When seeing another Ferrari and talking to the owner do you...

Not to be that guy... But I don't think you saw a new f80... Perhaps sf90 or sp3

 

Or just new to him that he bought out of state so he got issued a temp tag.

 

You claimed you have one as well. How do you not know what he was driving if you said you have one? You were chatting with the guy. Strange

 

I want to know more about that as well. How can you own a Ferrari and not know whether another Ferrari is the new F80?

 

Unless he's a friend, I say nothing.

 

The various levels of Ferrari ownership

Enzo Era V12
Dino Era V6
Magnum Era V8
Specialty car Era (288 GTO, F40, F50, etc)
Flat 12
Luca Era V12
Luca Era V8
Turbo era
Hybrid era
Shooting Brake / SUV era

I'm not sure its legal for these various groups to talk to one another.

 

Because they all look the same these days.....

 

??? why would specialty cars be listed underneath a 308 GT4? Or a 308/328?

 

Its not priority. Its chronological.

And its a joke.

But... its funny because its true.

 

Using the word "levels" makes it sound like it is in order of allowable douchey behavior....LOL

 

I guess "segments" would have been better. English is complex language!

 

To answer the OPs question -- yes I do. I feel like an evangelist. I am constantly trying to recruit people to our local exotic get-together, and some of my best friendships were founded based on a random conversation in a parking lot.

I also will talk to anyone with an interest in my cars, or that has Ferrari-logo'd apparel on.

 

I've owned a couple of them. When I owned the Dino around 2002, there were three models that were new, and a BUNCH of older ones. Did I know them all? Nope. Did I know the new ones? Well, yes, and perhaps backwards knew three or four iterations before that in the V8 category.

When I owned the 360, they were just about to release the 430, so my v8 knowledge still fit, and my relative lack of knowledge of the 12 cylinder models continued, as it does to this day.

I was at a C&C last month, guy had a newer Ferrari, I thought, 458 maybe? Asked him, oh my God, it was a 488, you might think I called it a Lamborghini or Porsche. If the OP owns say, a 308GT4, it's entirely possible he doesn't keep up with the new stuff as much as he should and gets most of his info here.

As to the OP's question. sometimes.

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Perhaps, if he's new to Ferrari, but OP has been on this board for almost 20 years. Lack of curiosity is the likelier answer.

 

I've been on this board for longer. Frankly, everything after the 488 is a jumble to me. VS, F8, SF90, whatever -- they all look essentially like a 488 with bad body kits. And how many "mid-engine" guys can't tell the difference between a California and a Portofino M? There's 15 years of front-engine V8s that are easily confused. Not to mention random niche versions of V12s, that look the same as the other V12s but are 3x as expensive. After a certain point, you focus on yours and let the rest of the world roll by.

Especially when you're trying to figure out what that new noise is.

 

I never looked at Ferrari's until I could afford one. Sure, I knew about the 308 and the Testarossa, but that is when they were part of a popular TV show. It wasn't until I could afford one that I actually had the curiosity for the brand. If models are outside your wallet, I can understand why one might not pay attention to the new models.......if you weren't apart of this board for 20 years. Then it comes down to a lack of curiosity in my opinion. Nothing wrong with that, just a belief of what might be happening.

 

I have been on this board 20+ years and I can't tell the new ones by model number as they pass me on the highway, or for that matter, when they're parked. I've owned them, but not in the last 15 years or so. My Ferrari passion really stops at the 430, 575 era. Early stuff? Hell yes, love the earlier cars. New stuff, not as much.

When I see them, I know they're new mid engines, or at least newer, because they look like Corvettes (sorry, just how I see them) and the 12's are so distinctively Ferrari as to avoid any confusion, but knowing them on sight by model number, nope I do not. And I don't really mind that I don't, either.

Would I kick one out of my driveway? Oh hell no. Would I buy one? Even if, as a retired guy I could comfortably afford one? Nope. I'd rather spend the money on something from the 60's.

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Passion or curiosity? I think it would be fair to say you have passion for the older models and little to no curiosity for new models, no? I mean, could you not identify this model if you saw it? I used to own a 430. How could you not know what a 458 looks like?

You currently don't own a Ferrari. The OP does.




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So lets be honest here.

There is literally nothing in common between an owner of a 1967 275 GTB and an owner of a 2025 Purosangue -- other than both will wear the swag.

They might respect each other, but they own their vehicles for completely different reasons and appreciate them differently. Its like 2 different companies made them.

 

I can pretty easily. The F8 even more. But most people cannot tell the difference between a 308 and a 328. and fewer still why a carbed car is different than a Fi 4 valve. So this is not new.

 

Ferraris are extremely rare around here. If I did meet a fellow owner, I would mention I own one. However that opportunity hasn't happened outside of FCA events.