Performante, colours, numbers etc

[70proof]

Scousefella said:

Blue Cepheus is astonishingly beautiful.

So is green :he he:

[famoussas]

70proof said:

Famoussas, thanks for coming up today with your car.... Lovely car.... Colour is really nice, proper lambo colour, lairy.. A true collectors car is a lairy colour lambo..... And the pearlescent effect in sunlight... Obviously Verdi Ithaca as good! Wouldn't want a red lambo, sorry grbf430

Edited by 70proof on Sunday 1st December 14:39

andrew said:

your car looked great
good to meet you

Good to meet you both, sorry I had to run.

Mohan, thanks for organising, was a great morning.

[andrew]

Scousefella said:

My neighbour has a 13 plate Performante in Red.

i cannot remember a marque where a colour looked so good on one model ( red countach ! ) but then looks so, well, "odd", on any later model

[70proof]

andrew said:

i cannot remember a marque where a colour looked so good on one model ( red countach ! ) but then looks so, well, "odd", on any later model

Toooo true....

[GRBF430F1]

70proof said:

Famoussas, thanks for coming up today with your car.... Lovely car.... Colour is really nice, proper lambo colour, lairy.. A true collectors car is a lairy colour lambo..... And the pearlescent effect in sunlight... Obviously Verdi Ithaca as good! Wouldn't want a red lambo, sorry grbf430

Edited by 70proof on Sunday 1st December 14:39

I said I would never buy a red lambo with black wheels before I saw it, especially being a Ferrari man, but I was amazed how good it looked in the flesh. Its a rare colour for a Lambo but in Performante spec it really works well with the black roof and carbon details. If it had been a 560-4 coupe I would agree with you that it wouldn't work

Everyone that has seen the car has said they have never seen a red one and wow they really like it and think it suits the car ????

My favourite Lambo colours have always been the lairy orange, yellow and greens UNTIL now. When I bought there were white, orange and black ones around and having seen them all in the flesh the red really did stand out
I think its easier to live with and just as striking but you have to see the actual car physically to appreciate it. No photo I've seen or even taken captures the vibrant colour correctly or do it justice.

Colour is subjective but more so than that different cars and even different derivatives of models of a particular car can look completely different. If it didn't look so right and good I could of bought the orange one for £15k less but I didn't because I thought the colour in itself was worth the premium.

It also helps the car stand out as a Edizione Tecnica and is not a colour available on the rest of the range. More than happy to be 1 of the 4 UK cars

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Sunday 1st December 18:11

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Sunday 1st December 18:14

[Russell996]

GRBF430F1 said:

I said I would never buy a red lambo with black wheels before I saw it, being a Ferrari man, but I was amazed how good it looked in the flesh. Its a rare colour for a Lambo but in Performante spec it really works well. If it had been a 560-4 coupe I would agree with you that it wouldn't work

Everyone that has seen the car has said they have never seen a red one and wow they really like it ????

My favourite Lambo colours have always been the lairy orange and greens UNTIL now. I think its easier to live with and just as striking but you have to see the actual car physically to appreciate it

Where do I look for some proper pics of your car, don't think I've seen a full gallery of shots and would love to!

[GRBF430F1]

Russell996 said:

Where do I look for some proper pics of your car, don't think I've seen a full gallery of shots and would love to!

If I could work out how to shrink the file size to the 2MB limit I would post some up but everytime I've tried it hasn't been successful.
The camera I have used is 16M pixels so the shots are very sharp on the computer.

Happy to e-mail you some if you pm me

[andrew]

GRBF430F1 said:

70proof said:

Famoussas, thanks for coming up today with your car.... Lovely car.... Colour is really nice, proper lambo colour, lairy.. A true collectors car is a lairy colour lambo..... And the pearlescent effect in sunlight... Obviously Verdi Ithaca as good! Wouldn't want a red lambo, sorry grbf430

Edited by 70proof on Sunday 1st December 14:39

I said I would never buy a red lambo with black wheels before I saw it, especially being a Ferrari man, but I was amazed how good it looked in the flesh. Its a rare colour for a Lambo but in Performante spec it really works well with the black roof and carbon details. If it had been a 560-4 coupe I would agree with you that it wouldn't work

Everyone that has seen the car has said they have never seen a red one and wow they really like it and think it suits the car ????

