RE: Ferrari 512 TR: PH Fleet

[carinaman]

I knew someone that was looking at a used Ferrari at the turn of the century. Seemed they knew a tame Ferrari mechanic who could check it out. There was suspicions of a knackered diff. on that one, so interesting to read another reference to differentials here.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Very interesting stuff Mr Monkey


The conclusion I have come to is that:

I should own Dick Lovett's (even if it does sound like a pron star fnarr fnarr)

[carinaman]

Dave Hedgehog said:

I should own Dick Lovett's (even if it does sound like a pron star fnarr fnarr)

'Force unburnt fuel into my pre-cats, you know you want to on 0898....

[Shnozz]

jeff8407 said:

Thought about a Ferrari. Bought a 1995 NSX with 24000 miles on it in 2004. Ten years and 160000 miles later the only non routine service has been a faulty AC compressor. The only downside, I am on my second timing belt at $460 to change.

That is fantastic going, both in terms of your mileage and the nod to the NSX. For an almost 20 year old 'supercar' that is impressive stuff indeed. Perhaps the slightly low state of tune and the gentleman's 276 bhp agreement is showing its longer term advantages to the current owners of these cars.

[Cactussed]

No. the Honda is just better screwed together.

Having worked on my 355 a lot, they aren't very well put together.

[Schermerhorn]

Wow, that's nearly £4000 sunk in one day...or the price of a decent holiday.

Makes you really think twice about owning these old Fezzas.

[MichelV]

I like reading updates on staff cars. Certainly exotic cars.

It helps me believe I am not alone in this world. Wish more people would care about extraordinary cars...the roads would look more appealing.

One point of criticism though. You should not wear a white jacket in a red car with cream upholstery. It clashes.

Michel

[KTF]

MichelV said:

One point of criticism though. You should not wear a white jacket in a red car with cream upholstery. It clashes. Michel

What colour jacket should one wear in ones red car with cream upholstery when one is not wanting to clash?

[Martin 480 Turbo]

Once I rode shotgun in one of those when a dealer,
who just had bought my Spider, brought me home.

"Nice sports Fiat, that." He mumbled when he
flored the TR. I assumed he talked about a Fiat
Coupe in the upcoming roundabout, but it was indeed
his sublime way of starting a conversation about
the Ferraris, that were built in the 80ies.

He summed it up like that: Nice engines, but lots
of faulty bits out of the corporate parts bin, which
carry more than one parts code...

He was really into the 1960ies gentleman expresses.
So his view on the TR certainly was not everybodies.
And he must have assumed that the broke student next
to him would never carry the wallet to buy one, anyway.

[Uriel]

shoestring7 said:

iloveboost said:

peatmoor said:

Audi S4 Avant
Ferrari 512TR
RR Autobiography
Ferrari FF

E30 325i rally car with spare Alpina 2.7 block.
E28 M5
I think he has but can't confirm:
AX GT
Land Rover Defender
205 Gti

Cayman 2.7
Porsche 2.4T/Tuthill ST hotrod

And a 2CV!

[Martin 480 Turbo]

[KTF]

The sunnies hide the tears when sir is presented with the bill for the service

[bigaoi]

But there's no corduroy ...

[MichelV]

KTF said:

What colour jacket should one wear in ones red car with cream upholstery when one is not wanting to clash?

Blue or purple. Have you never watched Miami Vice. Only Philip Michael Thomas can pull off a white jacket in cream interior but that is because he is....

[dtmpower]

Don't forget the merchandise...

[hairykrishna]

Main dealer prices seen to be the big downside of owning a classic Ferrari. Over 3 grand for fitting a rad and some gaskets seems mental but I suppose the residual value hit for having someone else do it would be even bigger.

[Zad]

KTF said:

MichelV said:

One point of criticism though. You should not wear a white jacket in a red car with cream upholstery. It clashes. Michel

What colour jacket should one wear in ones red car with cream upholstery when one is not wanting to clash?

Classic 80s car (yes I know, technically 90s) so black leather jacket. And aviators.

Of course, the real answer to this is anything except what people here recommend. PH blokes giving fashion advice is like Mumsnet advising on socket sets and synthetic oil choice.

[ferrisbueller]

hairykrishna said:

Main dealer prices seen to be the big downside of owning a classic Ferrari. Over 3 grand for fitting a rad and some gaskets seems mental but I suppose the residual value hit for having someone else do it would be even bigger.

I'm led to believe main dealers can be very reasonable for servicing and repairs and compare favourably with independents. Main dealer stamps and invoices in the history file are a very desirable thing.

Parts prices tend to be high whoever does the work.

[zebedee]

Martin 480 Turbo said:

does the hair clip on as an accessory too?

[leedsutd1]

Chris ,which of these cars do you still own ,my man maths add up to £5,000 a month in lease /hpi payments before repair bills on the cars you own, like the 512

shoestring7 said:

iloveboost said:

peatmoor said:

I just love the fact that no matter how bad I feel about my car addiction, Chris makes its all ok (relatively speaking). Its the complete honesty I love, like an Alcholics Anonymous confession to a group of similar alcoholics nodding in unison - of course without the life ruining effects!

I lose track of what he has - the 512TR I'd completely forgotten about! Anyone keeping track of his current collection? I love looking at everyone's garage section so disappointed not to see one on Chris' profile

Audi S4 Avant
Ferrari 512TR
RR Autobiography
Ferrari FF

What have I missed?

I think as others started posting:
E30 325i rally car with spare Alpina 2.7 block.
E28 M5
I think he has but can't confirm:
AX GT
Land Rover Defender
205 Gti
I watched a video on Drive where I'm pretty sure he showed his garage and what was in it at the time. A bit like Harry Metcalfe from EVO has done in the past on the EVO youtube channel.

There was also a:

Cayman 2.7
Porsche 2.4T/Tuthill ST hotrod

SS7