1989 Testarossa with 114,000 miles!

I can't remember if Jim put 150k or 100k on his. Either way, it's not the first one to break 100k.

 

That's been listed on ebay before as I recall. It's nice to see that these cars can hold up when properly cared for. That car actually looks quite good in the pictures considering the mileage. You have to wonder if everything that was going to fail would have already done so by now....and that probably this car still has a good long healthy life ahead of it.

 

those scud wheels look awful on that car.

 

You're being too kind.

 

I kinda like those scud wheels, it looks pretty nice.

 

A lot of 35,000 mile cars that are missing the 1 in the front

Very pretty, just proves haw strong these cats really are

 

150 IIRC

 

Probably got fed up looking for 255/50/16's and what you see on the car came to mind...

 

That is so cool. Wheels suck though

 

I have seen a testarossa with 300000km (=+-185000miles). That was around 1993 or 1994. I believed it was serviced by the Ferrari garage in Francochamps. Although the bills for maintenance was a little bit larger then another car, the car had no real 'horror' bills during that time... It belongs to a salesmen that did all his work like visiting clients, and delivering products with his Ferrari. He is still one of my hero's.

 

This kind of mileage is not uncommon in Europe. It's only in the US that Ferrari owners mainly use their cars to go to Starbucks...

(And I'm just as guilty as anyone else!)

 

LOL!

 

Bravo to the owner and owners of the car, for using it as a car and not a flower pot.

 

Salute!

Acknowledging a driver Me

 

Althought the wheels are hidious, that car may be in by far better condition than one with 1400 miles.


Cars die faster sitting than being driven regularly AND MAINTAINED. I had a fleet worth only about $100 million for awhile.


The hanger queens THAT LOOKED GOOD ON STATIC PARADE were ALWAYS breaking down .....

 

I thought Napolis drove his over 100K.

I don't like those wheels on that car. Mixing old and new seems like you're putting a Miniskirt on your Grandma.

 

I really hate to get off topic here but, the visual on the miniskirt/grandma deal sort of creeped me out a little
But you are right on the wheels, what the hell was he thinkin'

 

Dear Ferraristi,

That TR is in pretty good shape. I kinda don't know why we somehow expect it to look like crap with that mileage. Most Hondas and even Porsches have that kinda mileage day in day out.

My 1991 Testarossa has 57,694 miles right now. I WILL get it way over 100K ....and I expect to still get at least a class win in a concours....

Oh yeah.......the wheels suck...what was he thinking...
Shamile

Freeze...Miami Vice!

 

IMHO, the testarossa is one of Ferraris finest efforts. Its a car of exceptional quality, extraordinarily stout, and supremely well put together. My car is 25+ years old and it has not a squeak or rattle and the doors shut with the kind of thud that would make an old Mercedes jealous. I've inspected almost every square inch of my car and I am truly shocked that a small italian manufacturer in the 1980's could build a car of this quality.

The Testarossa does not get enough credit. It was designed to drive across Europe, yet people keep them in their garages like ornaments. Its kind of sad really.

Life is too short to let these cars collect dust for the next guy to wipe off.

There are few things sweeter than noodling down a country lane, admiring the scenery as that flat 12 gently nudges you from behind.

I am not surprised that there is a Testarossa with 100K + miles on it, I am surprised there are not more of them.

 

Very well put...

 

Out of interest I was at a launch of the new FF in the UK and got chatting to one of the Heads of Ferrari in Europe. He was very pro the Testarossa and said that the direct lineage is Testarossa/TR/M to Enzo and apparenty it isn't a flat 12 but a horizontally oppoed V?

Not that it matters but I thought an interesting view from a company man.

 

I think that is really playing with semantics. The Testarossa is clearly not a Boxer engine as is occasionally claimed, but to say its not a Flat engine is taking it a bit far. AFAIK, a Flat engine refers to an engine whose cylinders are 180 degrees apart on a horizontal plane, to which the Testarossa clearly qualifies. However, to his point, operationally speaking, a Testarossa engine is a V12 with its cylinders in a REALLY wide V.

 

I remember reading about a TR with over 200,000 km (125k miles) in Canada as well that was supposedly on it's original drivetrain.

EDIT - Found the link:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135557593&postcount=14