Seattle Spotter Thread #8

I did hear about this particular FF coming in to FoS. Gorgeous beast for sure! I hope that you let them display it at the Hyatt even if you do end up buying it.

 

Red calipers.

 

Busted I was going from memory or hopefulness.

 

Looks aside....best "car" I've ever driven. This includes some very high end cars from various other marques. Amazing how it does everything so well. A true Family Ferrari. Car is very handsome and muscular esthetically. Serious presence when viewed in person.

 

Black California - on Montlake around 10 this morning.

 

must be the guy in my building downtown (1301 second) I drove past his last week while in my CS. There were two black Ferrari's in the building that day.

 

Black 599 and gunmetal 458 at the Bravern yesterday.

 

I took it out yesterday and found the exhaust was very quiet compared to my Cali. I was amazed how smooth the shifts were compared to my Cal which has the same F1 gearbox. Amazing car throughout, never would realize it was 4 wheel drive.

 

It really isn't till the system kicks in from my understanding. The PTU (front wheel control) and the E-Diff (rear wheel control) work in unison, but the way the PTU works it has two clutches one for each wheel and they work independently. So it estimates the level of grip needed on a surface and activates it, even going as far as providing more power to the outside wheels during a turn.

 

Here's a good article which explains exactly how the front and rear transmissions work on the FF.
http://blog.caranddriver.com/funky-four-explaining-the-ferrari-ffs-two-gearbox-four-wheel-drive-system/

 

Group of us were out driving today and spotted a red 308/328 southbound 405 near 522 interchange. What a day for a drive.

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My brain is trying to place where that picture was taken, but alas it's failing... Happens with age

I was in Woodinville near 522 around 2:30pm... Got behind (and stayed there) a beautiful red Porsche turbo on highway 9 heading south until he headed west on 522. I was in my 328, of course...

 

Sunday as I was washing my DD at the Splash and Dash in Woodinville, I caught a glimpse (well, heard it really) of a red Testarossa heading south on 131st. Just gliding along slowly in traffic but it sounded NICE.

 

Saw a 458 Italia- looked to be titanium in color- downtown Bellevue this evening. Rolled down the window... it sounded nice. Twas quite dark though so I didn't get a great look at it.

 

Driving home last night 8:45PM I was next to a gray R8 from Penske Audi (no plate) southbound 405 to the 520 exit. On the outside it looked like it had driven over the pass.

 

Tuesday in Seattle I saw a Black Maserati Gran Turismo at Pike Place, then a Yellow NSX down by the aquarium and later on a silver Nissan GTR.

I was quite surprised when I saw the driver of the Maserati get out of the car. It was a short, skinny and quite attractive Asian girl. The car also had some sort of badge on the back that looked like a Transformers symbol.

 

Almost forgot, black FF in Issaquah Wednesday. Tags in the rear window...

Sexy curves she has. I want to stare for a while and study those lines with a drink in hand.

 

How did it look in the "wild"? Nasty like the popular consensus?

 

One day I should take some shots of the FF "in the wild". I bet those would turn out nice.

 

Saw a yellow? (was dark so not sure) Gallardo SL while eating at Acropolis in Kirkland at about 7:00 tonight

 

Just saw a wine red F430 on East Lake Sammamish heading north. It was just starting to rain

 

Black Bentley GT on hwy99 in Lynnwood at about 10:50 and just saw a pretty good sounding black Exige drive by on 99 in Lynnwood while I was making a delivery

 

Silver / black Ford GT on I-90 headed west through Mercer Island @ noon today.

Driving in left lane @ 60 MPH - had about 10 cars lined up behind (including me in my commuter)

So I was forced to do the right lane pass - since I had places to go

 

Black 328GTS with ENZO vanity plates on Broadway just now. Looked great.

 

Maybe he's talking about the driver StoryBook....Def not you tho...the other driver