Swapping A Pristine NSX For A Broken Ferrari F355 Is Stupid Idea, Or Is It?
We like Tyler Hoover because he makes the kind of used car buying choices we just don’t have the balls/financial irresponsibility to make. Given the bravery, we’d all love to buy something like a $7500 BMW 850i or a 243,000-mile Porsche ‘996’ 911 Carrera, wouldn’t we?
What we have here though is perhaps Mr Hoover’s bravest roll of the used car dice yet: he’s traded an extremely tidy Acura NSX - plus $10,000 - for a Ferrari F355. Which is currently broken.
The F355 already has a reputation for being temperamental plus hideously expensive to fix and maintain, but from the sounds of it, this one is particularly troublesome. The latest issue to take it off the road was a coolant leak, so it could just be a case of replacing a hose, or it might need the kind of engine work that’s possible only if you remortgage your house first.
If it’s the former though, Tyler has a lot to gain - after all, the used Ferrari market it utterly bonkers right now. This is definitely a project to follow…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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What’s the issue? Ferrari for a Ferrari. Ya’ll are strange.
I know he’s gonna get a bunch of views for such a stupid idea but why, is it for being able to say I traded a pristine condition NSX for a broken super car I mean the idea is just stupid I know he’s rich and he can just throw money wherever he wants and it’s not my money but he’s just being really stupid on this one
“What’s the price for one of those?”
“More than you can afford, pal. Ferrari!”
Non-car guys will think the NSX is a Ferrari. Non-car guys will think the Ferrari is an NSX.
So Japanese Ferrari or a Convertible Ferrari…. I’d take the Japanese Ferrari