RE: Driven: Ferrari California

[baguaman]

i,m tempted to imho agree..this car the california is not good enough...!! I have driven one and i was appalled...

Do i have the expertise to know a good car...? maybe.. in the past three years have gone from porsche to tvr cerbera to ferrari 550.. to db9 to gallardo.. to quattroporte.. to rs6 ... and now lumbered wwith an m6 convertible..which i hate..

i hate my m6 for the same reason i hate the california.. the m6 is not a sports car nor is the california..
the m6 cabriloet has too much body roll.. so has the california.. the ride is too soft .. your like in aboat.. you feel the same in a california... the throttle response is miles ahead of the m6 and this i did like in the california...

i have two kids so looked at the california has an option... but car is ste.. and offer far to many compromises at that price.. but i also looked into a db9 volante.. and that was £110k when it first arrived.. now selling for between 50-70k.. the db9 volante is much much much worse than the california.. the california has no scuttle shake.. nor does the m6 .. but the db9 volante is like jelly... but people bought db9 volantes.. i have no idea why .. because like the california.. it is crap... i dont think californias will sell well in the uk... and i think time will tell and the prices of californias will plummet in the years ahead...

its not a mistake for ferrari to build californias... most who own supercars own more than one.. and if your a non hard core piston head with a lot of cash.... the california is a little bit like a toke on some really crappy soft core drug.. it could and will lead many users who try the soft core crap of the californian.. to try some harder 458 crack..street price £190k

[chelme]

baguaman said:

i,m tempted to imho agree..this car the california is not good enough...!! I have driven one and i was appalled...

Do i have the expertise to know a good car...? maybe.. in the past three years have gone from porsche to tvr cerbera to ferrari 550.. to db9 to gallardo.. to quattroporte.. to rs6 ... and now lumbered wwith an m6 convertible..which i hate..

i hate my m6 for the same reason i hate the california.. the m6 is not a sports car nor is the california..
the m6 cabriloet has too much body roll.. so has the california.. the ride is too soft .. your like in aboat.. you feel the same in a california... the throttle response is miles ahead of the m6 and this i did like in the california...

i have two kids so looked at the california has an option... but car is ste.. and offer far to many compromises at that price.. but i also looked into a db9 volante.. and that was £110k when it first arrived.. now selling for between 50-70k.. the db9 volante is much much much worse than the california.. the california has no scuttle shake.. nor does the m6 .. but the db9 volante is like jelly... but people bought db9 volantes.. i have no idea why .. because like the california.. it is crap... i dont think californias will sell well in the uk... and i think time will tell and the prices of californias will plummet in the years ahead...

its not a mistake for ferrari to build californias... most who own supercars own more than one.. and if your a non hard core piston head with a lot of cash.... the california is a little bit like a toke on some really crappy soft core drug.. it could and will lead many users who try the soft core crap of the californian.. to try some harder 458 crack..street price £190k

or some may combine the two - 458 for the high...California to ease the downer...

[Dagnut]

I think the clue to this car is in the name...

[robsco]

Best looking Ferrari since the 288GTO IMHO.

Perhaps not conventionally beautiful, but pushes the emotional buttons just like an Italian supercar should. Cracking colour combination too.

[yenkcoh]

it is nice that the cally invokes such varied response. I love my cally , wonderfully proportioned for uk roads , 7 am sunday morning on the B roads of Yorkshire makes you smile and laugh , no shake with the roof down , no buffetting on the motorways with the roof down , after a slight altercation with a badly reversing lady , mine has been waiting for parts for a number of weeks , how ive missed it , the sound track , the incredible suspension and awesome gearbox that makes a porsche pdk feel prehistoric , i have owned and driven many things and as a package nothing has come close, not even the aston