Moody 612 front number plate
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My dealer has fitted a small motorcycle type front number plate on my 612 on the basis it is "exempt as an Italian import". It is a very simple plate, no daft italics or shifted letters and has no dealer details on it. Back plate is a standard. Has anyone done the same and had any problems being stopped because of this
fitzmoresco said:
My dealer has fitted a small motorcycle type front number plate on my 612 on the basis it is "exempt as an Italian import". It is a very simple plate, no daft italics or shifted letters and has no dealer details on it. Back plate is a standard. Has anyone done the same and had any problems being stopped because of this
While you're here, any chance of a summary of running a 612? Not interested in depreciation, but servicing, fuel etc are rumoured to be legendary with the 612 being the greediest Ferrari. What's the real story?cams are every five years vs three on my previous 456s. engineering is light years ahead and more robust than youd expect. ive now got +40k on the clock and just starting to purr. couldnt tell you about mpg, dont care and if you do dont buy a 530bhp v12 6litre ferrari! regular servicing at ferrari centre was £750 plus vat. issue normally comes when something goes pop like the hydraulic unit on the F1 gear box. Roger and team where generous with time and cost even so part alone retails at £1400 before labour and vat. the dirty secret with all these cars is not the original purchase but the upkeep costs. i generally budget on £3k a year (probably a bit light) and this years service was £1k but factor in gear box etc....
my 612 is just feckin superb, best car ive owned by a long chalk and still gives me the horn to drive it and it really is meant to be driven as god intended. i drove to the nurburgring and hammered it getting there, at the ring and getting home, didnt use so much as a drop of oil. did need new rear tyres which are hard to track down but ferrari centre came good at £700 for fitted pair
my 612 is just feckin superb, best car ive owned by a long chalk and still gives me the horn to drive it and it really is meant to be driven as god intended. i drove to the nurburgring and hammered it getting there, at the ring and getting home, didnt use so much as a drop of oil. did need new rear tyres which are hard to track down but ferrari centre came good at £700 for fitted pair
I got pulled for having 2 small pieces of Velcro on my full size legal number plate.( Front and Rear )
The velcro was to stick a show plate on the car when static but the policed thought I was a bank robber and the car my getaway car to which I would stick false numbers plates ????
It wasn't illegal to have it but they decided to check out my credentials especially being a youngster with a baseball cap in a £120,000 car lol
The velcro was to stick a show plate on the car when static but the policed thought I was a bank robber and the car my getaway car to which I would stick false numbers plates ????
It wasn't illegal to have it but they decided to check out my credentials especially being a youngster with a baseball cap in a £120,000 car lol
fitzmoresco said:
My dealer has fitted a small motorcycle type front number plate on my 612 on the basis it is "exempt as an Italian import". It is a very simple plate, no daft italics or shifted letters and has no dealer details on it. Back plate is a standard. Has anyone done the same and had any problems being stopped because of this
You will definitely need a proper plate and you will need it to be reasonably vertical. The braccket supplied by Ferrari is pants on initial inspection but after having driven the car for 6 months its an icredibly useful tool. It hits speed bumps long before the skid plate or the bottom of the bumper does and the plate will bend.So its basically a little early warning sensor. By the way, once bent you can bend it back by hand.
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