Just bought my first Ferrari

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new purchase.

TDF over Saddle is such a beautiful color combo. Very pretty indeed.

Recommendation on driving her:

1. Never put the top up on your spider.
2. Never pull on that right paddle before 7K rpm.

...and the rest it's in your owners manual.

Enjoy in good health!

Congrats again!!

 

Congratulations! One of my favorite color combos. Welcome to F-chat, you will not find a better bunch of guys anywhere. You must post some pics as soon as you can.
As far as driving advice goes the best I can tell you is to DRIVE IT!! there is no use in having garage art. Oh yeah, when approaching a tunnel slow down to let traffic ahead of you clear and then punch it to redline. It will be the best Italian opera you've ever heard. Truly intoxicating and more addictive than any drug.

 

CONGRATS AND WELCOME in Fchat

 

Nice car nice color combo enjoy in good health.

 

Welcome to Ferrarichat Brock!!

Congrats on the 355 Spider! Sounds like a beautiful car.

Please be sure to post pics.

 

CONGRATS.....BEAUTIFUL COMBO...WHEN U OWN A FERRARI IT BECOMES A PART OF U / CANNOT GO BACK

SOLD SPIDER 6 SPEED.....HAD A STROKE 4 MONTHS AGO...BLOOD CLOD TO BRAIN ...COULD NOT USE MY LEFT FOOT.....FREAKED OUT

HAD TO GET F1............THIS IS MY THIRD DAILY DRIVER FERRARI..........THAT'S ALL I OWN & DRIVE LIKE U WOULD

FEEL YOUR REAL ...HEART BEAT....WITH EXCITEMENT.....EVERYTIME U SIT IN THE SEAT & TURN KEY ON

LISTEN TO THE .......TUBI EXHAUST......LIKE THE GUY SAID..........GET THE RUSH @ 7K RPM......LIKE ME EVERYTIME I TAKE OFF....SONIC BOOM F18

I AM HAPPY FOR U....LIVE YOUR DREAM....ENJOY...LIFE HOLDS NO GUARANTEED....ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR ..........FERRARI

GOOD LUCK

MARK

 

Brock--Congrats!!! Also welcome to Fchat!!! Here you will find answers to any questions you may have along the way!! Make sure you add it to the registry when you can!!

www.ferrari355registry.com

 

Congratulations on the 355 ....... post pics when ASAP !!!

 

Beautimus!!!!!!!!!Congratulayions and Welcome to FChat!

 

Welcome and can't wait to see pics. I think that is a great color combo. Enjoy!

 

Congrats ! Is it the car from Luxury Motors ? If it is, I was looking at it too. Beautiful Color combo. Really like it.

 

Congratulations and enjoy it! Looking forward to the photos.

 

Congrats, sounds like a gorgeous color combo! Enjoy & can't wait to see some pics when she arrives!

-Brian

 

Another TDF Blue Fcar owner . Enjoy the 355!!!

 

Love the color combo..........Good luck

 

Congrats!!! one of the best days of your life, arrival of your first Ferrari. Nothing like watching that truck pull up and seeing your dream car back out...make sure you capture pics of that moment!

 

So you've never seen the car yourself and just bought it based on PPI? Now that takes some leap of faith there. Good for you!!

I don't warm it up either. Just wait for the F1 pump to go thru its check cycyle/sequence then just start the car. Once started I'll usually wait for the secondary air injection to finish before backing the car out of garage. Once get going, just take it easy (<4K rpm) before oil temp reach the middle mark. After that then you're free to upshift at past 7K rpm as required..haha.

 

Wow! Congrats on your TDF F355. Nice color!

Here's hoping it meets your expectations when it is delivered!

 

You made a very wise decision in buying a spider now. I would recommend letting the car idle to a steady 1000 RPM and then take off and drive as fast as you can. You will love the sound of the engine roaring behind you. The F355 is the best sounding Ferrari engine ever. Make sure you drive the car. Most problems occur when the car sits in the garage collecting dust. I have 34,000k miles on my car and it's a 1997. Most of the major problems happens to cars that have low miles. If the 30k service was done and the top works good and you're getting a new clutch check the headers and CV joints and if need be, have them replaced too. You should have no problems but again make sure you drive the car.


UOTE=BLAMPEE;137830270]It is the 355 from Luxury Motors, ULF. I had the PPI performed at Service Italy. Gary said it is a very strong car and in great shape. Most of the service records came with her, too. Fchat has recommended Service Italy so I based my purchase decision on their PPI.

I'm not scared to drive her. I live in Oregon, so when its sunny its time for her to play!

I have 6,383 questions but will only ask two.

1. It has blue carpet. Should I just order oem floor mats?

2. Gary at Service Italy said to just turn the ignition, check the gauges, and then start driving. No warm-up time. Any thoughts? I always thought it was better to let a car warm up.

All you guys seem pretty neat. So, I look forward to being a Ferrari owner. LOL. Seven months ago nobody, including myself, would have believed this were possible.

This is going to be the LONGEST week of my life! I'm already having trouble sleeping!!!! Agghhh!!!

PS. Ive never even seen a TDF blue 355 or the saddle leather in person. LOL. Hope its as hot in person as in the pics![/QUOTE]

 

Welcome to the blue club.

 

Enjoy & God Bless !

 

For 1. above I suggest surfing westwindeuropean.com --The OEM mats through Ferrari are $900+...suggest westwind and their custom options for ~$300. We purchased their Navy with Yellow 16" Cavallino...looks awesome with the Navy blue carpet.

 

I just got my first Ferrari TDF spider F1 two months ago also. Take care of it and it will take care of you. It is a way of life.