RE: Ferrari 575M Revisited

RE: Ferrari 575M Revisited

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greggy50

6,161 posts

190 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Will always have a certain love for a the 550/575 as was only the third car I ever drove and my first taste of a supercar aged only 16 years old smile

Caractacus

2,604 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Gridl0k said:
575M is in my Top 5 Ferraris Of All Time. Maybe. Hmm.

  • goes off to think*
I get that you're not Top Gear or Autocar, but this walks the line between "journalism" and "advertorial" for me...

So the scheme is amazing and everyone should buy a used Ferrari, but they will consider "poorly repaired crash damaged" cars and ON THE PRESS EVENT they gave you a car with a duff gearbox? Hmmm..
Indeed. But what can we expect from a site owned by Haymarket? A week or so ago they had the cheek to use pic of the week to advertise their own magazine -a lot. They mentioned said mag at least three times in a very short blurb!

thekirbyfake

6,232 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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How much do you pay to use this site?

Caractacus

2,604 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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thekirbyfake said:
How much do you pay to use this site?
That is not the point.

t1grm

4,655 posts

283 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Riggers said:
As for the dodgy gearbox - It not only sorted itself out, but I also can't be sure that it wasn't me flicking a switch somewhere in the first place that caused it... eek
You probably had it in auto mode (one of the round buttons on the aluminium panel on the centre console). Pressing the button again or engaging the change up or down steering wheel levers will disengage auto mode and go back to sequential mode. smile

Edited by t1grm on Thursday 10th December 10:17

Garlick

40,601 posts

239 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Caractacus said:
Indeed. But what can we expect from a site owned by Haymarket? A week or so ago they had the cheek to use pic of the week to advertise their own magazine -a lot. They mentioned said mag at least three times in a very short blurb!
Actually that was my choice. I liked the pic, and thought it would work as a PH POTW. I asked the C&SC chaps if I could use it for free in return for a plug for them and they agreed. It was a win- win for both of us and we got a royalty free image to share with you guys.

I didn't realise that would offend anyone? I was just being cheeky and asking some fellow HM chaps for a favour.

Caractacus

2,604 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Garlick said:
Caractacus said:
Indeed. But what can we expect from a site owned by Haymarket? A week or so ago they had the cheek to use pic of the week to advertise their own magazine -a lot. They mentioned said mag at least three times in a very short blurb!
Actually that was my choice. I liked the pic, and thought it would work as a PH POTW. I asked the C&SC chaps if I could use it for free in return for a plug for them and they agreed. It was a win- win for both of us and we got a royalty free image to share with you guys.

I didn't realise that would offend anyone? I was just being cheeky and asking some fellow HM chaps for a favour.
Hi Paul,

It didn't offend. I just found it very cheeky. I bet it boosted the sales anyway, huh? wink All's fair in love and mag sales after all!

Great pic, kind of. The fact that David was in it did spoil it for a few, I'm sure! LOL.

Back to the Fiat, sorry, Ferrari ad...when will you do one for Porsche. I'll be much happier with that sort of article/advertorial. Not that I am biased in any way whatsoever...

thekirbyfake

6,232 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Caractacus said:
thekirbyfake said:
How much do you pay to use this site?
That is not the point.
It's exactly the point.

How can you criticise something which cost time and money to produce when you've contributed precisely nothing?

I bet you also stand in WHSmiths at lunchtime reading mags for free.

Caractacus

2,604 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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thekirbyfake said:
Caractacus said:
thekirbyfake said:
How much do you pay to use this site?
That is not the point.
It's exactly the point.

How can you criticise something which cost time and money to produce when you've contributed precisely nothing?

I bet you also stand in WHSmiths at lunchtime reading mags for free.
Perhaps it is the point to someone overly simplistic.

As for WHS? Go look up freudian projection and you'll have your answer.

As for contributions? Please, get a life. Or at least stalk me for a few months online and offline to determine my contributions to PH society, be they web-based or not.

predding

455 posts

215 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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What a surprise...yet another PH thread going completely off topic...

