I JUST ORDERED A 2010 599!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Brother! Too another $30k miles in a 599. Love the way you speced her out too. Gonna be a gorgeous car

 

Black on Black awesome color combo.. this beast is going to be nasty.. I hope you can control your need to make love to the car when you first see it

 

Congrats

I'm sure that she's going to be spectacular.

 

Hi Ape

Don't know if this is important to you, but thought that you might want to know...

I have a heat resistant windshield in my BMW 7 series and found that electronic gizmos (toll and garage transponders, radar detectors, etc) hardly work through it. I suspect that the 599's windshield will be the same.

Best

Jon

 

My car is black with black interior - and I think that it helps a lot when the car is parked outside. With the heat resistant windshield, its almost as if the car were silver with a white interior!!!! Also, your dash will probably stay in better shape too.

Best and congratulations on the new car

Jon

 

Ape,

Congratulations. Your car will be stunning. The heat resistant windshield is about the only option I didn't take on my 599 but with a nero/nero car like yours it may have been a smart thing that you did. I see you didn't got for the HGTE. May I ask why.

PS: It will be November before you know it

 

Welcome to the dark side my friend. You are now a 12 cyl. brother in arms. Joining the brotherhood of "Black 599's" just adds to the mix. Mine is nero daytona but I won't hold that against you! Sorry for the late CONGRATES.Have been out of town. Welcome and enjoy in good health.

 

Matte Black Challenge rims? Sounds wicked. My 599 would be exactley the way you ordered it. I am partial to the ball-polished Challenge rims, but am interested to see what Matte Black will look like..

Chris

 

Excellent! I own a couple of decent Martins and Fenders myself.

Congrats on the 599 - I think black is a perfect colour for it.


Onno

 

First, congrats on the new order.

Second, with 6 months to kill, you've got some beautiful trails near you in the Palisades. Sullivan comes to mind. Lots of great hikes or mountain biking to be had if you're not already doing so.

Third, a scud certainly seems like a better alternative to an HGTE package. Now that's justification!

 

Congratulations on ordering the 599! It is a great feeling, and it's hard to wait, but the time will come eventually. Sounds like you made some great choices.

 

Great area and proximity to the trailhead! Ah yes, snakes on trails. Had a few of those encounters. Some rattlesnakes and others non poisonous. You go this way and I'll go that way and we're good to go. The ones that lay right out in the middle for a little sun were missed by a few inches on downhill rides but they could've cared less. Not even a flinch.

Nice specs on the car btw. The yellow stitching should look really cool against the black. Are the daytonas all black or do you have different color inserts?

 

Sweet! Enjoy them.


Onno

 

Congratulations, Ape...! I can only imagine how excited you must be. Hopefully time will fly. When you sat down with the salesman, manual transmission was definitely not an option, right...?

Did someone say matte black monolithic wheels...? Did you really order that...? If so, it's going to look sooooo cool.

 

November delivery....is that considered a 2010? My car got delivered last year, the week of Christmas and was still considered a 2008.

 

Was it a 599 or an F430...?

Ah, okay, I understand; you chose the regular wheels over the ball-polished look, and when you said 'matte' someone thought you meant 'matte black'. Either way, your car is going to look incredible. I haven't experience the F1 transmission in either the F430 or the 599, but it's supposed to be really awesome in the 599. Congratulations; November is right around the corner.

 

Teles rule. I have a lot of modern guitars, but I love the classics too. Got a few Suhr Teles (and Suhr Strats), if only I could send them back in time to myself when I played out every night. But I digress...

That 599 is going to be incredible. I just followed a red/tan 599 down the highway today, had to speed up and then idle it in my car so I could hear his engine, he punched it a bit and man it sounded good. The car always looks so incredible in person, pictures often can't do it justice. A black/black one will be off the hook.

For the Bose, I've had two cars with a Bose system. Unless it also comes bundled with iPod/etc., I'd skip it. In my Cayman, it is so bloated and bassy I have to put the bass on -5 to stand it. I should probably have someone yank the speakers and replace it, but in a car I don't care enough. Home system, now that's a different story.

In my 430 I left the stereo alone, and just enjoyed the engine, and had background music for when I was driving slow or with the windows up on a cold night. Same in the Gallardo.

P.S. Did I hear someone say Scuderia? Oh baby. Actually with the supercar market as it is, lots of choices for a used car to get you through the summer and sell when the 599 comes in!

 

I don't believe Ferrari does "model years" like US automakers. Instead, the model year is the year it was produced, unless they are trying to game the US regulations by selling it as a prior year model or something.

While I understand why the US companies do the "model year" thing, I find it to be a bit silly, and it's refreshing that Ferrari doesn't bother with it. It's kind of like the cover dates on magazines.

 

Ferrari does model years for US cars; it's required.