1998 550 up for auction; estimate $240K-$260K

Definitely a nice one. Love that $1000+ CF gearshift knob that went with the CF option.

 

Is it too late to enter mine? Would make that one look like a one in a million

 

joe perella is the man and a god

 

maybe if it came with a lunch with joe..... and profit sharing

 

Ah! It's hard to tell from the photo, but I'm pretty sure I have the same CF gearshift knob. I thought it was an aftermarket one and was about to throw it out and replace it with a standard one (it's the only bit of CF in the car and I thought it looked out of place). Had no idea it was a factory option and that expensive. Glad I didn't throw it out.

 

The gearshift was not a separate option, but came as part of the CF trim package for the 550 and 3 pedal 575Ms. Definitely worth keeping. Very pretty. Missed a 599 one in FerrariAds above. Owner did not like it and bought an aluminum one. $200. Would have put it in my printer's box.

 

+1. First thing that jumped out at me. Trouble is, little stuff that should have obviously been attended to but wasn't, raises questions in the imagination about other less noticeable stuff in buyers' minds. It may not be fair, but that's how psychology works.

 

Allan- Many owners do not know that is a relatively simple fix and think she needs a new steering wheel or other very expensive recovering. So it slides.

But you are correct. What else lurks in the bowels of the beast?

 

July, 2016, Indianapolis, 2000 550 with 3,800 miles apparently sold for $145K.

2000 Ferrari 550 Maranello

 

To me, how you experience the car is from the cockpit and it would drive me nuts and take away from the joy of driving to constantly look at bubbles on the hub. In fact, I just bought a cuoio steering wheel on eBay in perfect shape to replace my existing one because the leather on the rim was worn. But I've got 64,000 miles on mine, 41,000 I put on myself in 9 years. These cars meant to be driven.

 

Allan- Easy to get the original recovered. Or do something weird like I did with a $250 E-Bay wheel.
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terry has the best mods hands down

 

Neat!! My wheel was only $400 with free shipping, so in figuring the money/time researching, etc. equation, the straight purchase seemed the way to go.

 

Allan- Great buy for a usable wheel. Mine was $250 and definitely unusable as it sat. Leather shot and spokes scratched. Bought an earlier unusable CF wheel, too, but sold it for the same price I paid for it. Did not like the way the factory did the stitching on that wheel. Only had red on the bottom leather piece. I like how MAcarbon did this one much better.
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Originally $595. They accepted my offer

Ferrari 456 M Steering Wheel 174545 | eBay

 

Allan- Worked for me on my black airbag, too. Had sat there a long time.

 

Wow that's a lot of money for a 550?

 

Only 5800 miles and she is unusually fitted with all kinds of options not normally seen on early Maranellos. But that is a lot of money.

 

Quite the price indeed. The best, if that what this is, usually comes with a premium. Not necessarily the other way round.
I noticed that new steering wheels are not that expensive from sources like Eurospares. At least not as expensive as I imagined they would be.
Nice cockpit, Taz!

 

166- Thanks, slowly but surely getting her the way I want her.

 

160k USD (as it now says on the link) is a very fair price for such a beautifully specced low miles 550. Suspect that will feel like a bargain by the time the 20th anniversary of these cars' launch comes around. There's another thread referring to a much, much higher miles 550 in the UK asking much more than that. (UK RHD may carry some premium but that's balanced out by the post Brexit exchange rate.)

Anyway whoever bought this Nero 550 did very well I think.

 

Did the $159,900 include the buyers premium??????

 

The listing said 'no reserve' which may have caused some tightening of the sphincter, but the end result was a sale at $280,500 incl. commission.

I believe that this must be a record price for a public sale on a 550 Maranello in this era.

1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello | Gooding & Company