575M GTC Handling Pack Upgrade - Cheap

I have just seen the cost of the upgrade to the 575M to GTC standards;

Special Springs & anti roll bars
Lower ride height
upgraded power steering
advanced suspension control
carbon ceramic brake discs
sports exhaust system
coloured brake calipers (brembo)
19" modular wheel rims
special tyres

£16,450-00 plus VAT -

Is this cheap or what, brakes alone worth £12k, wheels and tyres £4.5k
Exhaust £1.2k, I am the last to find out about this?

D11VE:J

 

Absolutely right, the Fiarano pack was £10k on the price of the new car, plus in my case, the F1 box also.

However, the car is so much 'havingness' for me, just being able to stand and look at that badge and the red paintwork, any time day or night, was worth waiting 25 years for, no matter what it cost. I have done more miles in the last few weeks on track days than in the previous 11 months, she getting rather old now with over 1½k on the clock.

Its time we fitted some jewellery to V12 575.

 

Absolutely, Shoemaker is my middle name. I have explained the tyre pressure was increased and the longer straights made the corners easier, the tight Mallory circuit was a little harder on the car, Silverstone is fast in and fast out, there now you have the technical BS.

As for the pot noodle and the phone at 95 on the Motorway, this is not true, I do not drive at more than 85mph on any motorway and certainly do not eat pot noodle, as for the phone, I have a hands free kit, that Closeshave is nothing but a plonker - A Little PLONKER - who is a bad loser, he got spanked by a Ferrari 575M sports car driven by a man twice his age, Closeshave, you don't need more electronic tuning to drive faster, you just need to learn to drive -Ha Ha. See you at Brands, next spanking will be with a Lotus V8, any bigger insult than that is impossible to envisage.

D11VE:J

 

Closeshave, if you have funny stories to tell you should be on the other thread - Ferrari Stories - Gentlemen Please, there we can all have a laugh.

 

I am hoping to get the quote for some of the parts next week, when the car goes in for its service. I will post the outcome, maybe I will take up your suggestion, does leave you a bit vulnerable for warranty claim rejection if you go it alone and not through Maranello in this case.

D11VE:J

 

Dig that triple exhaust, that looks sporty enough, probably took his eye off the road for a second doing 190. I did warn you about the consequences of racing with closeshave and his GT2 didn't I! and that is only two of the cars he overtook at Silverstone last week.

 

You'll need a jock strap also, he blows the B4lls of everything including his passengers

 

Stick with the pot noodle and the mobile phone stories son!