RE: Ferrari: the ugly collection
Discussion
I have supported Ferrari for as long as I can remember.
I went to the museum just after the launch of the F50 (in 95 I think). I was 15 and remember that day out with my father and best mate like it was yesterday. Driving in to Maranello hearing the F1 cars testing, then an emergency stop when we realized you could see the test track. Peeking over the fence, I experienced a live F1 car for the first time.
Then we went to the museum, including us there where 6 visitors that day. There where no barriers round the cars, there where lots of amassing exhibits but one things that particaly sticks with. Upstairs there where 3 F1 cars Nigel Mansell, Arton Aenna and Gerhard Berger, One of the staff asked us if we wanted to get in an F1 car's so my mate, a random american and I where sat in the F1 cars.
On the drive home we saw Jean Alesi leaving the test track.
All in one of the best days of my life, I will have a Ferrari at some point.
I went to the museum just after the launch of the F50 (in 95 I think). I was 15 and remember that day out with my father and best mate like it was yesterday. Driving in to Maranello hearing the F1 cars testing, then an emergency stop when we realized you could see the test track. Peeking over the fence, I experienced a live F1 car for the first time.
Then we went to the museum, including us there where 6 visitors that day. There where no barriers round the cars, there where lots of amassing exhibits but one things that particaly sticks with. Upstairs there where 3 F1 cars Nigel Mansell, Arton Aenna and Gerhard Berger, One of the staff asked us if we wanted to get in an F1 car's so my mate, a random american and I where sat in the F1 cars.
On the drive home we saw Jean Alesi leaving the test track.
All in one of the best days of my life, I will have a Ferrari at some point.
Edited by ceebmoj on Saturday 11th May 10:37
During our holiday the last couple of weeks, OH and I visited this Ferrari "Museum". She has no interest in cars at all and despite being Italian she doesn't really care about Ferrari. I was quite pumped to visit the museum but we were both VERY disappointed. There is no flow to the layout, one room comes off another, you have to double back on yourself and sometimes not sure if you already saw a certain section or not. There was not really much historic stuff at all - for that you have to go to Modena to the "Enzo Ferrari House".
Why on earth they do not combine everything into one huge well deigned musuem (like the Mercedes one in Stuttgart which is brilliant, even Mrs loved that) I cannot understand. It's certainly not lack of funds... I think a lot of times the Italians just don't care and don't know how to exploit their amazing history. A shame and a disappointment
Why on earth they do not combine everything into one huge well deigned musuem (like the Mercedes one in Stuttgart which is brilliant, even Mrs loved that) I cannot understand. It's certainly not lack of funds... I think a lot of times the Italians just don't care and don't know how to exploit their amazing history. A shame and a disappointment
mybrainhurts said:
I take the point of this article, but have to say here are the first handsome wheels I've ever seen on a Ferrari.
That silver 250LM with the tricolore stripes is underwear-wettingly gorgeous. Mere words cannot express how much I want one.
Ha ha richb77 spot on 
RoverP6B said:
mybrainhurts said:
I take the point of this article, but have to say here are the first handsome wheels I've ever seen on a Ferrari.
That silver 250LM with the tricolore stripes is underwear-wettingly gorgeous. Mere words cannot express how much I want one.
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