25 Years ago today

[F355GTS]

I bought my first Ferrari, a 328GTS from Simon Furlonger when he worked at KHPC

In the 25 Years I’ve owned 15 different Ferraris, 2 of the cars twice! 8 V8 and 9 V12 ownership periods, average ownership around 28 months
I’ve driven approx. 172k Ferrari miles and used approx 14,500 gallons of fuel, roughly 47% in V8’s and 53% in V12’s.
Average mileage per year is a little under 7k so they’re not garage queens

[kith]

Great history, thanks for sharing.

Looks like you've settled on two now - any thoughts of moving on to the latest gen (ie 296, Roma)?

[Gibbo205]

That 458 is in the best colour, another Triplo Strato Giallo owner here, had mine three and half years now, such a special car, mine is coupe though.

[markcp]

Nice history! Seeing the F355GTS is a trip down memory lane for me as it was the first Ferrari I ever went in when you took me out at a track day at Kemble many moons ago

[F355GTS]

markcp said:

Nice history! Seeing the F355GTS is a trip down memory lane for me as it was the first Ferrari I ever went in when you took me out at a track day at Kemble many moons ago

blimey that must have been 20 years ago now!!

[MDL111]

Not bad
Good mileage too

[willy wombat]

Very interesting and great to see someone using the cars properly. Would you be willing to share what they cost and what you sold for?

[andrew]

some interesting patterns in terms of working your way up through the range, then cycling back
would love to hear the man-logic behind this

[m3jappa]

I absolutely love that!

[browngt3]

Great to see these cars actually being used. An interesting choice of cars too, any particular highlights? Can you tell us which was the cheapest to run and most expensive, also most rewarding, least rewarding in terms of driver involvement or pure fun.

[brightonpad]

That’s a great list and what a way to have spent those miles...

The first three on the list are on our shortlist for our first Ferrari, any insights as to their relative merits would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Pad.

[F355GTS]

Thanks all lot's of question promise I'll answer them all, going to have to dig/ guess a bit for the buy / sell prices, some are a bit of a shock!!

[Trev450]

Great history of your Ferrari ownership over the years.

[Dr Jekyll]

12 MPG average sounds thirsty even for Ferraris. Significant track use I assume?

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Saturday 16th July 17:36

[topjay]

Great post, lovely to see and that you actually use them

[willy wombat]

I do think you could write a very good magazine article, or even a book, about your Ferrari ownership and particularly about how you used them.

[romeodelta]

Love this.

Normally a car ownership spreadsheet is too anal for me, but seeing those mileages is awesome

[f1ten]

Great thread and well done for racking up the miles and memories.

[RDMcG]

Great thread and wonderful that you actually use them properly instead of parking them and trying to keep them under 1000 miles each.

[jayxx83]

Fantastic. I bet you have some wonderful memories spread around all those beauties!! An inspiration.