Quick, someone give me 600 grand USD..!

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They drive the cars out on the highway every so often as well so possibly they could have done something. Again, these were 2 cars they themselves sold. They wouldn't say anything on any other car in the dealer, regardless of model.

They know me pretty well, (friends with Mr. Seale) and they know I won't be buying 1 from them anytime soon. I can always find out a few things going on in the dealer. ;)
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Next time I'm there, I'm going to mention that a guy named Rick told me that they rolled the clocks back. Then I'd say "I'll take my $300,000 in cash elsewhere!"
 
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Next time I'm there, I'm going to mention that a guy named Rick told me that they rolled the clocks back. Then I'd say "I'll take my $300,000 in cash elsewhere!"
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Their gone by now according to their inventory, and hell, the salesman who told me probably got himself in trouble anyways.

EDIT: D*mn...I'm probably in deep**** for even posting that... :nervous:
 
Anyone in texas been down to Barrett Ferrar/Maser SanAntonio recently? I'm curious to see what they've got in their inventory.
I think I'm heading down next weekend, the Maser needs to get fixed, too. Crappy door alignment problems.
 
E55Power
Anyone in texas been down to Barrett Ferrar/Maser SanAntonio recently? I'm curious to see what they've got in their inventory.
I think I'm heading down next weekend, the Maser needs to get fixed, too. Crappy door alignment problems.
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Oh, so you're a Texan too? đź‘Ť
 
E55Power
McLarnenF1 GTR-- I'd be betting money that the 328, and probably 1+ of the 360's had their clock turned back.
It's pretty easy to do in Ferraris, and is done rather commonly.
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Surely the service histories would show that they'd been clocked?

- No one in their right mind is going to buy a Ferrari, even a vanilla one, without a full service history.

G.T
I remember on this program that the Cobra went so fast down a motorway in the UK back then, that speed limits were put in place.
Thanks Shelby.
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It was the Peter Brock designed Cobra 'Daytona' Coupe that did some early-morning high-speed stability tests on the M1, making front page news and helping to bring in the medieval 70mph speed limit.

M5Power
Folks, let me put this in perspective:

A 1967 Shelby Cobra could do 0-100-0 in 14 seconds.

In 1967.
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Show it a corner though and it collapses in tears. The car was dynamically flawed, it was only the oversized engine that kept its head above water.
 
TheCracker
Show it a corner though and it collapses in tears. The car was dynamically flawed, it was only the oversized engine that kept its head above water.
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I don't know about collapses in tears. :D When you consider this car's cornering abilities, you have to remember its age. We talk about this car's acceleration today compared to some of our top supercars, simply because it was so ahead of its time in that department that it's still competitive. Indeed, its handling has fallen behind, but you must remember the handling of some of its 1960s competitors also - comparisons against current standards with this vehicle are flawed.

Technology wasn't there either - this car was manual everything. It didn't have any electronic aids, or anti-lock brakes, or ceramic this, or automatic that. This thing was the driver's car of driver's cars.
 
JCE3000GT
Yea no kidding! I'd easily clock 400 miles in a couple of days...hell I'd probably sleep in the thing the first night I'd get it. It's slowly becoming my favorite hyper car slowly passing the Zonda. The exhaust note of the Carrera GT is one of the best in the history of automotives.

Case in point the attached file, rename from .TXT to .MP3. Now this is an exhaust note. :sly:
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How do you rename it?
 
McLaren F1GTR
Let me introduce you to Dallas.
Lamborghini of Dallas:
~2005 Ferrari F430 Spyder - 65 miles
~4 Ferrari Modenas - All under 2,000 miles.
~'89 328 GTB - 5,683 miles
~2005 Ford GT - 29 miles
Only 2 cars with over 10K miles excluding a big truck.
'71 Dino 246GT - 48,665
'01 Diablo VT 6.0 - 16,454

Yeah....welcome to Dallas.
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Ferrari of Dallas used to have cars like that. 550's that had less than 5k miles. And once they had an F40 in the showroom that was low mileage (can't remember the exact amount). I occasionally stroll in there just to see if they have something interesting like the F40. đź‘Ť
 
TheCracker
$600,000 seems an awful lot of money for a car which at best people will think is a ÂŁ70k AC MkIV, and at worst a ÂŁ20k replica. Its not as if they handled well at the time, let alone 40 years latter.
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Actually it's quite accurate but a little more.

Most ORIGINAL A/Cs and Shelby Cobras are in the big range of $250K-$500, easily.
 
