Post a pic of your V8 Ferrari

[willy wombat]

blueg33 said:

willy wombat said:

Maybe I should invest in winter tyres.

Can I ask a cheeky question - is that a Charles Church house b y any chance? Looks like one of our house types from before the Persimmon takeover

Well spotted. It is indeed a Charles Church house.

[blueg33]

willy wombat said:

blueg33 said:

willy wombat said:

Maybe I should invest in winter tyres.

Can I ask a cheeky question - is that a Charles Church house b y any chance? Looks like one of our house types from before the Persimmon takeover

Well spotted. It is indeed a Charles Church house.

I built a few of that housetype, I always thought it was pretty good.

As for the Ferrari, that colour looks fantastic especially in the snow with sunlight on it

[willy wombat]

Thanks. The colour is Rosso Portofino but there wasn’t much sun when I took the picture on Monday - it looks even better when the sun is shining.

[browngt3]

GT3ZZZ said:

Just arrived at the dealer. One of the last ever V8's...

Beautiful! Lovely colour combo with the tan leather, which version of Rosso is that?

[GT3ZZZ]

browngt3 said:

Beautiful! Lovely colour combo with the tan leather, which version of Rosso is that?

Thanks! It's Rosso Fuoco

[FerrariV8]

[4rephill]

GT3ZZZ said:

Just arrived at the dealer. One of the last ever V8's...

I'm not convinced it will be "one of the last V8's" - I can see the V12 N/A's being replaced by Twin Turbo V8's one day.

[Dal65]

Hi all collected today

[supersport]

Yummy

[WF36]

Dal65 said:

Hi all collected today

Congratulations - Walked past it a few times and thought... stunning!

[rat rod]

FerrariV8 said:

Great photo and timing,

[andyr]

Congrats ! How are you finding it ?

Dal65 said:

Hi all collected today

[Dal65]

Hi , only drove it home , in the dark & misty , out tomorrow for a run , just sold my Huracan EVO , had 488spider before that , this should be fun .keep you posted

[PGNSagaris]

Was great for a while but sadly beset with issues. Would get another, but with a manual. A Ferrari just makes you feel special

[ZeroH]

PGNSagaris said:

Was great for a while but sadly beset with issues. Would get another, but with a manual. A Ferrari just makes you feel special

Agree !

[m4tti]

PGNSagaris said:

Was great for a while but sadly beset with issues. Would get another, but with a manual. A Ferrari just makes you feel special

Out of interest what issues did you have?

[PGNSagaris]

Week one the engine ingested some material via the manifolds. Back to Ferrari for major work to resolve.

Then lambda issues twice stopped journeys. The second time they put some heat shielding on the wrong way round and that also led to a limp home moment a week or so later.

Then the Ferrari supplied and paid for battery tender gave up and ended up draining the battery and we couldn’t start the car. Battery was toasted. Not a warranty issue they said and promptly sent a pro forma for a new tender, battery and labour amounting to around £1200.

One nice summer evening the roof got stuck closing whilst parking to go out for dinner. Central London. Most embarrassing.

Still. I loved that car but what should have been a wonderfully joyous experience was not sadly. I realised I got a bit of a lemon (it was super low miles and I had similar issues on a super low mileage i8 too) but I do think the F430 is a magic car. And would heartily recommend one.

[PGNSagaris]

ZeroH said:

Agree !

Oh yes

[Marc p]

Arrived late November so only driven it a couple of times and now patiently waiting for spring. I have to say though, I knew the 355 was highly rated as one of the best sounding V8’s and watched many YouTube videos, but I still wasn’t prepared for how good it sounds

[supersport]

Still achingly pretty all these years later.