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Rosso Corsa, The red originates with Itala and was adopted as the national colour for Italian race teams (not Italian Cars) so is just a generic colour for Italian sports cars in the same way Green is for British cars.
Yellow is the official colour of the City of Modena (apparently) which is why Ferrari chose yellow for their emblem.
For my money (if I had any left) I would have a yellow one
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Waits for Juicemans:
'F430 was too heavy and slow, so here's my F458 instead' post.
Not gonna happen
It's the only area where I'd say they missed the mark a bit on the 430. The Scuderia/16M front bumper is much nicer however.
It does sound rather nice. I still maintain the F360 is the best sounding Ferrari of recent times though.
It's not my only car no, we have an Audi S5 and a Mclaren MP4-12C as well. Oh, I shouldn't forget my little Fiat 500 Turbo that I use every day too!
It's actually quite easy to drive but not something I'd want to daily drive all the time. The MP4 would be much easier but there's something a little more special about the driving experience in the 430 than the MP4, there's a "rawness" to it that the newer supercars lack.
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I think even if I was going to the supermarket I'd prefer the Audi, although I would probably still worry about trolley dings. Then again, I drive a 2001 Ford Focus and still park tactically to avoid door/trolley marks.
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The S5 is the wife's car. I commute 75 miles each way currently so the Fiat actually pays me money to lease it!
Doesn't matter what car it is, if you take pride in it you want to keep it nice. Value of a car shouldn't dictate if it's well kept or not, it's just pride in what you have.
Doesn't matter what car it is, if you take pride in it you want to keep it nice. Value of a car shouldn't dictate if it's well kept or not, it's just pride in what you have.
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Yep, doesn't bother me one bit. Pointless and boring miles mostly on my commute. I'd rather have the toys at home and a cheap car that actually costs me nothing and is kinda fun to drive on the back roads near me.
I sense some slight bitterness in your responses in this thread Simon
Not at all. I have driven a lot of fast things and yet none felt like my S2000 in terms of involvement, fun and ability to drive flat out without insta death, so I can agree with this point. Plus putting 150milea a day on a supercar is gonna kill residuals.
I have been on these forums a long time and these threads used to be posted years ago but with his dads cars rather than his and I find them a bit droll compared to gibbos who's a genuine enthusiast.
I'm sure most people could own the cars here with a capital injection. As once you have bought them and keep mileage low then the actual cost of ownership is relatively normal. I think this is why residuals seem the most important aspect of ownership here.
Also Ive never actually seen a picture of the car not taken on his drive
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Also Ive never actually seen a picture of the car not taken on his drive
I have seen plenty
David , It was $3.45 when we left so wouldn't cost you much to chuck the Ferrari down the I4. It would be the other drives in the big old suburbans like we had I would be more concerned about not being able to see you being so low .
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All of your posts bar one have been full of incorrect statements and conjecture. You don't know me nor know anything about me and are just making yourself look bitter and jaded with your comments.
Gibbo and I know each other very well, we used to work together. Who do you think Gibbo came to before he purchased his 911 for advice and thoughts on the actual car he was looking at?
I'm one of the biggest car nuts/enthusiasts I know, in fact I spend most of my spare time researching the markets/cars/mods and speaking with members of our auto club about them. Just because I don't spend my time posting up on these forums doesn't make me any less of an enthusiast.
I spend a huge amount of time organizing and helping with various charity car events such as cars for the cure and cars for our troops that are all over the state of Florida. I also work 90 hour weeks so forgive me if I don't spam post in every single thread that I know nothing about - if I do post it's because someone has messaged me to ask me to, or if it's something I actually have a detailed or unique knowledge of.
Really? Is this how it works? I'm stunned.
If I gave you $500k you could buy all the cars you wanted to as well, this is hardly a revelation is it? My business/employers give me money that I use to buy cars....
As for the mileage and residual assumption, yet again you have no idea what you're talking about. I drive my cars a *lot* I just don't like to do 125 motorway miles out of my 150 mile round trip in the nice stuff when it's so boring.
Allow me to enlighten you as you seem to believe that I can't afford to run these things and that I'm evidently only owning them because I got some magical cash injection.
Cayman S - 16k miles in 12 months
911 C2S - 24k miles in 18 months
E92 M3 - 18k miles in 9 months
'09 GT-R - 18k miles in 12 months
'13 GT-R - 6k miles in 3 months
Aston Martin V8 Vantage - 10k miles in 6 months
F-Type V8S - 4k miles in 4 months
Also Ive never actually seen a picture of the car not taken on his drive
Just because I don't post them here doesn't mean there aren't hundreds of them from events all around the state of FL.
