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The F50 Thread

Discussion in '288GTO/F40/F50/Enzo/LaFerrari' started by amenasce, Dec 28, 2010.

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  1. rossocorsa13

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    I think for a car, it's safe to assume that more mileage = more enjoyment. They're made for driving. No one believes that instrument collectors who don't play their instruments enjoy them as much as players who play them. And people who listen to music certainly don't believe that.

    If I saw a thread where an F50 owner had modded their car, driven it for 20 years and 500K miles until it had irreparable wear and tear and was essentially salvage, I would say that they had enjoyed it far more -- and had fulfilled the intentions of Ferrari far more -- than someone who had a 3,000 mile garage queen.

    Didn't some early silicon valley guy buy one new and drive it daily for 50K miles? What a champ.

    YOLO. Ferrari is not religion.

    What if Classiche certification revolved around a minimum number of miles driven per year? That would be cool.

    I'm done detracting from the initial intent of this thread. Peace.

     
  2. joe sackey

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    You make some good points but they are mostly hypothetical and not based on reality.

    It was my client Jim Spiro (not a Silicon Valley guy FWIW) who purchased an F50 at a time in his life when he was able to drive it often. However, there are many ways to enjoy these cars besides just piling on tens of thousands of miles and for example I can tell you he has had equal enjoyment from other cars that he has driven just a fraction of the distance of that F50. More mileage does not necessarily - more enjoyment. As I said, the notion that owners who possess cars with lower miles do not enjoy them as much as those who do more mileage is not necessarily true. Also, the notion that all Ferrari Supercars ought to be high-mileage beaters is simply unrealistic.

    The 3,000 mile F50 is not necessarily a garage queen. Look at the cars that win awards at the Cavallino Classic and I will show you cars that are enjoyed immensely and driven often by thier enthusiast owners, perhaps not thousands & thousands of miles, but they are enjoyed, and in more ways than just on the road. They will also be around to be passed to future generations, whilst your hypothetical "500K miles car that has irreparable wear" will not. Yes YOLO, but the cars can live more than once, with your children, and their children etc. You get the idea.
     
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    Wonderful. More photos?
     
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    My understanding is 104191 was actually born Red, but got color-changed to Black very early on (by Frank Triarsi's Classic Coach in Elizabeth, NJ), just prior to delivery to its first owner in Connecticut.
     
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  10. joe sackey

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    I think you are correct.
     
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    I'm excited because I can offer a Classiche Certified, Platinum Award-winning one with less than a thousand miles more for @ $800,000 plus less.
     
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    Yes! Sold by us last year to a passionate gentleman in Colorado. Very nice Original Owner example painted to Nero early in its life. The car was very complete with luggage, books, records for many years.
     
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    Well played sir.
     
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    NACA duct.

    Beautiful.

    Also love the subtle wind deflector fore of the side-windows.

    Details.

    Thanks for sharing!
     
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    So it's federalized?
     
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