My First!!!!!

Hello everyone,

I have been a quiet reader over the past several months and I appreciate all that this site has offered in terms of your experiences with ownership. I finally made the jump this past week, selling my 02 C4S and purchasing as 98 550 as my first F car. Here are a few pics. Plenty more to come for sure. The car blows my mind. such a different world from my P car experiences.

--Omar


1998 550 Black/Black

Full Carbon package
Sports seats
Fire extinguisher (so vital...well I hope not...haha)
Red brake calipers
Tubi exhaust
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WOW! That's the PERFECT example of a Maranello! Beautiful.

Congrats on the purchase and it looks like you bought it at FoSF which is always a good thing.

Looking forward to hearing your impressions...

 

Thus far I must say it is AMAZING. The sound of the tubi is absolutely glorious!!! Went for a gorgeous drive this weekend down US 1 from San Francisco to Carmel...the car just begs to be driven and there seems no end to the torque. Very happy with my purchase.

 

How many miles are on it?

 

26,300. Not too bad. I had looked at a couple different examples of the Maranello with much lower miles, but after what I had researched, it seemed I was better off with a well sorted out car. The 30.000 mile belt service was just done and the car seems good to go. I plan to truely drive the car so i am hoping the 550 is true to its history of being a great car.

 

That looks great, enjoy!!

 

Congrats Omar. Car looks fanstastic. Look forward to hearing your experiences and more pics.

 

The 550 is the best Ferrari to have in black. What a beautiful car. Enjoy her and drive it hard Molte Bene!!!

 

Enjoy the car Omar! Just picked up my new Ferrari from FoSF. Great guys to deal with. Hope to see you one of these days, preferably on the track

 

Thanks everyone. FoSF was great to deal with. Only thing I have left to sort out with the car at this point is that I only have 1 remote with the 550. (the black one). From all the threads I have seen, this could be a potential problem down the road unless I order a new set of three. Any thoughts?

 

amazing choice, its a beautiful car....

 

Wow! That is an exeptional 550!! Congratulations on your purchase!!!

 

Congratulations!!!!

I also picked up a 550 in Black this week. They are amazing. I cannot believe how well this cars performs.

John

 

Trust me, It's already used to being driven!

 

What a great big smile!!! Congrats..beautiful and well bought with the miles and sorted out..drive on, mate!

Chris

 

Congrats Omar!

That car is a lot of fun!!!!

Hope you really enjoy your first F-car!

 

I have enjoyed mine. Congratulations!

 

congrats omar, i too recently upgraded from a p car...NIGHT and DAY!

these machines make the pcars feel so ordinary....

 

Is that one of your old ones Dave?

 

Congrats Omar! I love the black on black with sport seats.

 

Did the dealer tell you it was never smoked in?
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congrats on the car looks great

Daves first car:
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Hey! You can't pin that on me!!!!!

 

must have been a cuban

 

Of course!