I was reading a 2002 Saturday Telegraph Motoring section last week (dont ask) and it had an article on Luca Di M and that this was his personal favourite Ferrari (at that time) which he uses on a daily basis. I saw a customer collecting a blue version with cream interior from Maranello in Egham about a year ago and it looked stunning - it was clear it was the Ferrari he had been promising himseld all his life...

It is the Ferrari I would buy - stunning.

Caractacus

2,604 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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predding said:
What a surprise...yet another PH thread going completely off topic...
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Indeed.

Apologies.

The 575 is one of the best looking (imho) models Ferrari have produced (along with the 355) and it goes like stink (prefer the manual though). It has a presence that more modern models have not been able to replicate (again, imho).

As for the pre-purchase side of things, could you not use an independant and save on the main dealer pricing???

itiejim

1,821 posts

204 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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What a stunning car. I was lucky enough to take a 550 (manual) down to the Moto GP at Le Mans a couple of years ago and really fell in love with it. A real GT, fast and relaxing when you want it to be yet a cracking chassis and loads of steam when required!

I currently have a Cerbera which is often compared to the late 90's Ferrari GTs. It is undoubtedly a great car, probably faster than the 550 and extraordinarily exciting, but nowhere near the complete GT package that the Italian car offers.

Really I need both...

BOR

4,699 posts

254 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Obiwonkeyblokey said:
I went for the 575 ( in silver) as I adored the shape and the V12. The fact that mine costa little more than a nice 550 was a bonus.
Yeahbut.. why is the 575 "better value" than the 550 ? What is it about the 575 that buyers dislike ?

andy97

4,691 posts

221 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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The 456GT is better looking IMHO, but I doubt I'll ever get to drive that either!

JayP1

260 posts

172 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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stuart-b said:
If the Ferrari F430 in the article doesn't make it into the Approved Scheme, when they come to sell it to a prospectiev customer, will the salesman let you know it was crashed, repaired poorly, interior nackered, brakes fecked, but it's ok sir, we tarted it up. ? biggrin
That's exactly what I was thinking - so they find that it has been in a crash and badly repaired, does that mean they polish it some more to hide it better, or do they actually reject it from their scheme?

thekirbyfake

6,232 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Caractacus said:
stalk me for a few months online and offline to determine my contributions to PH society, be they web-based or not.
Sorry but I don't do stalking.

Go look up freudian projection.

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

215 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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TVR653X said:
King Fisher said:
It was you who heard this for real, yes?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikeyrh9E91w

I doubt much can compete after you heard that.
I normally love the sound of TVR's but am I the only one that thinks this one sounds like an awful bag of nails? getmecoat

JayP1

260 posts

172 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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turbo-ww said:
TVR653X said:
King Fisher said:
It was you who heard this for real, yes?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikeyrh9E91w

I doubt much can compete after you heard that.
I normally love the sound of TVR's but am I the only one that thinks this one sounds like an awful bag of nails? getmecoat
I think that is actually music...carry on listening past 1:06 and it does get a bit better

Riggers

1,859 posts

177 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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t1grm said:
Riggers said:
As for the dodgy gearbox - It not only sorted itself out, but I also can't be sure that it wasn't me flicking a switch somewhere in the first place that caused it... eek
You probably had it in auto mode (one of the round buttons on the aluminium panel on the centre console). Pressing the button again or engaging the change up or down steering wheel levers will disengage auto mode and go back to sequential mode. smile

Edited by t1grm on Thursday 10th December 10:17
Definitely wasn't that - even in manual mode it was changing itself up at 3500rpm.

If I had been methodical I could have worked out exactly whether it was me or the car that went wrong, but I randomly prodded so many buttons that I couldn't tell either way...smile

King Fisher

739 posts

178 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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turbo-ww said:
TVR653X said:
King Fisher said:
It was you who heard this for real, yes?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikeyrh9E91w

I doubt much can compete after you heard that.
I normally love the sound of TVR's but am I the only one that thinks this one sounds like an awful bag of nails? getmecoat
You probably are - having heard a Speed 12 in the flesh, it makes every other car ever made (including my Chimaera) sound like Joe Pasquale on helium.