Did you drive your Ferrari home?

I did. Only 40 miles or so. However, it started to rain and I couldnt figure out how to get the top up.

I called the dealer from my cell as the rain started coming down and they walked me through it.

 

Oh yah. For sure.

My F430 I drove from West LA (actually, I walked over the dealership's service center about 5 minutes from where I work) to my home about an hour away. It was nerve racking and a blast at the same time. It's one of those moments you really don't forget.

 

when I buy an Fcar (finally), I plan on driving her home. And I'll be looking for cars on the east coast

 

I had mine shipped. It was purchased from Ferrari of San Francisco and I live in NJ. It would have been a good road trip but I didn't have the time and the mileage factor was also taken into consideration at that distance. I would say that if your around 500 or less miles from home you should drive it. But in the end its all up to you.

 

btw where do you live? close to Ft Smith?

There are more exotics in NWA than one would think...

have you done the Crescent Classic?

 

my sister and BIL went to UoA, and he worked at WMT for a while. Nice area with AMAZING roads.

Crescent classic is a rally based around Eureka Springs; they have a subforum in the sponsored section. check it out!

 

Fixed it for you.

 

Fortunately or unfortunately my trip home wasn't far, only 25 minutes. Of course, it started to rain.

 

Nathan, when I bought my 1st 575 I drove it from Dallas to Calgary and I enjoyed every mile of it. I logged on about 2300 miles and proceeded to add another 3700 miles during last season.
When I bought my Barchetta, I drove down to look at the car and brought it home in an enclosed car trailer from Salt Lake City to Calgary for the experience. This was the 1st Ferrari I bought in the US.
With my last 575 purchase from New York, I flew down to see the car and had this one shipped back by a very reputable company.

I am glad I took the road trip in the 1st 575 that I bought, because I was using this car for exactly what it was built for.

 

twice, one from up the hill, and the other an 800 mile trip from the pacific northwest. I am a little different in that I did not find the drive to be memorable, just necessary.

 

Mine was shipped from California to NJ.

 

I bought mine in the winter, two years last December from Portland, Oregon. I was going to drive it home 500+ miles to Northern California but there was snow at the pass in Medford, Oregon. So, I had it delivered. The two weeks I had to wait were murder.

 

Some of the best memories I have are driving Ferrari's home. So far:

F40 from LA to Phoenix
Mondial t cab from Rochester, NY to Phoenix
and a TR from Minominee, MI to Phoenix

Drive the car home and make some memories. Here's an account of the TR trip...

http://www.auto-journals.com/journals/Ferrari?model=Testarossa&journal=207

 

great write up for the TR. When I bought my current mustang ( 1986 w/ supercharged 347, 460rwhp at the time and a bit more over the years, still banging 3.08 gears), I had it delivered to me in Pensacola from MA. Three days after delivery the head gaskets came out of the the block! At the time the car was nineteen years old and had 23,842 miles on it. So, after being down for a couple days I got the car back, and everything felt great. The performance shop said that the gaskets let go due to the fact that the car hadn't been driven for a few years and with the forced induction it was no surprise that the gaskets blew, whether I had hammered it or not (I still hadn't made it past three pounds of boost yet). So, two weeks after taking delivery I transferred to San Diego for a couple months of training. I was off on my first road trip in the car. Other than getting a little warm in traffic and a miserable sunburn on my arm the car was great. T-roofs off, over 460 whp on tap, and open highways (I took the 10). Since then, I drove the car when I transferred up to the PNW (great drive on the 101 and I-5), and I drove it to my current home in MA from Seattle (departed Seattle 12:18am Sat, arrived Cape Cod, MA 4:48pm Sun). The road trips always start off terrifying. When buying used, make sure the car has been driven recently and atleast professionally inspected. Always carry a few emergency supplies, blanket, small first aid, change of clothes etc. jug of water for car, and a couple quarts of oil. I am sure there are plenty of great write ups for taking road trips on here that you can check out as well. Enjoy your new ferrari when you do get it and good luck.

 

I picked mine up at the dealer in Springfield, MO and drove it about 500 miles home that day to Lawton, OK. The thing that kind of freaked me out was that I was TOTALLY unprepared for the celebrity that a Ferrari is. Cars and drivers around me went totally NUTS for the car. I bet more than 100 photos were taken of me on that drive.

Remember, the car is the star no matter where you go..... I was unprepared for that part of ownership.




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My Ferrari was trucked from point A to point B. Total 1242 miles one way.

NO way I was going to drive it home. The outback highways are dangerous. They are full of kangaroos and cattle wandering across the road. There is nothing inbetween each little town and those little towns are only fuel stops, that's about it. If I broke down, id be really screwed.
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Be sure to watch out for the OHP. They love to sit behind the "Welcome to Oklahoma" state sign on I-40.