Just bought my first Ferrari
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03-25-2005 | 12:12 PM
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Just bought my first Ferrari
will keep the TT as the daily driver
its a Stradale with about 3K miles and to be honest going to pick it up today somehow seemed an anticlimax:
so I walked into the dealership thinking "oh my God l have just spent 200 K on another car am I nuts ?" strangely I wasn't even excited ( I have wife and 3 kids WHAT am I doing ?) or am I just knackered from too much running and work yesterday.
the things which impressed me before I drove the car again was
the attention to detail, the owners manual comes camel leather case and a torch as does the tool kit and you are registered in the Ferrari Global computer as THE OWNER rather than just Joe Bloggs. You get a Fleece Lined Ferrari car cover.
driving the car 100 miles home on mainly highway, thinking it is just going to be extraordinarily noisy (no Cats in EUROPE), its actually pretty fine and the racing seat is SOOOOO comfortable for somebody who is 6"6" and the radio and navigation system works well too, in fact the electrics are at least as good as the TT and its Italian !!!!
I get off the highway and its heaven; the whole neighbourhood comes out to see me arrive home and spends the afternoon taking pictures, you don't even need to wind the window down, post 3.5K rpm its such a ***** out sound.
Believe me I have had my ups and downs in life ( including losing more than 1.2 Mio US in a week in 1998) but this is really the best 200K I have EVER spent and now I know why Porsche makes 1.3 BN USD a year and Ferrari is strugging to breakeven....as they give you more.
Go for it !
its a Stradale with about 3K miles and to be honest going to pick it up today somehow seemed an anticlimax:
so I walked into the dealership thinking "oh my God l have just spent 200 K on another car am I nuts ?" strangely I wasn't even excited ( I have wife and 3 kids WHAT am I doing ?) or am I just knackered from too much running and work yesterday.
the things which impressed me before I drove the car again was
the attention to detail, the owners manual comes camel leather case and a torch as does the tool kit and you are registered in the Ferrari Global computer as THE OWNER rather than just Joe Bloggs. You get a Fleece Lined Ferrari car cover.
driving the car 100 miles home on mainly highway, thinking it is just going to be extraordinarily noisy (no Cats in EUROPE), its actually pretty fine and the racing seat is SOOOOO comfortable for somebody who is 6"6" and the radio and navigation system works well too, in fact the electrics are at least as good as the TT and its Italian !!!!
I get off the highway and its heaven; the whole neighbourhood comes out to see me arrive home and spends the afternoon taking pictures, you don't even need to wind the window down, post 3.5K rpm its such a ***** out sound.
Believe me I have had my ups and downs in life ( including losing more than 1.2 Mio US in a week in 1998) but this is really the best 200K I have EVER spent and now I know why Porsche makes 1.3 BN USD a year and Ferrari is strugging to breakeven....as they give you more.
Go for it !
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03-25-2005 | 12:44 PM
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Pic
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For those of you whose follow Ferrari Chat, its pretty similar to Udalmia's car before he went through his latest round of mods.
For those of you whose follow Ferrari Chat, its pretty similar to Udalmia's car before he went through his latest round of mods.
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03-25-2005 | 01:48 PM
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Re: Pic
Originally posted by RichardCH
For those of you whose follow Ferrari Chat, its pretty similar to Udalmia's car before he went through his latest round of mods.
For those of you whose follow Ferrari Chat, its pretty similar to Udalmia's car before he went through his latest round of mods.
Congrats and enjoy.
