Mondial/328/308 owners

308GT4 purchased from a private party. Car was about a 6 hour drive from where I live. Bought it sight unseen (but did have a PPI).

Dom

 

Mine was on consigment at a BMW dealership.

 

78 308 GTS bought from Symbolic Motors in San Diego. I live in LA so it was about 2 1/2 hours one way. 250 miles

83 308 GTS QV from Ferrari of Beverly Hills. About 2 hours in traffic 25 miles

 

Maybe you could use the poll feature. It's a good question.

 

I flew to Virginia, purchased from a private seller, then drove the car home.

 

Purchased from private seller, but first seen on E-bay. The E-bay sale fall through. I lucked out and the private seller was local. 15 miles away

Scott

 

1987 328 GTS purchased yesterday at Sport Auto in Summerfield, NC. About 15 minutes away from my house.

 

I flew (and returned the same day) from St. Louis to Salt Lake city to check out a 328 and eventually bought it from Steve Harris Imports.

Do not hesitate to travel to get a good car.

 

I bought mine from a fellow Fchatter sight unseen. I am in CA and it was in AL. I had a mini PPI done on it, but relied on the PPI the seller had done 7 months ago. The seller was also good at documenting everything he did to it, or any problems it had, here on Fchat. Fchat was a blog for the car. Thanks Fchat!

-steve

 

Drove seven hours to look at the car from a private seller, put a deposit down, and returned home same day.

Transferred the funds and drove back down two weeks later to get it. Drove the Ferrari back while the wife followed in the other car.

It was tiring, but worth it.

 

Same here for my Mondial.

 

Did you buy Steve Jones car???

 

Bought mine from Sport Auto also--Lambo dealer---5 1/2 hour drive one way.

 

1982 Mondial. Purchased from an individual in Los Angles with no PPI (learned a lesson there). I flew there from Raleigh, NC and drove it back, approx 2500 miles.

The seller was not completely accurate to me in his mechanical assesment of the car but when I got to LA I decided I could live with the car as it was (the price was very reasonable).

Paul

 

Bought the Mondial 3.2 from Ferrari specialist broker and FChat member Tom Shaughnessy. Excellent experience.

 

bought my 308 GT4 from off of ebay sight unseen in march 05. The car was in san jose, and I'm in Houston Made him an offer and he shut down the auction. The car had an extensive PPI a couple years ago and had a bunch of receipts for the major work. It wasn't a concours and I've had a few relatively small issues, but all and all I'm satisifed, I've got a very cool car at less than the cost of a new honda accord.

 

'89 Mondial t coupe bought from Ferrari of Houston.
John

 

I bought mine from a local independent exotic car dealer 3 days after Ferrari Of Dallas blew me off. It was on consignment from another local Fchatter, and the car was originally sold new in Dallas. No PPI, but my mechanic knew the car and gave it a thumbs-up.

 

I'm in Portland, Oregon, and I bought mine from a private seller in New York City. I was the top bidder on Ebay, but didn't meet his reserve price - twice! Finally talked him down to the price I wanted, sent him the money, then flew out there and drove the car home from New York! Awesome trip.

So I bought the car sight unseen, but I had a million pictures and all the maintenance records. Talked to the previous owner, the dealership that maintained it, the mechanics in Arizona that rebuilt the engine a few years ago, and the detail shop that cleaned it up for the Ebay sale.

 

Nope. He still has his...or so I I've been told. I can't say I've seen it recently...

 

My summary:

(1) 1977 308 GTB: Bought unseen from Peter Sweeney with Forza (www.forza.weblobby.com). Enclosed shipper from CT to VA.

(2) 1982 Mondial 8: Bought from Peter Sweeney with Forza. Drove from CT to NC. About 14 hours. What a great drive.

(3) 1981 308 GTSi: Bought from private party unseen but it was a well known car among some F-Chatters. Enclosed shipper to ID.

Dane

 

1. 84 308 GTS bought locally from Ferrari of Denver
2. 87 328 GTS bought from Steve Ahlgrim in Atlanta, flew in, drove home.
3. 77 308 GTB bought locally from private owner
4. 94 348 TB bought locally from private owner
5. 85 308 GTB bought privately in Corpus Christi TX. Flew down, shipped it home (January)
6. 89 328 GTB bought from Camissa, Burlingame CA sight unseen but had PPI.
7. F430 due in a couple of weeks. Ferrari of Denver

Dave

PS.
#1 was sold to a private buyer in IA.
#'s 2,3,& 4 were sold locally to private buyers.
#5 went to a private buyer in VA.
#6 I am keeping indefinitely despite many offers to buy it.
#7 I hope I like it well enough to keep until I'm dead!

 

1. 308 purchased from Ferrari of Central Florida in Orlando where I grew up when I was visiting from New Mexico... Shipped to New Mexico.

2. 328 purchased from a private seller in Walnut Creek, California (near Oakland / San Francisco), while I was living in New Mexico. I flew out on a free Southwest Airlines ticket, inspected it, bought it, flew back. If I knew then the car was going to be perfect, I would have driven it back! In this particular case I had it shipped back to New Mexico, and later drove it up to Denver (where I live now).

Bottom line, if you want an above average car, you better be ready to travel. Chances are the one you'll find locally would not be your 1st choice when you expand your search nationally!

 

I bought my '85' Euro 308 GTS QV from a private seller in Atlanta. I had seen the car on Ebay but it had not sold. So, I went to Atlanta (2 1/2 hour drive)and drove the car but did not make an offer, just drove back home to Birmingham. About 2 weeks later the seller called and we came to an agreed price. Then a friend drove me over again and I drove it home.