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UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Sorry for poor pictures, taken on phone and car not yet prepared by dealer but I bought this today..

























The interior sold this car to me. Carbon everywhere.

Colour is personal taste but I love Grigio Silverstone. I will probably change the wheel colour or put on Scuderia alloys.

Also need a Tubi smile

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Great looking car and I agree regarding colour. There was a 458 in that colour at Cliveden with a black roof. looked the dogs dangly bits. Well done and enjoy!

fatboy69

9,424 posts

218 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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That looks magnificent. I dont do jealousy however i am extremely jealous!!!

It looks superb. Great car, great colour combination. How long until you get to drive it home? I would be camping out at the dealers until it was ready....

UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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fatboy69 said:
That looks magnificent. I dont do jealousy however i am extremely jealous!!!

It looks superb. Great car, great colour combination. How long until you get to drive it home? I would be camping out at the dealers until it was ready....
Going to be a couple of weeks as I have spent 4 hours going over the car and made a list longer than my arm of things the dealer is going to do in the prep for me. Also from main dealer so a 57 plate, 1 owner car, and I get the joy of 2 years warranty.

I really want this car to make me fall in love with it, I want it to be a keeper. Have sold every other car I have had after 1 year of ownership...

Streetrod

6,484 posts

237 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Thats a very subtle colour combo after the Gallardo, are you going soft or just getting old? biggrin

UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Streetrod said:
Thats a very subtle colour combo after the Gallardo, are you going soft or just getting old? biggrin
I am getting uglier with age, so need people to stop looking at me when I drive by smile

Pesty

42,655 posts

287 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Stunning. Love the interior

DayTrader

776 posts

198 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Am I right in thinking you were also looking at a Scud? What swayed you towards the standard 430?

Edit: Love the seats - I would get the carbon Nismo ones for the GTR....if they weren't £13k that is.

matc

4,738 posts

238 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Looks fantastic, love the colour and all that carbon on the interior couldn't fail to make you smile every time you open the doors!

RevHappy

1,850 posts

193 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Nice 430, stealth colours are the way forward!
Great choice of alloys and CCB, not sure you need the scud ones.
If you get a Tubi put on, let us know what you think.

UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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DayTrader said:
Am I right in thinking you were also looking at a Scud? What swayed you towards the standard 430?

Edit: Love the seats - I would get the carbon Nismo ones for the GTR....if they weren't £13k that is.
I already have a race car for track, I compete in the MR2 championship. This car is not to be tracked, and I can't help but think that means I would not get the most out of the Scud, while certainly losing a lot of comfort. My girlfriend hates the stripped out cabin.

So I went from looking at Scud's to looking at 599's. I nearly bought a 599 end of last week, but couldn't quite agree on price and they obviously still have a lot of depreciation to go.

I basically kept coming back to normal F430's for my own needs, which is fast-road spiritted driving, but still enjoying a level of comfort and luxury, which this interior spec certainly gives! This car was at my local Ferrari garage a mile down the road, and after some negotiation it all felt right!

Looking forward to a couple of subtle mods, sorting the geo, and enjoying her smile

sone

4,612 posts

269 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Looks great, interior is fantastic. With regard the exhaust. I'm not sure it needs more. My 430 sounds great over 3-4k RPM but a bit dull below. I've asked many times but can you unplug these things so they are loud all the time?. Just like you can do to the 360 exhaust. With that done I can't see the need for a tuned exhaust.

Cheers

Steve

RevHappy

1,850 posts

193 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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UH-Matt said:
My girlfriend hates the stripped out cabin.

I basically kept coming back to normal F430's for my own needs, which is fast-road spiritted driving, but still enjoying a level of comfort and luxury, which this interior spec certainly gives!
Don't tell the GF about the seats and you'll be fine, plus it's not a spider so bouffant friendly.

The F340 is a real Jekyll and Hyde car, you'll love it!

UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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I know it sounds great stock, but my last car was very very very epic loud, so I am more than likely going to need something a bit more than stock... I will be evaluating the options after I have lived with the stock for a few weeks.

sambaman

3,991 posts

255 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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nice but not a patch on your lambo sorry to say ....

UH-Matt

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2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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sambaman said:
nice but not a patch on your lambo sorry to say ....
I want to have owned everything, we can't keep the same car forever wink

tomtom

4,265 posts

261 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Classy. I saw that one parked outside the dealer at the weekend as I drove by.

RobboC

1,770 posts

292 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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What sort of things needed sorting out? It looks pretty much like new!?

Mario149

7,789 posts

209 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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RevHappy said:
plus it's not a spider so bouffant friendly.
rofl

RevHappy

1,850 posts

193 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Mario149 said:
RevHappy said:
plus it's not a spider so bouffant friendly.
rofl
Don't add in the heated seats and swmbo was sold.