My favourite Lambo colours have always been the lairy orange, yellow and greens UNTIL now. When I bought there were white, orange and black ones around and having seen them all in the flesh the red really did stand out
I think its easier to live with and just as striking but you have to see the actual car physically to appreciate it. No photo I've seen or even taken captures the vibrant colour correctly or do it justice.

Colour is subjective but more so than that different cars and even different derivatives of models of a particular car can look completely different. If it didn't look so right and good I could of bought the orange one for £15k less but I didn't because I thought the colour in itself was worth the premium.

It also helps the car stand out as a Edizione Tecnica and is not a colour available on the rest of the range. More than happy to be 1 of the 4 UK cars

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Sunday 1st December 18:11

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Sunday 1st December 18:14

i'm agreed that green's a bit passé, but, come on, 'fess up, something in your handle suggests you're more of a rosso corsa person !

...and, whilst we're on the subject, why did ferrari name their signature colour after a crappy vauxhall ?

[andrew]

GRBF430F1 said:

Russell996 said:

Where do I look for some proper pics of your car, don't think I've seen a full gallery of shots and would love to!

If I could work out how to shrink the file size to the 2MB limit I would post some up but everytime I've tried it hasn't been successful.
The camera I have used is 16M pixels so the shots are very sharp on the computer.

Happy to e-mail you some if you pm me

google photo resizer
hth

[Scousefella]

Scousefella said:

Blue Cepheus is astonishingly beautiful.

[Russell996]

GRBF430F1 said:

If I could work out how to shrink the file size to the 2MB limit I would post some up but everytime I've tried it hasn't been successful.
The camera I have used is 16M pixels so the shots are very sharp on the computer.

Happy to e-mail you some if you pm me

You used a Ferrari camera, no wonder the shots look good!
PM sent.

[Russell996]

Scousefella said:

Lovely!

[Scousefella]

70proof said:

Scousefella said:

Blue Cepheus is astonishingly beautiful.

So is green :he he:

I agree - should be a few more on the road.

[Bunty Killa]

I have a pearl white 11 plate wrapped in chrome blue

[GRBF430F1]

Thanks to Russell I have some resized photos to share. Like I say they are just a few I quickly took myself on a grey day and don't really do it justice. The colour is far brighter and stronger than the images.
Its got to be very similar to Rosso Corsa. Its definitely darker than Rosso Scuderia but not as dark as my Milano Red Honda Civic Type R


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Edited by GRBF430F1 on Monday 2nd December 10:12

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Monday 2nd December 10:18

[GRBF430F1]

Bunty Killa said:

I have a pearl white 11 plate wrapped in chrome blue

I do like that. The chrome effect is different

[famoussas]

GRBF430F1 said:

I do like that. The chrome effect is different

That guy took a pic of my car the day before - and tried to charge me £20 for the pleasure of a copy. Good photos though.

[Alpinestars]

I saw the Blue Cepheus SL at Sevenoaks and actually went there with a view to buying that before I ended up with the Performante. Whilst it's a nice colour, it didn't strike me as a wow colour. Looked better in the pictures than it did in the flesh.

Whereas the Mars in the flesh looks stunning. Never thought red would work with a Gaylord. Pictures don't do it justice.

[Bunty Killa]

GRBF430F1 said:

Thanks to Russell I have some resized photos to share. Like I say they are just a few I quickly took myself on a grey day and don't really do it justice. The colour is far brighter and stronger than the images.
Its got to be very similar to Rosso Corsa. Its definitely darker than Rosso Scuderia but not as dark as my Milano Red Honda Civic Type R


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Very nice!!

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Monday 2nd December 10:12

Edited by GRBF430F1 on Monday 2nd December 10:18

[GRBF430F1]

Bunty Killa said:

I just wish I could get a picture to capture it correctly and do it justice. I've tried loads of photo's unsuccessfully now but admittedly light conditions haven't been great.

My photo's are usually pretty good but I think I'm going to need a professional on the case with this one for some reason.

When I first enquired about the car I did say to the dealer after looking at his photo's is it a reddy orange or an orangey red they were that bad. He said its full on bright red but it just won't photo that way. Strange ? I think it may also be screen/monitor settings as one of my computers makes the same photo look a lot brighter.

I also like the baby blue photo's evn though its a "soft" colour but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to live with it and the attention it would get