.

People are where it's at, these things are, after all, just hunks of metal, plastic, rubber and leather.

That said, I have a feeling I'll always get a sh**eating grin on my face when I take my wife or dad out for a spin in *my* Ferrari...even if it didn't take me nearly as long to get it as it did my dad.

 

Amen to that brother.

 

Truth.

 

did said deal go through? still a line I may potentially want to get in?

 

I very rarely post anything on here, but read a fair bit. I was going to get myself a 348 this year but was finding that my driving mojo was somewhat lacking. I have owned a fair few BMW M cars, done loads of track days and living in the UK I could get to the Nurburgring a lot and I spent a good bit of time ripping round there in the ///Ms but I found I was losing the love of driving and family was becoming too important and the cars less so.

The cars were for me, they were costing me a lot and I was getting no enjoyment.

I totally get where you are coming from.

I was driving past my BMW dealer and on a whim drove in, next thing I was signing the papers to trade in my E60 M5 against a 525 diesel. Four weeks and one day ago I sold the M5. The only thing i miss is having to now plan when I overtake a car as the old diesel isn't quite as nippy as that 5ltr V10 beast.

The 348 is still an unrealised dream. Maybe one day I will regain my driving mojo and feel the urge to get the Ferrari I wanted for so many years but for now it is a very empty part of my mind gathering dust.

This is exactly the way I feel. I have a two sons (10 and 7 years old) and my 2 year old daughter. I felt the cars were getting in the way of me enjoying my family - now they don't. I am happier - FAR FAR happier.