Hi there all Been lurking for ages and thought it was about time I registered ) I've been a Ferrari nut since goodness knows when and an owner since 1995. The car in question is a '91 Testarossa and it's done it's fair share of FOC track days at Silverstone and Thruxton which to be honest is the only place you can really enjoy the full potential of the car! Anyways here I am and I intend to post as and when I've got anything worthwhile adding I should add I own and run the car with my father and hope to attend some meets in the not too distant future as/when family commitments allow
the car is most definately getting to the point where it could do with some work cosmetically especially the rear valance where the exhausts protrude I have to say I love the car but so many people seem to dislike the car visually which I've never really understood It's the only Ferrari I've ever driven so I've no idea how it compares to contemporary Ferraris but I imagine it is quite an old fashioned driving experience. I very much doubt if my wife could even press the clutch pedal down!
I have to say when the flat-twelve is on full song it does send a shiver down the spine!! Such a shame Ferrari have abandoned the mid-engine configuration for the twelve cylinder cars
give this chap free subscription as he knows what he is on about dont listen to the 8 cylinder owners on here as they only have 2/3 of what you have
I know what you mean. But i was having a conversation with a well versed Ferrari mechanic last week and he agreed with me that the Testarossa is a fabulous looking machine. Very 80's styling I know but sure beats the modern stuff for road presence.
I agree it is very distinctive and pretty much unmistakable. As for road presence people do tend to move over fairly quickly!
luckily we both share the same ethos, the car is there to be driven! I don't get to drive it as often as I used to but then again when I do it makes the experience even more special I think now the car is getting older it's even more enjoyable. One of my colleagues said his Mitsu Evo whotist would blow the Testarossa away and I don't doubt it quite honestly but do I care? not in the slightest
THE GREAT TEA ARSE IS BACK, sussed when i saw the word ethos.............................no one else on here uses big words like that
Funny, because there is a guy that comes down the Lion who owns a testarossa with his father. Glad I didn't welcome him aboard as I would have looked a right charlie, and that isn't my ethos!
well the ban was too long, he is bound to keep re-registering.........I have seen worse topics on here lately than the one that got him banned
we should have an animesty on here and let tea arse back on as he did fight on the beaches of dunkirk for us