Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 7)

[MadCaptainJack]

raceboy said:

Somehow it doesn't look quite as bad in the video.

It looks great in the flesh. The red is amazing.

[Petrus1983]

MadCaptainJack said:

raceboy said:

Somehow it doesn't look quite as bad in the video.

It looks great in the flesh. The red is amazing.

The Monza is the only modern Ferrari special that I really like! All the others seem to have become bigger and bigger and all about numbers that I don’t really care about (for me there’s no difference between 3.4 0-60 and 3.2) - but the Monza has created something I’d love to blast down the French Riviera in.

[raceboy]

Petrus1983 said:

I’d love to blast down the French Riviera in.

Just as long as it doesn't rain.

[ArmaghMan]

raceboy said:

Just as long as it doesn't rain.

All this talk of blasting and the French riviera.
O blasted a Renault people carrier to 122 kph in a 120kph limit and got sent a ticket courtesy of SIXT.

Was tempted to tell them to do one..but had visions of gendarmes at Roscoff marching off to a French prison next time we went to France so just paid up.

Fromage mangeant singes de surrender!!!

[Doofus]

ArmaghMan said:

All this talk of blasting and the French riviera.
O blasted a Renault people carrier to 122 kph in a 120kph limit and got sent a ticket courtesy of SIXT.

Was tempted to tell them to do one..but had visions of gendarmes at Roscoff marching off to a French prison next time we went to France so just paid up.

Are there any 120km/h speed limits in France?

ArmaghMan said:

Fromage mangeant singes de surrender!!!

That's really funny. You should say that lots.

[Petrus1983]

ArmaghMan said:

raceboy said:

Just as long as it doesn't rain.

All this talk of blasting and the French riviera.
O blasted a Renault people carrier to 122 kph in a 120kph limit and got sent a ticket courtesy of SIXT.

Was tempted to tell them to do one..but had visions of gendarmes at Roscoff marching off to a French prison next time we went to France so just paid up.

Fromage mangeant singes de surrender!!!

It’s funny you mention this - when I lived in the SoF there were speed bumps all the way along the coast road I lived by - you could have a happy few hours with a beer watching the young locals launching their battered Citerons past the Lambos/Ferraris hesitantly trying to go over the humps at 3mph at an angle!

[red_slr]

The Hypno-Toad said:

What is it with Ferraris and central stripes at the moment? Seems to be a trend on every current model except the Roma?

I’ll never be able to afford one but I don’t get it.

IIRC the 250 Competizione had it. So its probably a homage to that?

[raceboy]

The Hypno-Toad said:

What is it with Ferraris and central stripes at the moment? Seems to be a trend on every current model except the Roma?

Especially when you consider those stripes are about £6k
Talking to a salesman at Ferrari, apparently Roma's are being speced a little more conservatively than the other models, some owners are even avoiding the almost obligatory £1k Scuderia Shields.

[Spleen]

Doofus said:

ArmaghMan said:

All this talk of blasting and the French riviera.
O blasted a Renault people carrier to 122 kph in a 120kph limit and got sent a ticket courtesy of SIXT.

Was tempted to tell them to do one..but had visions of gendarmes at Roscoff marching off to a French prison next time we went to France so just paid up.

Are there any 120km/h speed limits in France?

There are, esp in Alsace.

[autofocus]

raceboy said:

Especially when you consider those stripes are about £6k
Talking to a salesman at Ferrari, apparently Roma's are being speced a little more conservatively than the other models, some owners are even avoiding the almost obligatory £1k Scuderia Shields.

Hi,

Yes there were a few at the FOC event on Saturday in quote conservative specs with no shields





Regards

Tim

[ChevronB19]

autofocus said:

Hi there,

Stopped at Leicester Forest East services on the way back from Sywell Aerodrome today and was greated by this pair







Weird to think my Biposto in the background is actually the rarest of the three cars :-)



The Enzo and Monza had been at the Ferrari Owners Club event but still good to see them out in the wild. My pics from the event are here for anyone interested. A few interesting car park spots.

https://www.dunlopix.co.uk/National-Ferrari-Owners...

Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Saturday 5th June 23:03

Seriously belongs on the bad parking thread

[LaurasOtherHalf]

autofocus said:

Please tell me that isn't how they've designed the front plate to mount

[Its Just Adz]

ChevronB19 said:

Seriously belongs on the bad parking thread

Honestly don't think anyone would begrudge them parking like that.

Worth many millions and doors won't open in a tight space.

[smithyithy]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Please tell me that isn't how they've designed the front plate to mount

To be fair, Ferrari seem to have gone the extra mile to make sure there's no way to mount a plate without looking a bit naff or completely spoiling the lines of the car

[chandrew]

This 'lives' about 100m from our place. The owner seems to use it to run around town. He had just been loading up the shopping outside the supermarket. Unfortunately I don't have a photo of when I saw him driving it through a snowstorm in January but the way he was driving it I don't think the snow-covered road was phasing him.

[autofocus]

smithyithy said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Please tell me that isn't how they've designed the front plate to mount

To be fair, Ferrari seem to have gone the extra mile to make sure there's no way to mount a plate without looking a bit naff or completely spoiling the lines of the car

Hi there,

It seems thats roughly the right location for the plate but there seems to be a mount just a little further back which is the proper place as per this one



Regards

Tim

[Blown2CV]

i know lots of people beat one off over how beautiful the Roma is... and i know that any Ferrari is clearly cool and "you wouldn't turn one down for free would you eh" etc, but the thing just makes me feel very meh, and now that I have seen it in similar colour schemes to Volvos off the lease deals thread even more so.

[smithyithy]

autofocus said:

Hi there,

It seems thats roughly the right location for the plate but there seems to be a mount just a little further back which is the proper place as per this one

Regards

Tim

That looks neater than the grey one above, but I'm still not a huge fan of how the plate 'stands up' if that makes sense..

[MadCaptainJack]

raceboy said:

Talking to a salesman at Ferrari, apparently Roma's are being speced a little more conservatively than the other models, some owners are even avoiding the almost obligatory £1k Scuderia Shields.

That's fair enough. If I bought an Aston Martin, I wouldn't stick a Ferrari badge on it either!

[Mezzanine]

chandrew said:

This 'lives' about 100m from our place. The owner seems to use it to run around town. He had just been loading up the shopping outside the supermarket. Unfortunately I don't have a photo of when I saw him driving it through a snowstorm in January but the way he was driving it I don't think the snow-covered road was phasing him.

Nice to see something being used properly!

Blown2CV said:

i know lots of people beat one off over how beautiful the Roma is... and i know that any Ferrari is clearly cool and "you wouldn't turn one down for free would you eh" etc, but the thing just makes me feel very meh, and now that I have seen it in similar colour schemes to Volvos off the lease deals thread even more so.

It is a very generic design.

It’s almost like the design team had a hard deadline and ‘this’ll do’ed’ it.

Edited by Mezzanine on Monday 7th June 22:29