Bought a Ferrari (but keeping the Boxter)

[dallison]

sweet ride. Once in a while i check craigslist and ebay for a disgruntled wife or husband selling an exotic for $100. I know it'll never happen but that's the only way i would buy a car like yours.

gl

[Adam]

125 miles on a 15 yr old car? What do you do with something like that? Are you gonna actually drive and enjoy it or treat it like an investment?

[Flavor 987S]

Maybe that car was driven in reverse.

Bueller....Bueller....Bueller?

[Perfectlap]

Is that a 1995?

You sir are a brave soul! I lust for a 360 some day...when I'll be rich enough to retire and enroll in to Fix It Again Tony school. I see these guys doing their own maintance on their garage lifts and think man that would be so cool. Having your cake and eating it too.

A guy in my Autocross club bought a new Scuderia and was told that the $10K or whatever rotors could not be serviced at the first interval. They had to be replaced completely. Yikes

[TriGem2k]

Beautiful!!! Always loved the 355s. Timeless car if you ask me.

If in fact it does have 125 total miles and you plan on driving it make sure its not sitting on the original rubber!

ENJOY!

[Perfectlap]

check out this lift.

http://www.motorcars-intl.com/images/Ferrari/360_F1_Spider/870_M-4421/full/Ferrari_360_F1_Spider_33.jpg

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

check out this lift.

http://www.motorcars-intl.com/images/Ferrari/360_F1_Spider/870_M-4421/full/Ferrari_360_F1_Spider_33.jpg

I'd still be scared working underneath a car with one of those... Unless you have 6ft tall jack stands.

[dallison]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

check out this lift.

http://www.motorcars-intl.com/images/Ferrari/360_F1_Spider/870_M-4421/full/Ferrari_360_F1_Spider_33.jpg

wow, great lift. who makes that?

[roadracer311]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

I'd rather not say how much I paid. I got a little carried away because of the low miles and completely blew my budget on this one. I don't work for Apple though. Believe it or not, I repair motorcycles for a living. (though I've got a degree in physics and used to have a marketing job with a laser company)

The long and short of it is: I've been saving 20% of my income for the last 20 years. I finally gave up on ever being able to afford to buy a house in San Francisco, and spent my down payment on this :-) (I own this and the boxster outright)

My plan for this car is not to make the same mistake the previous owner did. He died without ever really having driven it. I'm planning to drive this one about as much as my Boxster (which is only a couple days a week, since my motorcycle is my primary form of transportation, rain or shine).

I will post a report once I've gotten to know it.

When the first big service comes up 5 years from now, I hope to have a lift set up, so I can do the "engine out" service myself.

Thanks again guys. Again, no plans to sell the Boxster, so I'll be around here for a long time with reports comparing the two from time to time.