Double Dipping!

Ron, I don't trust most people. Not just with my data, but in general - I just struggle establishing deep and lasting trust with a majority of people. So while I have an unnamed number of backups stored in various, undisclosed locations, I've yet to decide to whom I'll bequeath the amassment of my data.

I can't speculate as to the end game as of yet - I'm just too obsessed with doing it to think about what to do with it. How and to whom I posthumously leave my legacy is as-yet undetermined.

Yeah, I saw that...

...why?

Well, to be clear, Ferrari didn't introduce the full, official VIN (into most models) until 1980.

This is neither. It is not a one-off mistake, nor is it a sign that Ferrari has abandoned the system they've employed since the company's inception. It is simply a captured and proven, posted sample of just one example of the myriad trickery they've employed for decades.

 

Awesome, thank you!

S/N 227690 will be Ferrari's 200,000th Ferrari, and Ferrari is building late 210xxx or very early 211xxxx cars right this minute (210580 was just seen this morning in Basel, Switzerland).

The one question that has been asked of me, that I've never been able to answer even with a vague, completely uneducated guess, is the number of Ferraris left on the road, and/or the number of Ferrari totaled and subsequently not rebuilt. But I highly doubt that as many as 50% have been destroyed. Even for Ferraris, that seems overwhelmingly high. Isn't the law of averages a standard 10%? What's the law of averages for totaled automobiles, and does it increase or decrease for rare and/or valuable sports cars? Also, the USA has consistently purchased 30% of Ferrari's annual production.

 

When they say "roadworthy" do they mean it's worthy of being parked on the road even though it can't actually start?

 

Just got another one, full VIN, also in IL. This does not include the 47 other cars that were just sent to me, spotted at an event yesterday, and whose history and details were updated in my database; but only two were completely new to me.

 

Wait, come back! I'm not done being obnoxious.

...just got another new car, this time an Alonso Edition 599 seen in a gas station, also in IL.

 

Parker, without getting into too much detail, I'm not comfortable owning such memorabilia. I know some other people who have these types of items, and their intentions are ignoble. I'm not saying everyone who is in possession of such plates and plaques and stickers is nefarious, I'm just saying I've come across some dubious characters, who owned those materials, and with them had dishonorable intentions.

Neither of the vehicles in question are not limited production models.

This is exactly like numbered artist prints. Even though the two Ferraris in question aren't numbered limited production models, the cars are still numbered - serial numbered. And every Ferrari is built with an individual and unique serial number (as well as an individual and unique assembly number, and as well as an individual and unique engine number).

It is not a mistake; this was done intentionally, and it's not the first time it's been done - but despite today's technology, it's still incredibly difficult for even the savviest of trackers to catch such a mistake. For me and what I've dedicated my life to doing, this is huge. The fact that it's been suggested for years, that Ferrari has been accused of exactly this for years, and I can finally present irrefutable proof, is huge.

Decades ago, it was easy to blame "mistakes" on the fact that the cars were manufactured in Italy - "Giuseppe and Luigi had too much vino with lunch," etc. But these days, blaming "made in Italy" is simply a refusal to believe the truth.

 

It's easier than a script - every possible duplicate is already documented and noted. But irrefutable duplicates such as the one in my initial post come but once in a lifetime. This is being SO documented, it will be published in an upcoming article.

 

Just added a new Aperta to the database!

 

Just so we're clear, the factory does make mistakes. But the VINs I posted in the initial post are not a mistake, they're an intentional deception.


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