F40 - The first 394 miles.

I've always been curious, what material is the dash? I can't ever tell from the pictures.

 

hahahaha thats freekin funny!!
Great write up by the way

 

Hard to describe, but like a dark grey/black felt material.

 

+1

 

Thanks for putting you experience in words, it made for an enjoyable read.

The more and more I read about different owners' experiences and build some of my own, I am convinced it becomes less about the experience of sheer speed and more about fulfilling the other senses; the smells, the sounds, the visual feast for the eyes.

As these cars essentially become slower and slower by the unending march of the new, it is these other, qualitative experiences that create the desire for these wonderful machines.

-F

 

Luckily that isn't really the case for the F40 and it holds it own damn well.

 

Congratulations. What a nice collection of Ferrari's and ... what a great write-up. I enjoyed reading your first impression a lot. Glad you like your new baby. I'm sure the love will grow as time goes on. Good to see she will be collecting miles while she is in your good hands

Enjoy in good health.

M

 

Well done on buying an F40! Great post on first driving impressions!

It is the car I miss the most among the ones I've owned in the past. For those of you that have never driven one, NOTHING can prepare you for the experience. And YES it still feels bloody fast, almost savage. But above all it feels LIGHT and responsive. When was the last time any of us drove a 1100kg car that was road legal?

I must confess to the F50 being my favorite Ferrari to drive (twice as good as the Enzo in my humble opinion), but there is no question that the F40 is one of the greatest sports cars ever made.

 

You forgot to say: "More beer"...other than that, perfect!!!!!

 

Miracles really do happen....santa clause or no santa clause. Congrats, outstanding purchase! The F40 is the only car I've driven that has drawn people out of their own car in the middle of stopped traffic to exclaim "THAT CAR IS F***N AMAZING!!"..to which I nodded in agreeance with a giant smirk.

 

or as someone else noted years ago about the F40 it's like driving around with a sign on the roof of your car that says $250,000.00 in the trunk. Today you could just about double that figure...
CH

 

Thats no joke I had that happen too lol

 

C, You must be thinking in recent recessionary dollar terms. Because in fact, the quote (as featured in the February 1991 issue of Car & Driver) was actually:

"Imagine riding around with a million bucks in your trunk and a three-foot neon sign on the roof reading - 'Million Dollars In Trunk'. That's what driving an F40 is like".

The article goes on to suggest that (driving) the Ferrari F40 is "The closest you'll ever come to experiencing a nervous breakdown".

The article's verdict? "Religious Experience".

 

Joe, I still have that issue with the guy looking like he had a nervous breakdown in the article.

 

Would you mind scanning it in, id love to read it... Or tell me what issue it is so i can try and source a copy!

Awesome write up too by the OP, living the dream hey...

 

The F40 is the pinnacle -- the crossroads between the pure driving/hardcore machine era and the modern techno-performance era.

Really a great car, one that is on my short list of 4-5 cars I want to own before I die.

 

As I stated, it is the "February 1991 issue of Car & Driver"

 

Indeed, some of us are doomed to collecting all this stuff. A first drive in an F40 ranks up there with some of life's other 'firsts'.

 

The car really does attract a lot of attention; a lot more than I would have thought. I drove mine home from FOA (Atlanta) to Tuscaloosa, AL last Saturday; about 225 miles. I had three people on the interstate pull along side to take pictures, a number of thumbs up, and pictures at the two service stations I stopped at. Never happened to that extent in the other cars I have owned.

 

After reading all 4 pages the only thing I can come up with is I'm green with envy and have not sat in and smelled the interior of an F40 since about '92. Anyone in Houston willing to take me back to a very special place PM me ok? LOL

Thanks Drew,
tex

 

There's an F40LM on the showrom floor...dunno if they'll let you in it...

Gallery Furniture had one out for awhile...

And George Foreman still owns his, AFAIK.....
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At FOH right woohoo I guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow. I heard Mac had one but never go that way so my loss I guess and George Sr. never returns my calls its always one of the ten other Georges LOL.

PS,
Maybe I should ask for Scott G. when I arrive as he should remember me and a few of my old friends aswell?

 

So Hawkeye .... How's the next 394 miles been?

 

That is actually a GTE.