Doom, gloom and bursting bubble

[Louie]

even with those production numbers I am still surprised they are just now increasing in value like the rest of the market. I don't want to take the time to research total 911 production for the same years as the 3x8/ 328, but I am sure it was massively more. Hitting up Google: 29,751 was the total production of 911s...in 2013 alone.

I am researching 308/ 328s now. Leaning towards a 328 to keep the Germans company in the garage.

[Will 1967]

I had a 348 and couldn't agree more.

I need to jump in as I have had 2 (and still have one) 348's (and some other models as well) and I couldn't disagree more. But I guess its personal taste, mine and also my friends 348's have been great and at least as reliable as other Ferrraris, and all in all much loved cars.

(Yes, 89´models had quality probs as it came to market "too early". But owners have pretty much fixed those probs by now, and most of 348 probs are cheap fix unlike many common faults faund in other models. (you said you have owned one so then opinion is 100% based on facts, but just too often these are said by ones who haven't owned or even driven one).
I like that all people have different opinions about cars and how they change over time, e.g. it wasn't that long ago when SWB's 911's where commonly referred as bad cars vs LWB longhoods, now they are very sought after ones. )

[sithot]

I'll toss in my "due liri" - I owned both a 1978 308 and a 348 (forgot the year). The 308 was as beautiful as they come and I still love the looks but slow, bog slow. Crappy, stiff gearbox. Yes I know, the gated shifter is a religous experience for some but still not a great joy to shift.

The 348 was just a plain piece of $hit. Period. I've never hated a car like that and rue my stupidity in buying it. When Montezemolo returned to Ferrari even he said a 348 is crap. I've only had two cars ever break down - one was the 348 and the other was a 1978 Ford Fiesta. I still think the Fiesta was a better car.

I wish I was smarter as I should have bought a garage full of long hoods.

LOL.

I came within a gnat's ass of buying a fiberglass car back in the 80's before the foolishness set in. Had a Dino in the garage I was storing for a fellow. That WAS a slug. The car was about a 3 and had good bones but it was a rolling rattletrap. The Fiat engine didn't impress me either.
There is a gentleman I know who has owned nearly every significant road going Ferrari made. The NART Spyder was one of them. I believe he owned 4 of that model over the years.

The Ferraris of that vintage are jewels. Affording a Ferrari is one thing, but can you afford to maintain one?

[Flieger]

Well, here's your chance for the So Cal guys: https://louisvillehs.raffleready.com...larship-raffle

[steve shea]

The '89 and '94 type speedsters are Bud Tugly. There is only one speedster really, and they stopped building it as a '59 T2 model. If the newer ones are truly fetching the numbers mentioned above, you can get a real speedster for the same money. Light, fast and gorgeous with soul to boot. The new ones are poseur wagens not worthy of the name. They may be good cars but are not speedsters IMHO. Kind of like calling a Boxster model an RS Spyder. Heh Heh

[Michael Meldrum]

Great quote LOL

I've only had two cars ever break down - one was the 348 and the other was a 1978 Ford Fiesta. I still think the Fiesta was a better car.

[BritishCarGuy]

[QUOTE=mvboy;753049] The 308 was as beautiful as they come and I still love the looks but slow, bog slow.

There are three of these within strike distance to me all going for $35-40 K. Been thinking of looking at them and normally I'd run an hide from anything that seems like a just a bigger Fix It Again Tony. I remember blowing one of these off on a lonely back road many years ago in one of my hotted up Triumph TR8's. If I did buy one it would just be a buy/flip thing. Wouldn't want the annual maintenance bills on a daily driver, which I hear can be considerable. Some people want to believe these are the next Dino's, but let's wait and see.

[StephenAcworth]

I would think that the fiberglass ones will be the stand out cars as the market rises... Always found the driving position uncomfortable for anything other than a 10 minute drive to the mall...

[QUOTE=BritishCarGuy;753251]

The 308 was as beautiful as they come and I still love the looks but slow, bog slow.

There are three of these within strike distance to me all going for $35-40 K. Been thinking of looking at them and normally I'd run an hide from anything that seems like a just a bigger Fix It Again Tony. I remember blowing one of these off on a lonely back road many years ago in one of my hotted up Triumph TR8's. If I did buy one it would just be a buy/flip thing. Wouldn't want the annual maintenance bills on a daily driver, which I hear can be considerable. Some people want to believe these are the next Dino's, but let's wait and see.

[mac73s]

Just to expand on the Ferrari theme, I have owned 6 Ferraris and have no interest in another. The 911 is where I always come back to, as they just work for me and offer the total driving and usability experience I want. Along with my 73 S that is under restoration, I also drive a new 911 and there is no Ferrari I would trade it for - seriously - and I've owned several 328s, a 360, 550, 575, and 430 - all manuals as is my new 911).

[rower]

I've driven them all. Yes, they are nice cars but not $200,000 nice.

IMHO, a Speedster is still a 356 and there was only one original Speedster.

Agreed. The post '59 speedsters are just 911's with a different windshield and have none of the charisma of the originals. I just don't like the lines. But I love the 356 speedsters.