My wife is awesome

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
06/12/2014 at 13:27 • Filed to: None

She just bought me !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! because it was on half price at Amazon Local.

I go next Saturday. Has anyone done that before?

DISCUSSION (19)

Manuél Ferrari > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
06/12/2014 at 13:31

Your wife bought you a red F430 spider?

Man I'm so jelly.

I need to get married.

thebigbossyboss > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
06/12/2014 at 13:36

meanwhile my soon to be wife bought me this:

http://www.sambadays.com/experience/vie…

ALL THE WINNINGS! RACE CAR!

YSI-what can brown do for you > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 13:36

I mean you can get them on the cheap now. Like only 120k or something. . .

Manuél Ferrari > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/12/2014 at 13:50

I'm sick, I track the prices almost weekly. Here is roughly where they are at right now:

F1 Coupe with over 30K miles: $90K

6MT Coupe with over 30K miles: never seen one for sale

F1 Coupe with 10-20K miles: $110-120K

6MT Coupe with 10-20K miles: $115-130K

F1 Coupe with 5-10K miles: $135-140K

6MT Coupe with 5-10K miles: $140-150K

F1 Coupe with 1-5K miles: $150-160K

6MT Coupe with 1-5K miles: $160-165K

+ $10-20K for spider, the markup is higher if red or gray and lower if black or yellow

+ $10-20K if it's a 2007 with optional carbon ceramics or a 2008-2009 that came with the carbon ceramics standard

$150-210K for a Scuderia, depending on mileage

$210-285K for a 16M, depending on mileage

ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
06/12/2014 at 13:52

I did it. I chose the Lambo, V10 sounds better than the silly 4.3 V8.

Manuél Ferrari > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/12/2014 at 13:52

Also I've noticed an alarming trend recently - there used to always be at least a few nice 6MT cars for sale at any given time. You could always find at least one car for sale somewhere in the country that had the options and color you wanted and the gated shifter.

In the last month most the 6MT cars have disappeared. There are very few 6MT spiders for sale in any color and less 6MT coupes than normal.

I wonder if enthusiasts who couldn't afford the car new but can afford it now are already buying and holding all the stick shift cars.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 13:58

I wouldn't be surprised. I imagine the manuals are probably going to be going up in value in a few years. I would nab one quickly! They would be great fun.

Manuél Ferrari > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/12/2014 at 14:00

I want to so bad...

Now there are two reasons the 6MT F430s might start going up sooner than later:

1. The F430 is the last mid engine V8 Ferrari with a stick.

2. The F430 is the second to last mid engine N/A V8 Ferrari. The 458 replacement is going TT for sure. I think this is going to help the 458 retain its value well, which in turn will help support F430 values.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 14:19

I am hoping that 348 values don't start going up with it. People don't really seem to like that Ferrari. I will nab one up and then will do something from there.

Manuél Ferrari > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/12/2014 at 14:24

I've only done some light research on the 348. Do you know if the engine is much less prone to need expensive repairs than the F355 engine is?

I've been tracking 348 values too and they are in the sweet spot. Everyone knows that the 328 is the easiest and cheapest Ferrari to maintain and repair so prices have already shot up. The F355 can be found cheap but it's expensive to keep running. The 348 prices are low and I don't know if it's due to running costs or because it was the "unloved" Ferrari that had trouble keeping up with the NSX.

Jonathan Harper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
06/12/2014 at 16:45

Sweet! Enjoy! I haven't done this exact one but have done ones like it. Don't expect to go out and really push to car to the limit, you'll have an instructor in the car with you sort of reigning you in, making sure nothing bad happens.

Remember, smooth is fast.

Axial > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 16:58

But for those prices, you could have a 348 decked out like the one Matt Farah drove. Built to your specification, even. :o

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Axial > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/12/2014 at 16:58

Inspired by SmokingTire?

Manuél Ferrari > Axial
06/12/2014 at 16:59

I haven't seen that video yet. Is it good?

Axial > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 17:04

Oh yes. The way that 348 Challenge was modified was incredibly tasteful while at the same time being incredibly bonkers.

Here's the link , if you don't want to search.

Manuél Ferrari > Axial
06/12/2014 at 17:08

Cool, thanks!

What I really want is a 458 with a stick. But that's impossible.

Axial > Manuél Ferrari
06/12/2014 at 17:12

Eh. I can't get over the weirdness of the 458. I'd be happier in an F12, simply because of the 750 HP V12 up front.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Axial
06/13/2014 at 01:10

No, I had this thought before that. But dat twin turbo really strengthened the idea.

Axial > YSI-what can brown do for you
06/13/2014 at 13:22

That video made me go from an F355 fan to a 348 fan. Something about that car's '80s leanings and amazing performance modifications tickles my fancy.