The arrival

Si io sono nato a Chieti Abruzzo amico mio...

 

You learn something new everyday... I was talking to a chap in another forum and he owns a f 40 and he said the seats were the same hmmmmmmmmm?

 

It's really quite simple you can import any Ferrari that is 15yrs or older by production date my car is a 94 but was built in March of 93 hence why I had to wait till march of 2008 you can also import some Ferrari 7 years or newer so cars that were allowed last year are not allowed this year stupid I know that's our Government what are you gonna do.

 

I remember when I was reading your first post when your 348 arrived you had a grin as big as mine and your stories were always inspiring thanks brother...

 

Great advise I will try it but do the lights turn off meaning the sidelights when the ignition goes off, stupid question I know when I can just go out and check but it's 3 am and I'm I bed surfing so by the time I wake up 2 pm you hopefully will have answered me, wow how lazy am I?

 

Just thought I would include follow ups, driving impressions, and driving experiences in this thread.

Story
"Record" had the car out less than 15 min and I was pulled over.....

I was on a stretch of road that goes along the outside of our city known as the ring road I was taking my car to get a Federal inspection done anyhoo this was the first time I had a chance to open her up a bit so away we went and I swear I heard angels singing and all cars in front of me moved out of my way within seconds I'm at 120mph that's when my gal goes cop cop cop breeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaak!
I slowed down enough so as the police car merged on the road we lined up next to each other (nice), my turn off was coming up so I sped up gingerly past the police car and made my turn and so did he (****!)
Sure enough lights come on and I pull over he walks up and says "nice car you must have just got it that's why you don't have any plates on the car' I say " that's right but here are my permits" he says "you are suppose to stick them on the window" I reply " yes sir I know but I once had a problem with the adhesive not coming off of my Porsche plastic window(lie lie lie)so I don't want to take a chance you understand right?" he says "Ya I guess but next time the officer might not be as nice as I am have a good day" that was it he let me off with a warning PHEW! now that whole thing lasted no more than 3 min.
About an hour later I'm working on the car and I start getting phone calls saying that they are talking about me on the radio.
Sure enough our very popular stations two DJS were saying "We just saw a cool Ferrari pulled over what the hell is this guy doing driving a Ferrari in March I mean it's cold out there" then the other guy "well if I owned a Ferrari I would drive it year round too and maybe put snow tires on it"(how embarrassing)

Boy not even an hour out with the car and I make radio how cool is that next week I am going to drive by the station since there booth is street level and they have a large window so people can see them perform and I'm going to rev the engine to 8000rpm so it rattles there window that ill show em...

 

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Now I hate you 2..

Ps thanks Pap ya I'm loving the car and having a blast getting my hands dirty again been a while....

 

Found out today that I do not need a Federal inspection just a Provincial a one and that means I do not need day time running lights...

Hopefully get the Provincial done this week.

Also found a few wonky electrical problems like my seat belt light activates instead of door ajar when I open the doors my central parking light switch worked when I first received the car now nothing, while we are talking about this feature what is it's purpose? also there are several in dash lights I need to replace.

Oh ya my driver side window does not work DON"T WORRY I know how to use the search function.... I will only ask for help after I have exhausted all my options.

I replaced the original 50watt fog lamps with 55watt Xenon Eurolite bulbs they create a cool blue/white beam instead of the warm white beam looks 10x better
I also noticed that there is only one set of fog lamps instead of the two that are described in the manual I assume that this is the way North American models came with only one set, the inside ones.

Next I purchased new Xenon Eurolites for the low and high main beams I will replace some time this week and take pics of the difference.

Other than a few minor easy fixes (so far) she is awesome I can't wait to drop the top and go....