Another article praising the 550 Maranello

This time it is Road & Track.

They are raving about how great a 1999 TdF Blue 550 is.

Since I own a 1998 TdF Blue 550, I'm thinking the article is spot on.

This Tour De France Blu Ferrari 550 Is The Budget Daytona You Always Wanted

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They just keep climbing in value but no matter. They are the perfect automobile for me.
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550 is an amazing car! Kudos

 

2001 - but i have to agree! (sorry the garage lights don't show the tdf blue much, so you get a tdf in the background.)
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Best car in the world. No need to re-adjust the carburators. Better than the Daytona at less than half the price.
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Blu Pozzi .... ;o))

 

Nice

I just added my 1999 TdF 550!

 

Please tell us a bit about the other car also seen in you picture. Looks nice!

 

As already quoted, spot on! Here is mine -00 TdF/Tan and Erik's (F456M) Pozzi/Crema.
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Looks like it might be a new F12TdF in white.
Beautiful car.
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Is that a lights change on the 456?

 

Fully agreed. After 20 years (it almost sounds old doesn't it!) it still is my favourite car (ok, along with the Zonda...but let's leave that out for the moment). It does everything just great. Looks great, is not too large, big boot to take wife/gf shopping, it's comfortable, it's fast. It can cruise, you can throw it around on the backroads. Trans continental european trip with other half? No problem. Throw in the bags, make sure it's filled up, drive. If you don't have a droney exhaust set up you'll arrive fresh. At your destination, the car once again remains usable. In a non flashy colour it can just about dive under the radar.

And it looks ******** fantastic.

Nope, it's a 550. Perhaps Erik needs to change his username

 

R&T's car has 26,000 miles. It's toast. That makes mine worth a whole lot more

 

The 550 still remains one of the best all around sports cars ever built. I have owned one for two and a half years and am still amazed by the car every time I get behind the wheel. Its simply a great car!

 

The comparison to the Daytona will help its value appreciation, and in my view, it's going to be appreciated as an even more elegant, better performing and stylish Ferrari!

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You are right! It is a MUCH better car in every aspect (of course), just not as rare. The question is how many want a rare carburated car with a litt less abilities and comfort and performance for a lot more money and are willing to spend that kind of money..... Opposed by all the guys who want a modern user friendly touring car with super car performance. I did a 600 km drive in it (back to Norway after delivering the bags to Jonas, and on twisty highway and no traffic, the 550 is a wolf in an Armani suit. It is simply a bastard that shows no willingness to even think about speed limits.. I can't tell how fast the wolf were going last night, but we were going the last half of the rev counter in 5th and 6th. 😎👍 COMBINED with a manual with a perfectly mechanical operation, the driving enjoyment is sensational. I did it also from Italy down to Monaco on those twisty highways and it is bad to the bone, but in a very precise and refined manner....... (Can't be described any other way)!!!

 

Photo courtecy by Jonas Photo taken in front of the Swedish Royal family's summer palace "Drottningholm" just outside Stockholm, the Capital of Sandinavia.
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Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, but certainly not the capital of Scandinavia. The Norwegians would claim that is Oslo and the Danes Copenhagen.

 

That is technically right, and as a Norwegian, I should not say it is the Capital of Scandinavia, but the inhabitants of Stockholm are very proud of their city, and they call it the Capital of Scandinavia, and with the most people of the three capitals, they have some truth in it. Lots of old money and classic cars. Sweden had over 10% of the total production of Maserati Mexicos at one time for example... Many 600 Grossers (sold new there) while these cars are almost non existing in Norway and Danemark.

 

Having been to all three and lived in Oslo for three years, I would take Oslo.