New 550 Owner

@rhern213, looks like they did quite a lot of "while you're in there" stuff in addition to the major. Should be bullet proof now. Good deal!

 

Great news and $7K worth of mnx.

 

its a beauty ,,, classic in every way

the colors are great, enjoy the hell out of it,, you will love, just looking at it on rainy days,, and it you are like me, you will realize how lucky you are

 

Your 550 is lovely. They got a lot of typical problem areas taken care of pre-sale. Lucky you! I have a noisy left rear shock mount...only "knocks" when it's below about 60 deg F. Probably have to replace it later this year.

 

@rhern213 thanks for posting this...I am a soon to be new 550 owner expecting delivery this Friday at Tampa Ferrari. This forum discussion has been very helpful guys, looking forward to some great driving memories

 

All that stuff is funny, because NHTSA has no record of a 550 or 575 being stolen.

 

You made out with the service already; it could only be better with a brick or two stashed in the trunk to pay for the car itself!

 

Cool story: welcome to the F family!!

Your anecdote about spotting your first 550 on the road... it means it was meant to be like that!
They’re amazing cars: enjoy it at every opportunity you get to drive it (but be careful as it can ‘bite’ if you’re not careful enough with the throttle in the beginning).

(when me and my dad were on our way to inspect THE 456... we were discussing that it was at least 10 years ago that we spotted a 456 on the road... guess what lined up 30mins later at the traffic lights next to us... a 456!)

 

Yeah, those are the moments when you hear the fanfare in the background, you just don't know where it is coming from. Fate has her own orchestra!!

 

Nice work

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Richel,

I went from a BMW Z-3 3.0 manual, to a Countach. This was my first exotic. At the time I never owned a P car either.

Congratulations with the new 550

Enjoy

 

The first "fast" car I ever drove was my uncle's Dakar Yellow II E36 M3 convertible. It was only around a city block in downtown Seattle, but it was enough to spark the addiction.

I tried to buy one in college that was beautiful. It was a Titanium Silver Metallic coupe with a manual and luxury package. I put down a deposit on a Sunday to return the next day with a cashier's check. When I returned home I realized the owner had written only 15 digits of the VIN for me (lesson learned back when I was 20, always take a picture of the VIN tag!). I called him for the missing digit and sure enough it turned up as a total loss salvage title with significant odometer rollback; 115k instead of 85k, and I walked away before I became attached. That was the last one I ever looked at because nothing else came close to that spec I was looking for. I might need to scratch that itch some day...

The feeling I experienced driving it is similar to the 550. Quick, comfortable, and most of all, fun.

 

You and me both! I had two separate E36 M3s myself, including one I primarily used as a track car. Not fast but amazing cars nonetheless. It was the first "extravagant" car I ever bought myself. At the time it was almost new and seemed like such a guilty purchase!

 

Dakar yellow coupe here - daily drove for a few years, the one I shouldn’t have sold! Turner Motorsport power package with notables including Schrick cams and a 3.46 diff. It was a fabulous car!