Hi everyone,
I could use a little help. I am going to look at a 1985 308 QV this Saturday. The issue is that I found this car on the internet at what seems to be a very reputable dealer. I have done a Carfax on the little beauty and things seem clean. HOWEVER, having done my research, which includes reading all the various and wonderful threads here, there are some red flags, I think. First of all, the car seems to originally be from GA and now resides in AZ. Per the Carfax report, it shows normal perhaps daily driver miles while in GA but, upon its arrival in AZ, which seems to have been around 2000, the car seems to have only had around 600-1K miles put on it. The car currently has 62K miles on it and, per my questioning and per the dealership, it is in need of its major service. My concern is that even with the major on the engine, all that sitting (if this is, indeed, the case) has no doubt caused many other problems. The reason I was intrigued by this car is that the sale price on it is approx 25K. Then again, this is also what scares me, particularly seeing how its coming from a high-line dealership. I.e. WHY is it priced so low? This dealership's mantra is "high end cars wholesale prices" or something to that effect. I have seen pictures of the car, including the engine bay, and it looks very nice and well cared for, for a 62K mile car. But, of course, I know this means nothing. I am flying out to AZ from CA this Saturday and my reason for writing you all is basically for some good ol' advice. I have asked about service records and they say they have the book but that it's somehow become stuck togther. The car was supposedly purchased by this dealership from Ferrari of Scottsdale. I apologize for the lengthy missive but, again, any help you can gice would be much appreciated. Thank you, Scott
I could use a little help. I am going to look at a 1985 308 QV this Saturday. The issue is that I found this car on the internet at what seems to be a very reputable dealer. I have done a Carfax on the little beauty and things seem clean. HOWEVER, having done my research, which includes reading all the various and wonderful threads here, there are some red flags, I think. First of all, the car seems to originally be from GA and now resides in AZ. Per the Carfax report, it shows normal perhaps daily driver miles while in GA but, upon its arrival in AZ, which seems to have been around 2000, the car seems to have only had around 600-1K miles put on it. The car currently has 62K miles on it and, per my questioning and per the dealership, it is in need of its major service. My concern is that even with the major on the engine, all that sitting (if this is, indeed, the case) has no doubt caused many other problems. The reason I was intrigued by this car is that the sale price on it is approx 25K. Then again, this is also what scares me, particularly seeing how its coming from a high-line dealership. I.e. WHY is it priced so low? This dealership's mantra is "high end cars wholesale prices" or something to that effect. I have seen pictures of the car, including the engine bay, and it looks very nice and well cared for, for a 62K mile car. But, of course, I know this means nothing. I am flying out to AZ from CA this Saturday and my reason for writing you all is basically for some good ol' advice. I have asked about service records and they say they have the book but that it's somehow become stuck togther. The car was supposedly purchased by this dealership from Ferrari of Scottsdale. I apologize for the lengthy missive but, again, any help you can gice would be much appreciated. Thank you, Scott