RE: The £17K Ferrari? I bought it...
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SirSamuelOfBuca said:
NEVER BUY A GREEN CAR
I did once - collected new from the main dealer as they closed for the weekend, put my rack and bicycle on the back, and ran out of fuel in 100 yd; and the rear wiper motor burnt out pushing silently against on the bike rack. Then all five mag wheels and the rear window were stolen overnight - the car left in the gutter, not even on bricks. Then on holiday a few months later I thought it was stolen until the police came to tell me it had been in an accident and carried away - some drunk in a tiny rustbox had pushed it up onto the kerb and into a wall, concertina-ing the whole body shell (his car fell apart and he was found by the police wandering down the road). The insurance company reckoned the body could be straightened but I managed to persuade them to write it off instead, and buy a different coloured car ...Edited by tosh.brice on Friday 25th May 15:42
exgtt said:
Breaking it should be a genuine option should the worst happen! Is it the pics or is that gear nob bloody close to the dash?
Talking of gear knobs, the early F1 355's were always fun to park, as we would often have 30-40 cars parked up in the workshop at night within inches of each other (250 california spyder included). Getting the first F1 transmission cars to allow 'creep' in 1st or reverse always made it more 'interesting'. Too few revs, nothing, 50rpm more and the cluch would bite..hard, and you didn't so much creep as lurch. Made any good driver look like they were going to need a few more lessons before passing their test. Then they updated the software and problem solved.
chevronb37 said:
DanDC5 said:
herebebeasties said:
If it goes spectacularly pear-shaped, then hey - it's only money. ;-)
Betcha Paul won't lie there on his death bed thinking, "I wish I hadn't bought that V12 Ferrari".
ETA: To all those of you thinking, "it's a lovely sunny day - I should go and buy a sports car" - GO GO GO.
Stop saying this stuff. I'm already avoiding going to view Elise's and asking about part ex's on the Integra as it is.Betcha Paul won't lie there on his death bed thinking, "I wish I hadn't bought that V12 Ferrari".
ETA: To all those of you thinking, "it's a lovely sunny day - I should go and buy a sports car" - GO GO GO.
Using man maths it saves me money buying one, in my mind anyway.
carinaman said:
Thanks for updating us.
What's the landmark in the last photo? Is it some former mine workings or a military range?
Time to deploy some local knowledge! That's the early warning radar at RAF Fylingdales - used to be three 'golf ball' randomes but they replaced it with that a few years back now. It's up in the North York Moors near Whitby - cracking roads up there too. What's the landmark in the last photo? Is it some former mine workings or a military range?
11/10 for true PH'ness. True their may loads of PH'ers with a more valuable colection of cars in their garage but for someone who is comfortable in terms of money, their is realtively very little risk involved in splashing out several hundred thousand on a collection of exotica.
Paul however seems to be living the PH dream but on a more limited and everyday budget which in my view takes a lot more dedication to the cause and quite frankly b*lls. Well done sir.
Paul however seems to be living the PH dream but on a more limited and everyday budget which in my view takes a lot more dedication to the cause and quite frankly b*lls. Well done sir.
herebebeasties said:
edo said:
SirSamuelOfBuca said:
NEVER BUY A GREEN CAR
bks!One of my fav's was green.
Edited by herebebeasties on Friday 25th May 14:52
And to the guy with the testicles made of pure tungsten who bought it, well done! Knowing that this image is attached to a V12 is worth £17k alone.
DanDC5 said:
herebebeasties said:
If it goes spectacularly pear-shaped, then hey - it's only money. ;-)
Betcha Paul won't lie there on his death bed thinking, "I wish I hadn't bought that V12 Ferrari".
ETA: To all those of you thinking, "it's a lovely sunny day - I should go and buy a sports car" - GO GO GO.
Stop saying this stuff. I'm already avoiding going to view Elise's and asking about part ex's on the Integra as it is.Betcha Paul won't lie there on his death bed thinking, "I wish I hadn't bought that V12 Ferrari".
ETA: To all those of you thinking, "it's a lovely sunny day - I should go and buy a sports car" - GO GO GO.
Dan Trent said:
carinaman said:
Thanks for updating us.
What's the landmark in the last photo? Is it some former mine workings or a military range?
Time to deploy some local knowledge! That's the early warning radar at RAF Fylingdales - used to be three 'golf ball' randomes but they replaced it with that a few years back now. It's up in the North York Moors near Whitby - cracking roads up there too. What's the landmark in the last photo? Is it some former mine workings or a military range?
Hats off to this chap. I really like the 456, I am not sure the changes over the life of the model did much for the looks. An ex once got grouchy when I was dawdling pulling away from a petrol pump at Membury services gawping at a 456 at another pump.
Kermit79 said:
Just don't damage the front clam shell bonnet, seem to remember one of my collegues having a coming together with a ford at a junction, and a bonnet is/was approx 12k, lovely honeycomb construction! That was back in '02, so may have come down, but knowing Ferrari part stock levels they will be up there still, 'if' you can get hold of one.
why, are the bonnets a specifically excluded item on the insurance then??Edited by Kermit79 on Friday 25th May 13:41
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