458 Thoughts on Potential 458 Spider Purchase?

That’s a very good price if condition and history check out. As in too good.
If at a F dealer, I feel a bit better but they are known to hide issues also.
5 owners is normal. Curb rash and sticky easy cheap fixes.
Dashboard...I have had four of these 458’s and have never seen that, maybe others will comment. Doesn’t seem right to me.
If you have a very reputable PPI/paint/accident checks etc and can review service records, then I wouldn’t worry.
W/o race seats, led wheel, some carbon inside, etc the price would be impacted, but at $170k already that may be baked in.
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What’s the color combo? Seems to be a major factor in price. If it’s odd or less known combo I can see it bringing the price down to $170K. Personally I feel that 170k appears to be a fair price for what is presented on the cons list. The multiple owners always make it a bit more difficult to sell. Seller knows what it’s worth, maybe loses a couple of K on a quick sale, but doesn’t have to wait through a few months of fielding potential buyers.

BTW what do you consider low miles? Would raise questions about why so many in such a short amount of driving time. Would also have the car checked by a body shop to make sure it didn’t have unreported (on carfax) paint done to it. May be factored into price.

 

I’d get a PPI done. If no other issues, and no body work appears to be done to the car I think you’re getting quite the deal. Would be hard to negotiate unless seller is really motivated and is not worried about getting market price. Again, if no surprises, I think it’s a fair price. Maybe 458 owners can chime in with better info, but this is just based on the sporadic searches I’ve done for 458’s. Quick search on Autotrader shows 2013 458 spiders ranging from $179 (with double miles) to $225k. One outlier was $150k, but had 60k miles.

In fact, if the above is true and you pass on it, and he really wants to sell it; I suggest posting it on Fchat classifieds. I feel like it would sell fairly quickly there.

 

I’ve had a 2013 Spider for 2 years. Most all options, multiple owners, FL car, came with stickies. I had most addressed, wasn’t too bad cost wise ($ 2K), which included disassembly and reassembly of dashboard.

You can find a new set of OEM rims for $4K if you look, there is someone on Fchat selling them. Or maybe existing can be refinished.

Mileage seems normal for age. Mine had 2k and now at 13k. Your car will be much happier not being a garage queen.

I opted against an extended warranty, no problems so far. It’s out of the 7 year maintenance, I have two good Indys who can address most of its needs.

At some point, you will need to get past minor imperfections. It will soon be an 8 year old car.

PM me if you need contacts for rims, etc.

 

I believe 210ish in 2018. Was at the time a low mileage car.....

 

Sounds like a great deal and a great car
I haven't heard anything about "shrinking leather" but everything else is easy to fix and multiple owners is pretty normal as long as PPI checks out and you can get service history (plus)

Good luck. Keep us posted

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