£55k on a 550 or a 612? Vote before reading the thread!

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Bluebottle911 said:

Thankyou, Onno. Now done and looking good:

Shiny

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Picking up my 550 tomorrow. How's everyone else's evening going?

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McClure said:

AARRRGGGHHH!!!!!! I WANT A FECKING 550!!!!!


Ahem. Sorry. Sometimes it just boils over.

Hahahahaha! Genuine lol there from me Now back to Downton Abbey to distract myself....

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TISPKJ said:

Looking like a dry day in the south east marco, enjoy.

thanks It has to stay dry until this evening as I can only go and pick her up after work!

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TISPKJ said:

What about that bad throat infection you picked up in the office :-)
I know how you feel, not dome any miles in mine really and bound to be pissing down come the weekend ...

I'm self employed and work mostly from home, so I should be able to persuade my boss to let me leave my lounge a little early

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TISPKJ said:

Sorry not really kept up with the story, was it TDF in the end and a private sale or dealer

TDF and tan from a dealer.

Btw, McGurk dropped their WSR colour combo-ed one by £3k last week. Looks lovely in the flesh Maybe a deal to be had if they're having trouble shifting it?

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RoyaleDetailing said:

Mario

Good luck with the pick up! Must be an damn exciting day for you. Not the best of weathers but who cares!

I'm on the way to pick her up now To be honest, the last few days have been so busy I've been a bit stressed and not thought about it a great deal! I'm hoping to unwind a bit in the train now and will hopefully be in full on "new car" mode in an hour or so

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Cerbieherts said:

Excellent!
Don't forget a pic or two for us Tommorow, assuming you can prize your bum from the drivers seat long enough!

I suspect you won't even have to wait that long!!

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Very bad iPhone pic at the petrol station just after picking her up First impressions? Epic. Feels like driving elegance car-ified. It goes from no revs, engine is just something else....think V12s may be where it's all at Tubi on it sounds fab, good noise at posing speeds and higher up the rev range, between 2.5k and 4k rpm it's just fruity enough to be nice but not intrusive. Interior very impressive, lovely place to be. Modern enough so that you don't feel short changed for a few toys etc, but old school enough that it makes it a special place to be different to modern cars. Very very pleased overall, big childish grin on my face

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Thanks guys, funny thing: night before last I was out like a light, slept like a baby. Last night, I was exhausted from the whole day by the time we finally got to my sis's house with the car. Few glasses of wine then went to bed. Slept for 4 hours, then woke up and couldn't get back to sleep 'cause of the excitement! Surely I had the sleepless night the wrong way round?!

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Just nipped out before we set off and took a few more pics

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Thanks again all! We did 400 miles up to Glasgow today and she was epic, even despite the horrible traffic To put it mildly, she's a bit of a license killer: 60 mph feels like 30, and you can just about hold her at 75-80mph, although if you're not paying attention and/or have a heavy right foot for a few secs, you'll be in license losing territory. And that's before you've even dropped out of 6th gear

Finally, and I promise I'm not kidding here and I know it is a bit "uncool" to talk about fuel consumption, but we did 21.4 mpg overall today Not bad for a car whose extra urban cycle is supposed to be 14.3mpg. Same journey in the 355 would have yielded 19 mpg at most. So using man maths, I've clearly saved money by buying a £50k+ supercar

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ingelow said:

Was there much to do by McGurk before you picked her up? I'm coming round to your buy without viewing approach see, seems to have worked a charm (you git )

There was a little paint that needed attending to that I had spotted, some wiring or something that's a common issue on 550s and the inspection report only really highlighted air con needed looking at. Although we did try the air con yesterday and it didn't appear to be blowing cold, so I'm now chasing that up with them.

I did actually view her, but it was cursory and only for 10 mins or so to check general condition. Then another 15 mins looking through history etc, then 5 mins negotiating the price, followed by deposit subject to inspection. Job jobbed

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RoyaleDetailing said:

Cor blimey. That is just stunning. No interior pics?

Sorry! Completely forgot to reply to this! I only have a couple of pics from the website from when she was for sale:





I do love the TDF blue/tan combo. I loved my Le Mans blue/crema 355 as well, but I suspect the slightly darker interior wears better. Also, TDF blue is slightly lighter than Le Mans, and so far it appears that in average crap UK winter overcast light you can enjoy the TDF colour a bit more as it shows up better

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UPDATE:

Ref the original question on this thread, prices for 612s appear to have dropped £8k or so in the last 11 months, 550 prices seem to have held firm with maybe a 5% increase or so....612s are becoming even more of a bargain if you fancy something monstrously quick and practical: http://fastestlaps.com/comparisons/ferrari_550_mar...

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UPDATE:

Ref the original question on this thread, prices for 612s appear to have dropped £8k or so in the last 11 months, 550 prices seem to have held firm with maybe a 5% increase or so....612s are becoming even more of a bargain if you fancy something monstrously quick and practical: http://fastestlaps.com/comparisons/ferrari_550_mar...

In other news, my 550 is still epic and I love it, done 6k miles in the 10 months I've had her including a Scotland road trip, TSE, charity day at Brands, PhN Viking Tour and numerous weekends out/meets

Edited by Mario149 on Thursday 12th September 18:08