Agree overall, but darker colors mask the carbon blade and the car then needs a stripe IMO. I also requested stripe extension to the rear bumper but was denied during my TM appointment at the factory.
I think that’s a good rule of thumb, although I didn’t follow it, I ordered dark blue exterior with no stripe. I would post the renderings but they are so dark you can barely see the car. Did anyone else get dark renderings?
Its going to be beautiful. The funny thing is I understand the criticism of the two lines intersecting in a cross type look, but for whatever reason, I also think the Grigio Ingrid car looks gorgeous. Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat
You can’t have a stripe colour too similar to the blade because of looking too much like a cross. We have a blu Roma twin stripe over a very reflective silvery white and they were happy to do it.
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Needs more pics - looks very classy. I don't see the TDF being a better long-term hold over an 812C. I think the last V12 non-electric/assisted/hybrid/whatever is going to hold more weight in the future, more-so than last Montezemolo car.
the “last of” game I think is a dangerous game to play unless it is really the last one (winners: 458 speciale aperta buyers … losers “this is the last manual 911”)
V12 NA with no hybrid or electrical assist? I remember reading that the 812C is the last 'pure' NA car, with the subsequent models requiring some level of hybridization. Am I wrong about that?
That same rule would apply to a 599GTO vs TDF. Yet the TDF is valiued much, much higher. Time will tell where the 812C will sit in the picking order of ferrari's limited's. Even even so, values seem to shift a bit during certain periods; they are never fixed it seems.
Medium term I’ll bet the tdf will be worth more and will be the more special and sought after car. Every car dealer or collector I spoke to have the same view. But like you say time will tell
I have an 812c coming and do not have a Tdf but to be honest I think the tdf is cooler. I think the “vortex generators” are stupid and a front engine v12 with no rear window will not age well. Maybe I will change my mind when I get the car.
curious. ..... why no Tdf if you think it's cooler? (absolutely agree and in 10 yrs it will be even more clear. ) .
I did a lot with my F12 (regular, non Tdf) drove it daily something like 40,000 miles. Haven’t heard of a higher mileage one (let’s just say I was VERY happy I had the extended warranty). So I feel a little bit, been there done that, with the F12 and I didn’t get a TdF from new and never wanted to pay over for one. I’m just saying ignoring the money, if they were each $500k and I had to pick one to keep for ever, right now I feel like I would probably pick the Tdf. But happy to update you once I have driven my car a few thousand miles. I know the regular F12 was super twitchy with just two turns lock to lock and the F12 Tdf was even more twitchy. For me the 812 comp is a car to leave Roma at midnight on a clear night with a full moon and cover the 900 km to Gstaad in time for breakfast. Ideally with the final roads through the alps being driven just as the sun is coming up. Maybe the 812 comp will be perfection, I just don’t know. I certainly hope so. (Reminds me of a trip from London to Maranello I did in 2017 in my 1958 Tdf but that is another story.)
Given the subject of the thread I was curious to know if anyone knew or heard of 812C/CA changing hands and at how much?
Love to hear it - your car is incredible and probably my favorite "vintage" Ferrari that I've seen pictures of on FCHAT. MDS