RE: The £17K Ferrari? I bought it...

[Zwolf]

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!

I thought that was one of those urban folklore things. That and it's only the 456M that had the carbon-fibre bonnets (at around £4k), the 456 that preceded it made do with steel.

Top punting though , will look forward to hearing of its progress.

[JdmRacer]

k-ink said:

If it goes wrong just sell the ricer to cover it

Funny thing is though that so called ricer has more soul than that ferrari and kick its arse any day on a race track and are we forgetting that ricer was the first car to go around the nurburging in under 8min

[rm89]

Yes yes, the Ferrari is all well and good but sir, that Audi is the dog's baws.

I know I'm strange.

[tommy vercetti]

Awesome

[ApexJimi]

Balls of tungsten carbide, dangling from a nutter.

I salut thee

[Kermit79]

williamp said:

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.

Edited by Kermit79 on Friday 25th May 13:41

why, are the bonnets a specifically excluded item on the insurance then??

??, just merely recounting how expensive the bonnets were....

[Kermit79]

Zwolf said:

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!

I thought that was one of those urban folklore things. That and it's only the 456M that had the carbon-fibre bonnets (at around £4k), the 456 that preceded it made do with steel.

Top punting though , will look forward to hearing of its progress.

Bonnets were composite honeycomb. Also only stated the price of replacement back in '02. The 456 and M had aluminium panels attached to the steel chassis with Feran.

[mikEsprit]

Owlwood said:

Awesome. Fortune favours the brave.

Exactly the quote I was considering posting, perhaps prefaced with "Let's hope..."

[artdealer]

Underbidder on a £19k 456 in Le Mans Blue a couple of years ago on a trade auction site, then saw it up about £27k a week later. ho hum. You can tell I'm still a bit miffed.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

JdmRacer said:

Funny thing is though that so called ricer has more soul than that ferrari and kick its arse any day on a race track and are we forgetting that ricer was the first car to go around the nurburging in under 8min

You want to get that raw nerve seen to mate

[Numeric]

It's the heart thing - because I have always seen cars as being profit (or loss) on a balance sheet I just struggle to buy with my heart - so everything is massively over researched and then inevitably they have issues and I panic and worry about losing money so out them.

Of course boats and bikes are bought with less thought than goes into deciding whether to have beer or wine with my dinner, are all money pits and are all forgiven their sins because I love them!

So I salute your love sir and enjoy every day, I wish I could lose my heart to a tasty Italian!!

[mig25_foxbat2003]

herebebeasties said:

Betcha Paul won't lie there on his death bed thinking, "I wish I hadn't bought that V12 Ferrari".

What a spectacularly good maxim for life!

[John D.]

Goodlad.

[ESOG]

SirSamuelOfBuca said:

good on him!

I live my life by one rule though

NEVER BUY A GREEN CAR

LOL and here i thought I was the only one with such a rule. I have noticed that any manufacturer whose vehicle is on the second hand market and green, is always much lower in asking price than the other colors.

[Apache]

JdmRacer said:

k-ink said:

If it goes wrong just sell the ricer to cover it

Funny thing is though that so called ricer has more soul than that ferrari and kick its arse any day on a race track and are we forgetting that ricer was the first car to go around the nurburging in under 8min

really? and i don't think the 456 was ever intended to be a track weapon

[escortwagon]

top job. Let us know how it goes.
the whitby road is lovely, plenty of suicidal bikers though

[crocodile tears]

Brilliant, just need some follow ups now.. One in 6th months and one if/when you sell it or in a few years time

[JdmRacer]

Apache said:

really? and i don't think the 456 was ever intended to be a track weapon

My neighbour has a 700 bhp r33 and any time i get a spin in it sure does have alot of soul and makes you want to hold on for your life when your in it
He reckons though its a bit on the slow side and is now gone into ducati race bikes

[wst]

Kermit79 said:

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.

I was fantasising about my Aventador that I'll someday have (about the same time as I become a powerfully built company director) and I was ohnestly wondering about how to drive non-slush-powered automatics like said Aventador, in parking spaces. Is it an art form, or can you just let your foot off the brake pedal and get slushbox-style creep with them?

[Pesty]

One of the best sounds I have heard was one of these with a Tubi exhaust on it.