1984 Ferrari 308: It's for sale. Buy our Ferrari.

That would make such an awesome college car. You can keep the sunglasses though.

i'll trade you my sunfire:-p

I've got to say I'm awfully tempted. ;-)
 
If anyone here does buy it, you've got to keep the rest of us informed. Did the initial $5K cover the seriously needed maintenance costs?

Tow truck included?

Will Edmunds post their final sale price?

Are you honestly expecting to get some of that $5000 back?!? Welcome to the price of Ferrari ownership, I'd say...

I am more interested in the M3, when would that go on sale?

Louis -
 
You could probably find one that hasn't been driven as hard as Edmunds' M3 for somewhere in the mid 20s. The economy is really killing the values of these cars. I'm picking up my E46 M3 on the 7th and am thrilled about the car (and the price I'm paying!).

Finally!
I never saw the reason to this being in the long term fleet.

I did some checking on eBay, and you guys might be able to get some of that repair money back. There is a 1983 Ferrari 308 GTSI with 53,000 miles on it for $31,750 located in Ca on eBay. Sounds about what you guys are asking. Now all you got to do is sucker one of these Enthusiasts to buy it.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-Ferrari-308-GTSI-California-car_W0QQitemZ220229041314QQcmdZViewItem

chevy598,
  
That car is a late production injected 308. The Edmunds car is a Quatrovalvole which typically sells for more.
  
Here’s an 85 Quatrovalvole with 71,000 miles for $41,990.
  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Ferrari-308-GTS-QV-Quattrovalvole-Spyder-3-0L-V8_W0QQitemZ110248071724QQihZ001QQcategoryZ157040QQssPageName
ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'll be sad to see it go, it was always the most interesting car in the test fleet, and I hope Edmunds gets more cars like it. I always prefer to read about some special or unique car rather than just another random SUV.

Hope that you get another interesting car to replace it, it doesn't have to be Crockett's Daytona or anything but something out of the ordinary.

I'm with everyone else on this too. I enjoyed the old car experiance and want edmunds to do another. An old Air cooled 911 is my vote.

how many miles got put on this ferarri while in their hands?

How about a pre-owned Acura NSX as replacement?

I'd like to see a truly classic car join the test fleet, like a 65 mustang convertible. Then we can point our children to the blog to convince them that they really don't want a classic car. :D

1991 NSX with 132k miles that's actually not red:
 
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=p&car_id= 239064181&dealer_id=62038407&car_year=1992&num_records=25&model=NSX &systime=&make2=&start_year= 1981&engine=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep= &keywordsrep=&certified=&body_code= 0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=both&distance=500&marketZipError =false&search_lang=en&make= ACURA&color=&keywords_display=&page_location= findacar%3A% 3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort= priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=mileageDESC&address=90013&advanced=&end_year=1992&transmission=&doors=&max_price=&listingsHeaderPosition= top&listingsHeaderPosition=top&cardist=16

Better idea: High mileage E39 M5.

just cuz someone asks for a price on ebay, doesn't mean that that's the actual value of that car...
I see lots and lots of dreamers out there w/ auctions ending w/ reserve not met..

well, I'm curious to see how an older skyline would do in the long-term fleet.
 
since the new GT-R is supposed to be around (at least I think I read that somewhere), why not drive around an old one at the same time?
 
there was another article here that showed how to get an R34 skyline here in the states, so why not do that and let us know how it goes for those of us who may consider it? then keep the car in the fleet for a while and let us know how it drives and how reliable it is, etc.
 
I think that'd be, well, awesome! haha

I gotta be honest, ya gotta be crazy to buy a car from Edmunds' fleet. Multiple drivers thrashing a vehicle that they are not used to (as they drive so many different vehicles in a given time frame) does not a desirable used car make.
But hey, good luck with the sale!

aside from the treatment once Edmunds got ahold of it I'd be worried about the condition that one was in when they bought it.
 
Although you can't tell if people are getting what they ask online for cars; the price asked for same car/year when they bought that one was about $10,000 more than they paid, on all the ads I found.
And this one has at least one oil leak, some type of coolant problem (unless that is somehow normal) that are already known.
Yes, old exotics can be a lot of work but it is usually best to start with a more solid car with a known repair history. Rather than buy one that the owner is bailing on before it costs them a fortune to repair.