Fabulous RHD 412 5 speed for sale

I'll spell it out for you:you hold the steering wheel in one hand(depending on what side of the car your steering wheel is),you hold the manual gearstick in the corresponding hand,you(when actually doing the changing of gear,lift your accelerator/gas foot/leg off that pedal as you depress the clutch pedal with the corresponding foot/leg.

As for the rest of your piece,I don't think it requires an answer.

 

The nicks on the binnacle are not uncommon, especially if the driver wears a big ring, as the clearance to the wheel is pretty tight.

 

Horses for courses but I drove both to confirm that I wanted only the 5 speed. To me, the auto felt relaxed but lazy while the instantaneous response to the throttle input of the 5 speed made me smile on every mile.

 

I've said this before - while they're cheap enough get at least one auto and one manual. Then you don't care and can enjoy each for their own special characteristics. You all know this makes sense

I just love them all.

But then I'm an old softie.....

 

If you bought the auto first I can understand why you have two !

 

The solution is to fit a 25mm Hill Engineering spacer on the steering wheel hub.

M

 

You're just jealous......

 

I wrote to inquire. Hairpin's reply:

Dear Seth,

The Ferrari 412 is offered at £60,000.

Kind Regards,

Neil Dickens

 

That's good news for Bieber.
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You haven't seen Simon drive then..

John

 

isn't the asking price a bit too strong

 

IMHO: it's a lovely car but at 75k miles and £60k you could never drive it if you wanted to maintain your investment.
Which is a shame...

 

oh, stop it, Nick! ;-) If someone wishes to invest, buy silver bullion, it's way too low - around US$17./oz down from near US$50./oz four years ago and will double from here within two years. Ferraris are for driving, not investing. If you like the car and it's been really well-maintained, buy the damn thing, don 't leave it in your garage admiring how it grows in value each day, but drive it and enjoy it.

p.s. caveat: I am not an investment advisor and am not giving investment advice, merely offering an uninformed opinion

 

Hear, hear! To the extent that any Ferrari is an investment, it is speculative at best and subject to soaring bubbles and gut wrenching crashes as anyone who has followed the marque's prices over the past 35 years or so knows. Not only that, the liquidity in the market dries up just when you need it.

My favorite story is a fellow Alfa club member in the 70's who picked up a 250GT SWB for $3,500, all the money he had in his checking account at the time, from a seller who was in financial distress and those cars were just old cars.

As for the 400 series, there is an excellent possibility that prices in the U.S. will rise in the future but mainly for well maintained or restored examples. You are going to pay the price for that, either when you buy it with the restoration already included or when you want to sell. May as well drive it and enjoy it. Your depreciation costs will be close to nil and you may even make some money when you sell. Enjoying a Ferrari for the cost of maintenance and insurance only is pretty sweet.

I subscribe to the Jay Leno theory: Buy or restore a car up to 99 points and then drive and enjoy it until it is down to 70 points or so, then repeat the process.