Ferrari 360 now available for wedding hire - from £299

My Ferrari 360 is now available for chauffeured wedding hire around the Manchester area of the UK.

Email me or message me through facebook for details.

Example price : £299 for chauffeuring the groom to the wedding venue and wedding party photos. Venues within 20 miles of Manchester city centre. I can accommodate venues further out with a contribution to fuel costs.

Please contact me to discuss your needs.

Lee

Now posting on http://www.facebook.com/OwningAFerrari360

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Importing a Ferrari 308 or 360 into the UK from the US

Importing a classic or interesting car from the US (and other countries):

1. Find the car you want (ebay/forum/local add) and discuss with owner.
2. Have a local agent PPI it if you want and send you a report.
3. Pay the owner (better to go through a trusted 3rd party local to them).
4. Have the local agent collect the car and prepare it for shipping.
5. Wait a few months.
6. Recieve notification from UK agent of arrival.
7. Complete customs clearance forms and pay customs once assessed.
7. UK agent arranges transport to your address.
8. On arrive, prepare the car for local compliance and get an MOT
9. Register it and recieve UK reg. number from local DVLA centre.
10. Enjoy the financial benefits of the exchange rate and relative value abroad.

Costs:

Purchase cost + local agent/PPI costs/transport + shipping + UK agent/transport + UK Customs + VAT (on bill of sale, shipping + UK agent and landing fees).

Ballpark is you get the car on your doorstep for the price in £'s equivalent to what you paid in $'s, bonus is usually the body condition. e.g. you paid $10000 for the car, you pay £10000 to you door and the more you spend the better the margin is.

Keeping my eye on cars like this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-308-?cmd=ViewItem&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5373305616468206139&_trksid=p5197.m7&item=200689142141

Mostly Ferraris in enthusiastic pile-up in Japan

It looks like enthusiasts in Japan got a bit carried away with themselves on a cruise.




I think we can all get a bit carried away when out on a cruise with friends. I'm a grown man with responsibilities so I always hang back from the crowd for fear of a pile-up like this. Of course you don't need to be driving a supercar for this to happen, so it's a shame as it gives us all a bad name. At least no-one was badly injured or killed :| I guess there'll be some spares around now :)

The lifecycle of modern Ferraris so when to buy one - IMHO

The Ferrari 360 (with a 2001 list price approaching £100,000) is clearly an expensive object to own. I certainly didn't have that kind of money in 2001 when the car was new and still don't, but of course time is cruel on such "investments" - to a point that is. Early adopters clearly have the money to spend and are happy to take a hit on the car's value, but there comes a time when the model moves into the next stage of it's life - not really a life cycle because it doesn't start again, but more a journey through it's worth and desirability. www.howmanyleft.co.uk is a great way to subjectively look at these things. Take a look at the the data for UK 360's and you will see that they have been through their early adopter phase and are now comfortably settled in their summer use only phase owned by people like me who polish them, maintain them and occasionally drive them. SORN's are increasing and road licensing in Q1 and Q4 are down. Prices as of late 2011 are all over the place from higher mileage cars (>40k miles) at £30k+ to some examples well into the £50K mark. Sorted examples with solid history but perhaps in need of some minor detail should be around £40-£45k. I'm happy I didn't take the ~£4k depreciate on the car since new, but then again that's what you loose on higher value normal daily driver too... so you may as well have the Ferrari instead.

Cleaning the inside of the wheels on a Ferrari 360

I like the inside of my wheels to look as clean as the outside on my Ferrari 360. After-all you can see the inside clearly so there's no excuse to keep them spotless. I typical run a soapy sponge through the spokes but end up rubbing my hands on the discs which isn't clever. ow:



Here's my prototype alloy wheel sponge-on-a-stick which is exactly what it is. Most of the alloy wheel brushes have short handles and are also too wide to fit comfortably between the calliper(s) and rim.



Well it works well for me and lets you get into all the corners although I could probably just use a long handled bath sponge on a stick.

Ferrari 360 space saver spare wheel

Ferrari didn't supply a spare wheel as standard on the 360 (and 430) but you could add one as an option. Instead they supplied you with a can of tyre sealant which would get you to the nearest garage for a repair.

I wasn't so happy with this option and equally at the price of a new Ferrari spare wheel available here - http://www.eurospares.co.uk and that's just the rim. There is some talk about Volvo space saver spares fitting, but then I spotted a genuine Ferrari one on ebay a few weeks ago. I won the auction and now have a spare. It's never been used - result :)