[M Power] BMW M3 gt2 1/24 ...maybe..

[ddtham]

Originally Posted by 360spider

You know that an oil change on a F355 is about $4500, right? :-)
I (obviously) follow Ferrari market closely, and I would never buy a used Ferrari. I can afford one, heck, I can probably afford 2. Old ones are cheap, but their purchase price is only about 40% of the investment. You will spend another 60% or more of its original price on maintenance in the first 2 years! And we all know what a Ferrari with shady or absent maintenance history worth on a market.... So...no thanks.

I know that a Ferrari costs roughly $1 a mile to maintain. That is why I would rather get a 911 Turbo... at least they are built like a tank and still has more than enough poise and performance compared to any car on that side of the globe.

[lovegt40]

Absolutely true.The quotations of Frrari are the lowest ever in USA when they are not brand new.
so, we must buy a ferrari in us and maintain it here in italy (all parts are from fiat group, u need a good mechanic to discover...in what fiat!!).All the internal generic parts into the 355 are from fiat of the same time we gamed a lot in discover what coffin was givin the lights buttons, the wispers,the plastics,the air vents..
Unfortunately, after some years, ferrari ceases to produce spare parts (as for the 208/308/328 series) and today they are rebuild by a british company, at a price even more stellar than originals.
Remember the ferrari is not a car, but is a status symbol all over the world.When u own it, means to other humans,u are rich.Period.
Also Montezemolo recently reminded such,excluding forever the project of a "cheap" ferrari as porsche did with 968 crappy Boxster.

The same for porsche anyway,I still remember a check to a 996 I saw in person,where the radiator ducts were exactly the same of the vw golf of the same period.
Golf rubber tube was for 8 euro,the identical (guys..not similar, really identical eh..) for 996 was for 200
Keep a modelling eye also there...and YES!we can do it!
Rich toys,rich prices....basically it is correct.

Returning on topic, the body of this BMW can be found as complete slot car in ebay.Price around 80 euros.

[jano11]

Originally Posted by 360spider

I think it would be logical to reach a conclusion after you drive that Audi for 6 months.

Did it for 4 years.