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Sold for $67000

I’m offering my 2018 Alfa 4C spider for sale. It’s the most fun street car I’ve ever owned. Unfortunately, right now I rarely get to drive it, and that won’t change for quite some time. We just signed to buy a lot, and I’ve decided to sell the car to help fund the lot purchase and the eventual build of our next home. Title in hand.

The car is a very high spec 2018 4C spider with 16k miles. The car is offered at $67,000, and the MSRP of this car is $85,745.

The car is painted Rosso Competizione and has the microfiber seats and 5 hole teledial wheels. It has the carbon halo, carbon interior, carbon hood vents, and carbon Italian flag mirrors. It has the akrapovic exhaust, cruise/park beepers, alpine stereo, and red painted brake calipers. All scheduled service is up to date including bolt tightening. I’m an aircraft engineer by trade so I’m rather meticulous with proper service. The car was always garaged on summer tires and was stored in the winter - it was a pleasure vehicle driven in fair weather.

I purchased the car brand new through a non-Alfa exotic and race car dealership and have had them do most of the servicing as I know the local Ferrari/Alfa/Maserati shop and preferred these technicians. I have all purchasing details and service records.

I’ve attached a few photos from my time with the car, and current photos are posted below. If someone is interested in seeing more, I can always send specific photos and/or do a live video tour.

Known blemishes:
-The car has a curb scrub on the corner of one of the rear wheels. That was recent, and I’m happy to order you a replacement wheel if you purchase the car.
-When looking from below the car, the bottom of the front bumper cover chin has a scuff. Again I can have it repaired for a new owner, but I figured in my area that it would eventually just get scraped again.
-The windshield has no large cracks but has some pitting from our roads. I haven’t inspected yet but I will probably also find a rock chip or two that caught the paint in an odd spot or penetrated the clearbra.

Upcoming: Service is all up to date. This year the car will need tires and the timing belt service, and the Tarox brakes squeal more than I had anticipated so some buyers would want to switch to OEM brake pads.

Modifications:
I had an extensive clearbra installed at the time of purchase covering the front end, all exterior carbon, and a bit more. I quickly added the Sector111 front mudflaps as well to help prevent road debris from hitting the door areas. It has wheel spacers mounted. I had a Eurocompulsion air intake installed early on as I’m an induction noise junkie. Later I added Rudy Gale’s front and rear suspension bushings. The rears were done first to cure the odd near-the-limit oversteer/understeer instability. The fronts were added later and in my opinion they transformed the steering feel of the car for the better. I like it better than my previous hydraulic rack Porsches - which is saying a lot!

More recently I added Girodisc brake rotors with Tarox pads and had a shop clear bra the bottom of the floor to let me remove the carpets and show off the beautiful carbon tub. In the last 1000 miles or so I added an Alfaworks ECU when they were having a big sale - sadly it didn’t do much for me.

(If you care why: At my altitude the maximum turbo boost pressure is significantly reduced because it is limited by ambient air pressure, so while the Alfaworks ECU increases torque a bit by calling for boost earlier, it doesn’t seem to increase peak power at all as the turbo’s atmospheric wastegate bled off boost pressure at WOT even before I changed the ECU - with the atmospheric wastegate the turbo has no more boost to give.)

Thanks for looking.
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Here’s the window sticker:
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And in addition to a BMW S1000RR motorcycle, the race car that is the closest thing to what I’m replacing the Alfa with is a later model Elan DP02. It’s torn apart now getting a fuel cell, rear bulkhead, new wrap, and some TLC. Hoping to have a lot of fun in it in the future!

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That’s a heck of a spider. Good luck with the sale
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Here’s the window sticker:
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And in addition to a BMW S1000RR motorcycle, the race car that is the closest thing to what I’m replacing the Alfa with is a later model Elan DP02. It’s torn apart now getting a fuel cell, rear bulkhead, new wrap, and some TLC. Hoping to have a lot of fun in it in the future!

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Fair enough….Good luck with the sale and the Elan.
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That's a gorgeous 4C. Have you received any nibbles near your asking price range yet?
That's a gorgeous 4C. Have you received any nibbles near your asking price range yet?
No messages at all yet. Also I haven’t gotten to the current pictures and it’s not listed anywhere else, so I wasn’t expecting to be flooded with messages!

I paid a large premium for this great build, and I do hope to recover a portion of the premium. Obviously to do that I need to be able to find a buyer who values the build options and is willing to pay a bit more for them - just as I was. I don’t have a great idea on how to price it, so if someone is interested in the car but feels I have it mispriced, I’d love to see similarly equipped comps so I can adjust accordingly. The US didn’t receive too many spiders to begin with though, and while cars with less desirable builds should sell for less, it’s hard to say how much less.
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No messages at all yet. Also I haven’t gotten to the current pictures and it’s not listed anywhere else, so I wasn’t expecting to be flooded with messages!