For that kind of money, I think I'd rather get a red Testarossa for $60k from my local exotics dealer with 40,000km on it and a Diablo VT for like ~180k with 20,000km on it. Oh and also a Porsche 911 Turbo and M3 E46 and a Viper GTS for everyday driving. :dunce:

edit: that guy has a Carrera GT AND a F50?? :drool: . Oh and who only drives a car for 300 miles. For a Carrera GT, I'd do more the 300 miles the first day. đź’ˇ
 
JCE3000GT
Ferrari of Dallas used to have cars like that. 550's that had less than 5k miles. And once they had an F40 in the showroom that was low mileage (can't remember the exact amount). I occasionally stroll in there just to see if they have something interesting like the F40. đź‘Ť
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Did you go when they had what I think is the only blue F50 in the US (or world?)?
They had that from their old dealer next Classic.

Awesome car.
 
MustangSVT
For that kind of money, I think I'd rather get a red Testarossa for $60k from my local exotics dealer with 40,000km on it and a Diablo VT for like ~180k with 20,000km on it. Oh and also a Porsche 911 Turbo and M3 E46 and a Viper GTS for everyday driving. :dunce:

edit: that guy has a Carrera GT AND a F50?? :drool: . Oh and who only drives a car for 300 miles. For a Carrera GT, I'd do more the 300 miles the first day. đź’ˇ
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The same people who sell Ferraris with under 2,000 miles.
Its not surprising.

Like JCE said, there was a F40 at Ferrari of Dallas that had extremely low mileage. But that's probably because the car was kept in storage and preserved.
 
M5Power
I don't know about collapses in tears. :D When you consider this car's cornering abilities, you have to remember its age. We talk about this car's acceleration today compared to some of our top supercars, simply because it was so ahead of its time in that department that it's still competitive. Indeed, its handling has fallen behind, but you must remember the handling of some of its 1960s competitors also - comparisons against current standards with this vehicle are flawed.

Technology wasn't there either - this car was manual everything. It didn't have any electronic aids, or anti-lock brakes, or ceramic this, or automatic that. This thing was the driver's car of driver's cars.
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I wasn't comparing it to contemporary cars, even in its day it was dynamically flawed compared to other GTs of the time, hell even the little 1.6 Elan with no more than 190bhp in race trim would give it a hard time (from what i've seen of period race results) You've got to keep in mind that the car the Cobra was based on - the visually similar AC Ace dates back to 1951! - The Cobra was only really different to the Ace with its engine/gearbox, and some strengthening to the chassis. Even in its day, the Cobra was old technology.

I'm not dissing the Cobra, its a beautiful looking car, and sounds fantastic. Its performance at the time, and even now, is nothing less than phenomenal. I think that the Guiness Book of Records even had it as the fastest accelerating road car (0-100mph) up until quite recently.
 
I think you'll find that people who buy exotic cars, then sell them with very little mileage are 'speculators'. They don't really like cars, they just want to make a bit of money on something that's in demand.
 
E55Power
Except, this guy is going to lose alot of money, because the CGT isn't in demand.
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I wouldn't buy one myself, but i'm pretty sure Porsche's order books are full for this model.

- I could, of course, be wrong.
 
I've had that feeling too, and to a certain degree, can't blame Ferrari for screening/interviewing Enzo buyers to prevent that. The truth is, they're selling their cars for artificially low prices. The law a supply and demand would dictate significantly higher prices, just like the CGT and Ford GT.
 
McLaren F1GTR
Did you go when they had what I think is the only blue F50 in the US (or world?)?
They had that from their old dealer next Classic.

Awesome car.
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BLUE!? Holy ****ing ****. Wait wait, you said blue right? Even the F50 would look good in blue. I've seen only 1 F50 in person at the Ferrari of Dallas...and it wasn't blue. I'd like to see an F40 in blue personally...but that would be a sacrilege for a Ferrari wouldn't it? :sly: I think yellow would look good on the F40 don't you? Just like the CGT looks the best in either yellow or the darker blue. Bah, I want a Carrera GT...such a sexy car.
 
JCE3000GT
BLUE!? Holy ****ing ****. Wait wait, you said blue right? Even the F50 would look good in blue. I've seen only 1 F50 in person at the Ferrari of Dallas...and it wasn't blue. I'd like to see an F40 in blue personally...but that would be a sacrilege for a Ferrari wouldn't it? :sly: I think yellow would look good on the F40 don't you? Just like the CGT looks the best in either yellow or the darker blue. Bah, I want a Carrera GT...such a sexy car.
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Yep, the only blue one in existant.
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Notice Tx. plates on the Mercedes.

To find pics of this car is extremely hard and to find even anything on it is hard.
 
That car looks amazing. I'm going to paint my F50 Blue! :D
 
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That car looks amazing. I'm going to paint my F50 Blue! :D
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Should see it in person. Was there for the grand opening of the new Ferrari dealer (both me and it).

As soon as I get home, I'll have to upload my own pics of it.
From the old Ferrari dealer to the new one. ;)
 
Beautiful F50! Blue's my favorite color. I'd love to see one with even darker blue. :)
 
I don't believe it. It doesn't mention anywhere in that auction that it was formerly blue, or owned by Nicholas Cage. That car's different.
 

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