RE: Time For Tea? Enzo awakening

RE: Time For Tea? Enzo awakening

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AndrewD

7,527 posts

283 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Nice video. I'd like an Enzo one day, but probably an F40 before that

tommy vercetti

11,486 posts

162 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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The Enzo looks great in grey

rockafella8587

20 posts

168 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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I saw JK driving his F40 a couple of weeks ago when I was sat having a pint in a beer garden in Wendover. He drove right past really slowly so everyone could see him. Almost spilt my pint lol!

LordPetroleum

371 posts

169 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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M666 EVO said:
Always loved these. Any owners on here want to regail us with stories? I need something to read this afternoon at work...

Where is that guy on here who had 2 F40 and 5 911s. He must have a couple??

laugh
LMAO, he is prob out there mass-debating about how he helped to design the car but had the leave before the launch cos he had to attend dinner at Buck Palace with Queen, Da Li Lama, Luke Skywalker et al.

I do have a treasured Enzo anicdote though. Got married in Sept 2004 and managed to persuade the current Lady P to honeymoon in Monaco (didnt take too much persuading. We stayed at was then the Monte Carlo Grande or Previously Lowes, funnily enough where the Lowes hairpin is.

Anyway, a good time was had by all but other than getting a massive buzz out of our hotel being the frikkin F1 tunnel there was also a swimming pool on the roof which afforded awesome views of the Med but also the run down from Casino Square to Lowes and Tabac. Other performing 'certain duties' that week I spent thhe majority of my time watching various metalwork blipping up and down the hill. Highlight being a corageous, foolhardy or more likely inexperienced new owner get his Enzo very sidewards up the hill. I nearly sex-weed.


northwest monkey

6,370 posts

188 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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I may be burnt at the stake for saying this but I'm going to say it anyway - I don't care for the F40 & think it looks very awkward bordering ugly indeed from some angles. I can appreciate the engineering that went into it, but then again a fair amount of engineering went into the Menai bridge & I wouldn't want to drive that either.

The Enzo however is a different story. It looks perfect at any angle & if (when!) I win the Euromillions I'll buy 2 - 1 to look at & 1 to drive.

It's not an age thing either - I'm 39 & remember the F40 coming out & didn't like it then. Loved the 959 though!

Blackpuddin

16,409 posts

204 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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jeenyus said:
Here is a nice vid of the aforementioned F40, engineering focussed cinematography blended with some hoonage. The germanic fella with the round glasses is mereley a bonus.

http://vimeo.com/16663638
F40 looks surprisingly good in dark blue, but my abiding memory of this vid is of the driver's socks.

Leins

9,415 posts

147 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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rockafella8587 said:
I saw JK driving his F40 a couple of weeks ago when I was sat having a pint in a beer garden in Wendover. He drove right past really slowly so everyone could see him. Almost spilt my pint lol!
When did he buy it back? Thought he got rid of it a few years ago

snotrag

14,446 posts

210 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Very interesting. Like it or not if your still care guy then the engineering in these hyper cars should interest you. And what about the forgotten 'F' car, which I might be inclined to argue the best looking? [img] pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200910/1996-ferrari-f50-17_800x0w.jpg[/img]


Earl'Dingleberry

170 posts

139 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Hellbound said:
I'm going to ruin this thread now with a blue chrome F40.
You've succeeded.

bern

1,262 posts

219 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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jeenyus said:
Here is a nice vid of the aforementioned F40, engineering focussed cinematography blended with some hoonage. The germanic fella with the round glasses is mereley a bonus.

http://vimeo.com/16663638
Just shown that to my 3 year old while he is having his bath.

His only words were " I'm gonna drive one of them!"

That's my boy!

Leins

9,415 posts

147 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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630bhp said:
It was probably the famous ph member 'boringbeige'........he owns two F40s wink
Ah yes, but couldn't drive either of them to Tescos to get some custard IIRC? wink

LordPetroleum

371 posts

169 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Thats a point....... perhaps JK IS Boringbeige???? (LOL)

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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k-ink said:
OdramaSwimLaden said:
The wing mirror is £1080 + VAT (shell without glass); well, it used to be anyway!
Small change compared to a Zonda mirror then.
Amazes me how they get away with such piss-takery...

kds keltec

1,365 posts

189 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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TonyHetherington said:
I got to spend a lot of time around Chris' Enzo when a friend of mine was repainting it (KDS) - the more time I spent the more I appreciated it, and noticed little things that I really liked.

It's an out and out race car, with some fantastic details. It made me smile every time I saw it smile
And by a lot of time you mean nearly 3 months!





and oh yes i have such an Appreciation for the car after spending so much time around it and stripping it down and then building it back up again.

and then was lucky enough to have a few laps out on the top gear test track , will never forget this one in a hurry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeO7ck89qw&fea...


what a car , out and out race/track car , now can see why cars like these HAVE to be used for what they were built to do.

Kelly

JS100

221 posts

156 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Watch the value of these plummet over the coming years. Buoyed in the last few years because it was still relatively contemporary and not yet superceeded, plus importantly, people who can't drive could drive it by virtue of the gearbox. Ferrari have neglected their core customer base IMO (i.e. not those who just tag along in times of excess, but those who truely love cars). Apple .....tree ....far from! F40 and Enzo should not be mentioned in same breath IMO. One's a true classic, one is just of a time - fashion.

Carnnoisseur

531 posts

153 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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kds keltec said:
And by a lot of time you mean nearly 3 months!





and oh yes i have such an Appreciation for the car after spending so much time around it and stripping it down and then building it back up again.

and then was lucky enough to have a few laps out on the top gear test track , will never forget this one in a hurry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeO7ck89qw&fea...


what a car , out and out race/track car , now can see why cars like these HAVE to be used for what they were built to do.

Kelly
I'm just imagining turn up to "work" everyday and seeing that in the workshop...............

GhepardoGTS

26 posts

138 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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As awesome as this design is, I always felt that it didnt really feel like a Ferrari. The Ken Okuyma design feels much more like a modern NSX than a hyper Ferrari. Jason Castroita did a much better job with the P4/5 IMO. If you take the badges of this car, it will confuse alot f people whether it looks like a Prancing horse.

Rumblestripe

2,915 posts

161 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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kds keltec said:
And by a lot of time you mean nearly 3 months!





and oh yes i have such an Appreciation for the car after spending so much time around it and stripping it down and then building it back up again.

and then was lucky enough to have a few laps out on the top gear test track , will never forget this one in a hurry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeO7ck89qw&fea...


what a car , out and out race/track car , now can see why cars like these HAVE to be used for what they were built to do.

Kelly
Hmmmmm nekkid Enzo cloud9

richard300

1,085 posts

208 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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I love the Blu Pozzi F40



I do like the Enzo also, it's one of those cars that I never day dream about, then I see one in the metal and start wishing my 6 numbers would come up...... I wonder how much Pininfarina would charge for a RHD conversion?

kds keltec

1,365 posts

189 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Carnnoisseur said:
I'm just imagining turn up to "work" everyday and seeing that in the workshop...............
Oh yes must seem like a dream job to many a piston head member biggrin

This was my view while we were repairing and completely wet sanding a nearly new BMW



I guess it not bad hey wink

But does become a job in the end , and have to actually get on with the work instead of admiring the art forms.

Its slightly spoilt "Vehicles" in general for me and now look for other forms of past times that is not car related the small amount of time i have away from work.

kelly