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  1. Zarakoff

    Zarakoff Karting

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    #1 Zarakoff, Nov 24, 2024
    Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Hello ,
    Soon to be new owner deposit down and hopefully collect in a few weeks , I’ve looked at portifinos for years but I went with another super car brand , due to pressure from the missus I reopened my search and found they’re at a bargain price now really so couldn’t resist this one out of the 50plus for sale this was the one massive spec altier car ticked all the boxes for me
    Rosso corsa metallic
    Painted shields
    JBL (this was the big one no go without this you guys said )
    Carbon inside and outside
    Gloss black factory bumper with rosso dreamline metallic
    Matching dreamline on the carbon wheel
    To name a few
    Total options £75k I’ve never seen one before so highly specced while looking over the years ,it even as full ppf treatment and 2 years warranty and another 2 years free services from a Ferrari main dealer and my first ever Ferrari
    I thought going the M route but at £50k more don’t think it was worth it maybe in a few years I can upgrade.
    Can’t wait now
     
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  2. tomc

    tomc Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #2 tomc, Nov 25, 2024
    Beautiful! Enjoy it to the fullest.
    T
     
  3. TifosiConch

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    #3 TifosiConch, Nov 25, 2024
    Congratulations, that's a beauty! Your car is officially loaded if you have the mission critical carbon fiber cupholder:D. Mine has most of the CF interior bits, currently shopping for the CF side vents and tail light surrounds. I drove the M before I purchased, great car but I actually prefer feeling the upshifts, that 8 speed trans in the Porto M and Roma is so smooth it's magic. I'm definitely stealing that bumper/lower valance color accent, I like it.
     
  4. Zarakoff

    Zarakoff Karting

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    #4 Zarakoff, Nov 25, 2024
    thanks yes the expensive carbon cup holder it’s got lol .
    The only thing they seems to be missing that I’d like is the passage display . But hey I won’t be looking at that or il probably be in a hedge somewhere….
    I’d sooner have a carbon rear bumper but this was specced from factory with gloss black and the painted rosso metallic dreamline .
    Oh and the upper dash bits not carbon either I guess the original owner ran out of money
     
  5. momiller

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    #5 momiller, Nov 26, 2024
    Nice - congrats! I'm not sure you will miss the passenger display. Mine was hardly ever used, and once in a while I had the speed police sitting next to me... I didn't spec it in my current F car.
     
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  6. 3POINT8

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    #6 3POINT8, Nov 26, 2024
    congrats!
     
  7. Sunshine1

    Sunshine1 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #7 Sunshine1, Nov 27, 2024
    Congratulations! The Portofino is stunning.
     
  8. Zarakoff

    Zarakoff Karting

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    #8 Zarakoff, Nov 27, 2024
    thanks… I’m getting excited now . Can’t wait, with almost everything now with a cloth roof we don’t have much to choose from with a hard top and the portofino looks the best of the few out there
     
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  9. Sunshine1

    Sunshine1 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #9 Sunshine1, Nov 27, 2024

    I own a Cali30 HS and it has the hard top too. I love it, better looking than a cloth roof and safer. The best of both worlds: hard top and convertible. Enjoy your special baby!
     
  10. Zarakoff

    Zarakoff Karting

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    #10 Zarakoff, Nov 27, 2024
    Oh yes the Cali also looks the business too. I’ve had 2018 m4 convertible previously and the McLaren 600LT spider both hard roofs might be just me but cloth roofs look odd to me nd I’ve seen a few not so old growing green moss from them
     
  11. rmlovett1

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    #11 rmlovett1, Nov 29, 2024
    Big congratulations! That’s a beauty!
     
  12. xotik

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    #12 xotik, Dec 4, 2024
    Congratulations. Drive the wheels off it!
     
  13. Zarakoff

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    #13 Zarakoff, Dec 5, 2024
    oh yeah was thinking of changing them for a black set of Vossens lol
     
  14. mcw

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    #14 mcw, Dec 5, 2024
    If this is your first Fcar, may I suggest you try driving awhile on factory wheels prior to changing them? One of the things Ferrari does really well is steering. Steering changes when wheels are used which have properties, particularly dimensions and weights, different from factory design. I have always preferred the factory wheel choice compared to after-market for the steering. Many people change to alternative wheels for aesthetic reasons, or other, and may not care about the effects of such changes on steering.

    Getting a little experience in the seat with factory wheels may be informative for you.

    Enjoy the ride!
     
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  15. Zarakoff

    Zarakoff Karting

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    #15 Zarakoff, Dec 6, 2024
    yes first Ferrari , coming from a McLaren 600lt spider .
    But yeah I think your right the wheels on my portofino were a £4600 option and have grown on me over the last week or so still not taken delivery yet but hopefully in the next few days
     
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