See this car today :) in Lisbon aeroport
Very nice of you. Thanks. My FF amazes me everyday. I received it on 15th of June 2012 and have driven it for around 12 thousand miles without a single problem. I am now in Portugal, made my home in the paradise that is Cascais and drive my FF all over. To shopping, dining out etc... Once in a while I go to nice roads in Alentejo and really try the incredible engine noise and speed. All my friends, some ex-racing drivers, find the FF perfect. Am in heaven with my Ferrari FF. By far the best car I ever drove and in my 74 years of age I drove almost everything in wheels. All the best to you too! For you a photo of sunset in Cascais and my FF. Pure pleasure for the eyes... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fritz you are so right. I am not quite your age but getting there.This is my particular paradise, Sarasota FL. My FF is now over a year old. This is the daily driver to complement a vintage car collection. No problems and since the software upgrade even a greater machine ! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ah yes, the Marina! Cascais is a paradise indeed. It's my second home. Sr. D'Orey, have you taken her to the Estoril track?
Great picture, great place, thanks for sharing Mr. Fritz d'Orey It would be a pleasure and a privilege to have you with us at one of our next Ferrari events in Portugal.
Sr. RGigante, favor informar any Ferrari event in Portugal. Meu telemovel 913 155 709 e [email protected]. Abraço Fritz
Now with 15,000 klms. and fastest speed ever in the Bundesautobahn... Still not a problem, only pleasure from the best car in the world. Have been deliciously traveling in Europe with my wife and two of my grownup children !!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
seriously quick, Sr. d'Orey! the factory states 335km/h as the absolute max for the FF. Imagine what that would have felt like in 1959 at Reims in your old Centro Sud 250F approaching the Thillois hairpin! Serious welcome to FerrariChat; I missed your post last year but delighted to see it now and to welcome you here. Delighted also that the FF delights you. Initially I was not thrilled by the styling but, depending on the paint, it works for me now.
Thank you... It was incredible! No eletronics, no seat belts, no guard rails and the speed at the end of that long straight downhill was well over 300 klms. But at the time I felt very safe. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Of course you all felt very safe; no one knew better! Thanks also for the wonderful photo. I was at Reims for the 1960 G.P. de France, the first G.P. I ever attended. On my way to Paris for a year of graduate studies at the Faculte de Droit. And driving a 356 Porsche Super 90 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery where I am certain you also must have raced. P.S. you will think I am crazy but despite the photo being unclear, it looks to me from the treads that your 250F was on Dunlop Racing tyres.
P.P.S. Your FF before the Lutetia reminds me that the girl I met in Paris and almost married lived at 33 rue de Grenelle au coin de la rue de la Chaise, perhaps a four minute walk from the Lutetia. Have dined at le Recamier just across the rue de Sevres from the Hotel. Quels souvenirs de mon ancien quartier!
Saw in your GARAGE that your 4 very nice Ferrari are the same color. I want to do the same and am waiting for my F12 Bianco Avus.
Excellent thread, thoroughly enjoyable to read. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Sr. D'Orey, glad to hear about your continued enjoyment of the FF.
Drove in not many. Paris>Frankfurt>Prague>Berlin>Stockholm>...Cascais Portugal. Don't know which but a few too crowded.
Not yet. I am enjoying so much the FF that am in no hurry to get the F12. Am not pressing and probably it will arrive by the end of summer.
Thank you for your kind words. Must tell you that until I received my Ferrari FF in June 2012 and drove it for the first time my imagination could not conceive such a perfection in a car. The engine is awsome, the power is comparable to F1 cars I raced, now in a very confortable Four Four. After 15.000 km all over Europe with not a single problem every day I drive it the sensation of pleasure amazes me. Thank you FERRARI for this fantastic automobile that is brightening my old age.