I'm more than happy for anyone to provide input or criticisms on this forum but please, can we stay away from mindless assumptions and conjecture?
Post some more interesting photos then, as ultimately that's all people want to see.
I'm not bitter, I do think you has misjudge my comments before, I think we are along similar lines and all I was saying that well researched and good buying and selling of expensive cars can actually be pretty reasonable in terms of cost of ownership. All you need is a capital injection to start the 'car investing'. It wasn't really aimed at you, but more of a general comment
I just wish you'd make more effort with your posts about the driving part rather than: 'Ooo look I have a new car'. That was what I meant by Gibbo, with his posts you almost don't need to drive his cars as he gives so much detail.
Maybe my impression of you is wrong based on your post above. So sorry for that.
I'm not bitter, I do think you has misjudge my comments before, I think we are along similar lines and all I was saying that well researched and good buying and selling of expensive cars can actually be pretty reasonable in terms of cost of ownership. All you need is a capital injection to start the 'car investing'. It wasn't really aimed at you, but more of a general comment
I just wish you'd make more effort with your posts about the driving part rather than: 'Ooo look I have a new car'. That was what I meant by Gibbo, with his posts you almost don't need to drive his cars as he gives so much detail.
Maybe my impression of you is wrong based on your post above. So sorry for that.
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I will one day post up some proper thoughts but I rarely get the time to sit down and type up something that long. My work weeks are pretty brutal and I don't get large chunks of time, more little bits to read threads.
I have so many awesome photos, lots of professional ones in fact. I'll dig through them and post some up.
I will one day post up some proper thoughts but I rarely get the time to sit down and type up something that long. My work weeks are pretty brutal and I don't get large chunks of time, more little bits to read threads.
I have so many awesome photos, lots of professional ones in fact. I'll dig through them and post some up.
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Says a lot for the 911, you kept it the longest and did the most miles in it.
Nearly had mine three years now, just took it out for a drive today, to simply go for a drive. On the challenge of driving and handling characteristics the best car I've owned by miles, it never gets boring. My only mistake with it was the amount of money I spent modding it for relative little gains, still love it too bits though.
We've known each other for a very long, I have a lot of respect for what you've achieved and accomplished, you are truly living the dream.
What I would say and maybe where Simon is coming from, some of the cars you have you own for a very short time and as such could never a truly become one and fully learned how to exploit some of your cars to their fullest. This is why the 911 has kept me entertained because even now 3yrs later and more than 10 track days I am still learning how to get the most from it. The M3 in comparison is so easy to drive very fast.
Why Simon has a point on the S2000 it's a very challenging car that demands a lot of the driver and out of all the cars I've driven I'd rank the S2000 and 911 as the most demanding of the driver as they will both kill you in an instant. The Mustang wad not easy either but it was near 600BHP with a live axle but again I owned that twice totalling 4yr ownership. So to some people I can see why they might think you never drive them as some you own for such a short period.
My plan is to keep the 911 until 2015/2016 and look at new Mustang when it's out and if I love it buy one 12-18 months later so I am not the one taking the depreciation hit, but I also want to check out the new BMW M4, as looks incredible on paper.
You mentioned the F360, I have considered this car a lot, as I could trade the 911 against one now and have Ferrari ownership, but for some reason I don't see myself in one for two reasons. Stands out way too much, I know and a yellow 911 is not exactly discreet, but the bigger reason the running cost and should it break, then OUCH, as an engine or gearbox would be over 20k. Ive driven the 360 F1 and loved it, so like the 911 but even rawer to drive and more of an occasion, though the 911 felt far better put together. Just my cars of daily driven in all weather and I can't see a Fezza being too good at that.
I love your 430, one of my all time favourite Ferrari's and their last one before they went all digital, but I'd have gone with red/cream or an understated colour like silver, still looks amazing though and too drive should be immense, hope you get it on track.
Oh and lastly happy Christmas Dave.
Hey cheers Simon.
Not made a post in a while, being concentrating on trying to get the M3 spot on and fix the niggles it had so I can have a good year of track action in it, the surprise of it is I use it for my daily drive far more than I expected. I really do love SMG, as mentioned earlier, the only gearbox I feel which rivals it is the 360 F1 box, just so raw, guess the only rawer step would be a sequential box.
I still can't get along with PDK or DSG when on a drive out, they just numb the car, only SMG II and the F1 box I prefer over a manual. So for me I want a manual but with no clutch.
Happy Christmas Si