I'm offically getting excited.....

The paperwork will be signed tomorrow, and the car will be on its way from Ferrari of Newport most likely on Wednesday to me in NJ. It will be a long wait for that truck to cross country, but will be well worth it! I just cant wait.................

The only thing I am not looking forward to is saying goodbye to the Maserati. But sacrifices must be made.
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Congratulations, Doc! I know you've been looking for a while. Can you tell us a bit about how the car is specced out? Did you get the green one. How about the serial number?

 

I'd be happy to drive it to NJ for you. I can have it there by Friday.

 

She is a 2007 in Rosso Corsa, tan interior with black stitching. One owner 9700 miles with carbon ceramic brakes. Carbon fiber all over including the inside doors, steering wheel, center console, and around the daytona seats. Scuderia sheilds, ipod connection, parking sensors, bluetooth, additional computer installed in the center console. Modular 20" wheels which I absolutely love. It was listed on cars.com but is no longer there. Will see if I can find pics.

 

AJ- Congratulations on finding a car you love. Looking forward to seeing photos .

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

congrats mate ...

 

Ankur,
Let me know when your 599 arrives.
I like to take a drive up and check it out
Congrats and
Good Luck!

 

congrats,

It will be worth the wait when she rolls off the truck !

I'm in Calif and my 550 came from N.Y.

Get the pictures to us, sounds beautiful !

Bill

 

Congrats and absolutely know you'll enjoy it

 

Congratulations. Exciting times up ahead for you. Many happy miles with it!

 

Sounds really good, congratulations! Let's treat us with some pictures

Gr. Martin

 

So glad you passed on that 575. Wise decision for you. Enjoy the 599 in the finest of health!!!!

 

I must have missed something. I thought you were going to buy that 575 in Florida? Congratulations on your 599!

 

I too remember seeing posts where you were looking at 550/575s....Im happy for you- it's been a long search! Bring that baby out to the C&C this Saturday (7/30) assuming you have the car and can make it of course! But your silence since starting this post has me worried the car hasn't arrived yet though.....then again you might be out driving it instead of sitting in front of the computer

-Andrew

 

I'll bet you love it. It is a very fast car and rocks.

 

+1

The 599 is one of those cars that gets better and better the more you drive it. It's a fantastic machine. Congrats!

 

The car will be here next week some time...now the hard part beings...THE WAITING!

I probably wont make it to any local NJ C&C because it conflicts with work, but will try for one day.

 

The adult equivalent of "The Night before Christmas" times 10!

 

The very difficult part will be saying bye to the Maserati next Tuesday. I will be without any exotic for about 4 days! OH THE HUMANITY!

 

Don't fret, there is to comparison between the Maserati GT-S and the 599.
We had a GT-S for 2 or 3 months but sold it as simply felt underpowered when already used to having a 599 in the stable. More than anything, it lacked low-end torque IMO. It did sound good with that sport button though...

The beauty of Maserati's sport button, is that when pressed it kept the valves open all the time and it therefore sounded great even at low RPM under light acceleration.

The 599, on the other hand, only opens its valves above 4K RPM or under heavy acceleration. Therefore, when driving calmly under 4K RPM the car sounds somewhat muted. To change this, you can ask your dealer to install a switch under the steering column that allows you to override the automatic valve control and keep them open all the time (like the GT-S). It will make relaxed driving much more pleasurable IMO as the car will sound great at all times. You can, of course, restore the valves to their default settings with a flick of the "magic" button.

I have publicized the installation of the valve switch on this forum so often that one may almost be led to believe that I somehow make money out of it. Truth of the matter is simply that it's the single most rewarding accessory one can have on the 599 IMVHO (not to mention that it's probably the cheapest)
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AJ,

Take pictures of her coming off the truck, I did and still enjoy them.

cheers,

Bill

 

Will do Bill!

So how much should I tip the driver(s)?

She will be here next Friday!

 

Enjoy............I just got back from ten days driving around the Swiss/Italian/French Alps in my 612.........some great lesser known routes and all the usual Alpine passes.

Car didn't miss a beat, superb Ferrari's.

 

That is a GREAT idea.

 

Glad to see another Indian Doc in the game!

Can't wait to see pics. You went from deliberating the purchase of a 550 to a 599, that's a helluva quick jump mate! Enjoy!