Ferrari or Porker - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK

Ferrari...without a doubt. Spend 40k on one and keep 10k aside for repairs!

If you need to ask,get the 355 I am sure you will love it..a fantastic car.

The 355 is more special, but it is dynamically inferior in a number of ways (acceleration, top speed, grip, brakes) although handles beautifully. It will also cost more to run. 911 is the choice of the head, 355 is the choice of the heart. I wouldn't touch a 456 at your budget. Maybe if you had 70k to spend. They are too much of a financial liability if something goes wrong with them.

Same position here, 3 years ago, coming out of a Cerbera 4.5; needed to maintain a degree of prescence like yourself (which was always going to be tricky after the wondrous aesthetics of the art-Greco mythological one) but couldn't sacrifice any of that car's generally crushing urgency. Drove a GT3 which looked nice, mega quality but felt simply not that quick. Bugger; jumped in a 355B which looked even sexier, drove well and could sound sirenic but alas, chuggensville. Hopped in a tt and pressed the detonator. And that, as they say, was that. My reasoning is, that unless, like one connoisseur par excellence on here, you can run two Ferraris ( ), I suspect Maranello is the ultimate second car uber toy. Having said that, there will be one or two owners Tifotique lurking hereabout that will suggest otherwise and perhaps the 360 marked a less 'weekend special' point in the Ferrari ownership experience. Just my two penneth!

At the risk of sounding controversial, I wouldnt want a Ferrari over an equivalent PORSCHE. The reason being image. For me Ferrari says I'm trying too hard. Cool a few years ago,(like around the time when if you had a conversation on a mobile phone in public, people stared) but now far too chest wig and obvious. Old Ferraris look nice but are generally a joke to drive. The 355 looks nice but........Teddy Sheringham had one..........

For 50K you will be on the limit to get an early 456 or 355 unless you go LHD. You'll need a war chest for servicing (esp cam belts) and repairs. You're well into 348 territory though, and 328 too. The two cars I've had were very reliable and all the horror stories so far unfounded. From talking to to other owners this is the general rule; the exceptions are the 'dogs'. These are always costly, whatever the marque, but especially so in this instance. Lots of fast porkers in your price range and for a daily driver, I'd look here. Myself, I'd be tempted by an early 355 berlinetta.

Hello. Just wanted to say, I had a lowly Boxster 'S', bought a 360 Modena F1, and think it was one of the costliest and biggest mistake I ever made. The car has spent 4 of its 6 weeks life of the road with Gearbox issue. I think, despite what others say, the build quality is terrible, but you only start to notice it after a few days with the car. I'm selling the Ferrari, and have placed an order for another Porsche. I will say this, though, you do get wonderful, non-agressive feedback from other users (people would stop at the lights next to me and just ask me to rev the engine so they could hear it). But you have to work out what is important to you. you'll get more looks in the Ferrari, but the porsche will give you similar power, and poise, without all the hassles.

As per last Posh Bloke comment, slightly wider question, 456, 355 or 993 ? Like, subtlety hence 456, reliability/strength hence 993 Turbo, however, if I'm spending £50K, I want everyone to know it ! Any views, others must have had a similar quandary. Posh Bloke