Why do you have a Ferrari?

I used to race 2 stroke karts but I owned muscle cars that didnt handle worth a crap. Decided one day to sell off all of my muscle car stuff and buy a car that handles well and ferrari came to mind. Bought the 308 and was forever changed almost like an epiphany occured, cant go back now.

 

It is hard to put into words. Why do you pull for a certain sports team? Why is red my favorite color?

For me I have always liked the looks of an F-car. I also like nice things, and Ferrari is considered by many to be the best money can buy. Ferrari has the styling, prestige, history, and name recognition one would look for in an exotic automobile.

Similiar questions have been asked before, it is always interesting to read the responses.

Matt

 

I used to be a Porsche and BMW guy. At track days, everyone laughed at the Ferrari crowd for being slow and pretentious. I fell in love with the 575 at a motor show and not long after was offered a repossesed 2002 delivery 550 from a finance company. The rest is history.

 

Because I can.

 

Because I've wanted one for as long as I can remember. Because I have a supportive wife who understands my insanity about these red machines. Because no other car on the road makes a sound like a Ferrari. And because you only get one shot, and you can't take it with you...might as well enjoy life.

 

A quote to live by....

 

I had always been a Porsche guy (owned 39 before I bought my 1st Ferrari), then one day I went to Algar Ferrari. I drove a 335 and a 360 spider that day, and for the first time I felt like I was connected to the car not just driving it. I had never had a feeling like that before. Four years last I am waiting for my 4th Ferrari (a 430 coupe in June) to arrive. I get the same feeling I got the first time every time. Thats why.

 

Because I always wanted one, even before I knew what they were.

 

There is no why. I just do.

 

Because i needed a new engine plattform with good traction and a good engine position. And the 355 is the only chassis i like wich has that factors so i took this as my engine plattform.
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Samy

 

Interesting as at the track it appear things have not changed much BUT i will say when the sole Ferrari (me) shows up at track events am very courteous, kind, let guys sit in the car, etc... and good at point bys if someone is obviously faster. Of course the Ferrari here is slow (308QV with crap for track dry weather Pilot Sport tires for the moment) compared to the Porsche and BMW guys with stripped down tweaked cars and R-compound rubber. Don't get me wrong, many guys seem to admire the car for the visual beauty and appreciate seeing it where she belongs, on the track. The vintage guys especially and we get along great.

Just wish that a higher percentage of new Ferrari car buyers (in the past 5 years) track their car at real pace. Enzo had a great idea early in his company's career.

 

always wanted one, they are a dream

They are a 3 dimensional piece of art, and sound / drive as exotic as they look

 

Couldn't have said it better...

I would just add, that to me, my car is also a piece of art. A sculpture that I can enjoy by looking as well as driving.

 

As a kid, my friends raced motorcycles. I never had the money to get one, so just read about motorsports and became interested in sports cars. When I was 18, I bought an MGB, then a Lotus Europa. I had a brief time in school without a sports car, but as soon as I had a job I bought a P 993, then another one 3 years later.

All this time, I dreamed of a Ferrari. I finally drove a 348 spider a few years ago, then a 355, but my wife unexpectably became pregnant and I held off until 5 years ago or so when I bought the 360.

My Lotus was never reliable, but I loved the feeling of the low polar moment of inertia from the midengine layout. My 993s handled well, but I never lost the feeling of mass in the rear that made me conservative. When I drove the Ferrari, the old feeling from the midengine layout came back. It just felt right.

steve

 

I can't put it better than this.

 

I "Blame" a guy by the name of Thomas Magnum. I watched the show in the 80's and after seeing the car , it was love at first sight. I knew that someday I would own one, the styling was so unique and classy. Driving it now, still makes my heart beat a little faster and my smile a little bigger. I feel privileged to own one.
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Yup, I totally agree.

Ferrari is a legend PERIOD

 

My story is a bit different then most.

I have a friend that had about 40 cars. I didn't have any intention of purchasing an Fcar but I had driven his before. I was looking for a MB S600 sedan and was having trouble finding the right one. When he mentioned he was letting this car go I bought it instead. So, I kind of went the other way.........

It wasn't about a year later when I was thinking about why I did it that I remembered a trip I took to the dealer I took when I was 16. You see, my first car was a MB 240D and it needed something at the dealer. At that time the MB dealer was also the Ferrari dealer. So, while the work was being done to my car I walked into the Fcar side and sat in a 308. I didn't know what I was doing, but I remember saying some day I'd own one. I've got to be honest and say I had forgotten about that day until last year.

 

Easy reasons:

1. Drop dead gorgeous; IMO, the 328 (and other '80s Ferrari's) are art in a world overrun with ugly and/or dull cars.

2. Right sounds and smells: You really feel like you're driving and can indulge the racer fantasy. I think the 206-246-3x8 series and kin (F40, 288) probably do this better than the GT cars like the 612, but I haven't driven the GTs so take this as my opinion...

3. Celebrity (not me, but the car): People like seeing Ferrari's because no one really knows how much it cost, how fast it goes or who would buy one. But they all know the prancing horse means that it could be damned fast, damned expensive and owned by someone just a bit eccentric.

4. History: As a marketing guy, I'm very sensitive to brands and what they represent. My car may not be significant compared to a 1960s Ferrari race car, but it's part of something - not someone's marketing plan, but an heir to a tradition.

Complicated reason:

Driving a Ferrari is a kind of open rebellion against a Lexus-shaped automotive landscape. It's naughty. They suck gas, make noise, call attention to themselves and generally tell people that you didn't let Consumer Reports determine what you were going to put in your garage. Carmakers have pretty much engineered all the passion out of cars. Owning a Ferrari is a polite way of giving a certain hand gesture to the beancounters who stole our fun.

Go buy one.

 

HaHa thats what I was going to say, Most Likely Magnum which I grew up with or maybe either The Cannonball Run (with the Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Junior in the 308Gts) or the Gumball Rally (1976 with the Daytona)

but now the thing I love is the noise & the handling

 

Because driving one makes you feel special.

Because it's a nice feeling to know you have the best looking, iconic car on the road.

Because they ride soooo nice.

 

I really agree. My dad had several when I was a teenager, and I always liked the total experience. I never really thought about buying one until about two years ago when I saw an ad on traderonline for a TR for sale in Wisconsin. I could not believe that I could afford to get what was once my dream car. So the pusuit began and ended about a year ago with the purchase of my 348. Considered getting out a few months ago and have decided to stay with the Ferrari.
BT

 

Small Penis.

 

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