I paid a large premium for this great build, and I do hope to recover a portion of the premium. Obviously to do that I need to be able to find a buyer who values the build options and is willing to pay a bit more for them - just as I was. I don’t have a great idea on how to price it, so if someone is interested in the car but feels I have it mispriced, I’d love to see similarly equipped comps so I can adjust accordingly. The US didn’t receive too many spiders to begin with though, and while cars with less desirable builds should sell for less, it’s hard to say how much less.
Yeah, it's tough to figure out. If you're not in a rush, you might be able to hold out for the unique buyer willing to pay for that particular car. It's too bad you weren't selling it 6 months ago when things were still white hot! I probably overpaid for mine last April, but hopefully not by too much. My priorities were different...I wanted the best deal possible because I knew I might be selling it within a year.

Good luck!
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I would have bought this in a heart beat if it was last September... Beautiful car!
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Hello, please send a dm to discuss further ! not looking for a screaming deal but reasonable deal that is in line with the market..
Hello, please send a dm to discuss further ! not looking for a screaming deal but reasonable deal that is in line with the market..
Message sent, talk to you soon 👍
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LF4C may end up purchasing the car, but I finally took some decent photos, so I may as well load them up. These cars are beautiful.

I'm limited to 10 photos per post so I'll do a few posts.

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Some interior and detail shots. The metallic red looks great in the sunlight.

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And the wheel and lower front bumper cover scuffs. The apple wallet is credit card sized to give scale. The front bumper cover scuff can only be noticed when you look up at the car from below such as when it's on a lift or you're on the ground looking for it. There are a few nicks in the windshild and in the front paint protection film from rocks as well. Nothing unusual, and the car has no known mechanical issues.

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While it's great news for our family, unfortunately I'll be selling the car for sure. Late Friday we negotiated to purchase this 2 acre lot, and we'll build a new home for our family there sometime in the next few years. While with a bit of effort I can move money around to close on the lot, ultimately I will need to sell the Alfa to get our finances where they ought to be after this large purchase. My brother and I live close together and have children the same age, and this means we and our kids will get to spend a lot of time together.

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While it's great news for our family, unfortunately I'll be selling the car for sure. Late Friday we negotiated to purchase this 2 acre lot, and we'll build a new home for our family there sometime in the next few years. While with a bit of effort I can move money around to close on the lot, ultimately I will need to sell the Alfa to get our finances where they ought to be after this large purchase. My brother and I live close together and have children the same age, and this means we and our kids will get to spend a lot of time together.
Beautiful! Good luck with the sale and hope your family dreams are realised. 👍👍
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While it's great news for our family, unfortunately I'll be selling the car for sure. Late Friday we negotiated to purchase this 2 acre lot, and we'll build a new home for our family there sometime in the next few years. While with a bit of effort I can move money around to close on the lot, ultimately I will need to sell the Alfa to get our finances where they ought to be after this large purchase. My brother and I live close together and have children the same age, and this means we and our kids will get to spend a lot of time together.
Congrats.
Sad that you will sell the car, but this kind of dream is a worthy replacement.
Best of luck in your new odyssey, and GLWS!
And remember, you are always welcome on the forum. You are family here too!
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The likely buyer didn’t show as we had planned, so the car is back up for sale.

I just reduced the price by $2k, and I’ll reduce it by $2k roughly every other week until the car sells. If you like the car but don’t like the price, wait a few weeks and you’ll get a better price if it hasn’t sold.
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Price reduced by $2k for the weekend.
Price reduced by $2k for the weekend.
What is the current price of this car now?. Great specs and a beautiful example.

I don't get the current 4C market. Things seemed to have changed significantly in just my short one year ownership. Recent BaT auctions haven't helped with sellers embarking on giveaway programs. I wonder if price stability is on the horizon or will pricing continue its downward trend?.
What is the current price of this car now?. Great specs and a beautiful example.

I don't get the current 4C market. Things seemed to have changed significantly in just my short one year ownership. Recent BaT auctions haven't helped with sellers embarking on giveaway programs. I wonder if price stability is on the horizon or will pricing continue its downward trend?.
Thank you! Currently $70k (edit: now $67000). I will be surprised if the car needs to be reduced much more to find a buyer, especially with warmer weather coming, but I guess we’ll see!

Hard to say on near term price stability, depends on the economy more than anything - look at housing. So I don’t think it’s the 4C - the entire car market has declined in price recently, and the 4C is unlikely to overcome that negative momentum so strongly that it appreciates against that backdrop. Last year there was a severe shortage of new cars due to COVID production shutdowns, and interest rates for loans were also much lower.

Significantly for the 4C and higher end car markets, the S&P was also flying until December, and it fell back and hasn’t recovered. When the stock market is up, people look for toys more. And since many of these cars are used as fair weather toys, spring and summer are better times to sell than late fall and winter.

In the very long term these cars will always be incredibly special, rare, and desirable. I expect their depreciation profile to either be similar to a Lotus Elise/Exige or for 4C pricing to be a little bit stronger due to the exotic tub and rarity. But the short term pricing depends on the economy.
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