Welcome Challenge Stradale!

Welcoming the Challenge Stradale and enjoying a nice day to clean out the stable and wash the F40, which was muddy. Thanks to fellow FChatter (Scott40) for correctly representing such a wonderful car through the sales process. I know it was hard to part with such a wonderful machine, it will be well looked after.
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only words I could say is congrats and WOW.

 

Wow check out that badass satellite dish!



Nice collection!

RMX

 

What a lovely collection Hawk!

Thanks for sharing mate.

And congrats on the CS! I hope to own one, one day.

 

Congrats Hawk. I'm glad Scott's beautiful car went to a great enthusiast. Godspeed

 

Talk about the right home for the right car...congrats!

 

Wow!
What a great collection!
That beautiful CS fits just perfect!

 

Beautiful hawkeye........welcome to the CS club.
I saw Scotts car at NJB in Ohio..........it is truely a fine specimen.

 

You sir, have good taste!

A great home for the 360CS.

 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Looks great with the rest of your stable! Miss it. (and I know all you guys told me I would so don't tell me again!), that I'm already looking again.

 

+ 1 The CS is a perfect addition to that collection.

 

Your collection leaves me lost for words. Congrats on teh CS and enjoy all of them in the best of health!

-G.B.

 

At least you've picked the right color to collect!

Great stable. Just great!

 

Congrats Hawk.

She's in good hands and has some nice stablemates!

 

now that you've driven all those cars back to back ... admit it that you think the CS is your favorite. ok give your one sentence plus or minus comparative vis a vis of the cars pictured. im curious. congrats

 

Wonderful! It is as though you welcomed Seatle Slew to your stable with War Admiral, Secretariat, and Citation.

 

Wow! That's one amazing collection of Ferrari's you have there. Congratulations!!

 

Beautiful collection!

 

Me too, especially compared to the 458?

 

Scott I guess you don't need to answer my ? now, lol

Enjoy it Chad, we will miss it at Cars and Coffee in Cincinnati! Be well.

 

That collection would guarantee me leaving the office every day at noon.

Congratulations!

 

What kind of dish is that? do you get channels from europe? like indian MTV? I like the dish!

 

I've started to write and hit backspace about 5 times, I'm just not sure how to answer this. How about a scenario where it's a nice Sunday morning, say 6:30am and the sun is just coming up. Fall day, leaves are changing and you've had a few cups of coffee and read the paper. Now it's time to go for a drive, which car do you take?

The F40 and 288 GTO are legendary and evoke different driving experiences and emotions just because of what they are, so I'm going to say they are equal. F40 is louder and more work than the GTO and I would take the CS before the 458. The 458 is terrific but not the same feel (weight & balance & engine note) and the CS I think wins on excitement over the Italia.

Put it this way. If I took the 458 and CS to a car show and a kid got into each car without permission, while holding a slurpee, I would get the kid in the Challenge Stradale out first. Shhh, don't tell anyone.

 

Funny, great stable - any more photos?

 

There is something to be said for jumping into the market well after the frenzy has died down. The days of million dollar F40's and GTO's seem over for now. Long after they represented the latest and greatest with a 'silly tax' to match their hype.
The Stradale seems to be the sleeper with relative bargain prices in the current market. That's mostly thanks to it's age now, not to mention the onward march of what some people call 'progress'.
Exceptionally nice group.
CH