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  1. Kimi

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    #1 Kimi, Jan 11, 2008
    I'm heading over to Italy for the Monza F1 in September and was planning on doing the Ferrari factory tour whilst over there. However, my plans are in crisis since I've just discovered that you can only do the tour if you're a Ferrari owner or supplier, or a family member or friend of an owner. Unfortunately I don't meet any of those criteria, I'm merely an enthusiast.

    So, is there any other way to secure a spot on the tour?

    I do have one idea though... I'm not sure exactly what they classify as a 'friend' of a Ferrari owner (I'll research that closer to September) but if an owner here was willing to help it would be greatly appreciated. Bookings can be made through any Ferrari dealer, so I assume the Ferrari owner would just call their dealer and say "hey my friend wants to do the factory tour, his name is Shane and here's his credit card details..." Something like that anyway. In return I can bring you back something from the factory or the Monza track - within reason of course!

    Cheers
    Shane.
     
  2. ashsimmonds

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    #2 ashsimmonds, Jan 11, 2008
    There's a gazillion threads devoted to factory tours in the general areas of this site.

    As far as Ferrari friends... I know heaps of Ferrari owners - at least 3!!!! And none call me a friend. :(
     
  3. jmillard308

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    #3 jmillard308, Jan 13, 2008
    Yes, they do - just not to your face :)
     
  4. kerrari

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    #4 kerrari, Jan 13, 2008
    Actually CIT (the Italian tourist bureau) have very recently made a deal and tours ARE now available for 'outsiders' - I heard around A$160 includes Galleria, something of the factory (don't know how much) and also something of Fiorano test track. Find a proper Italian travel agent to check this for you.
     
  5. Kimi

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    #5 Kimi, Jan 14, 2008
    Thanks kerrari, I'll check that out.

    I searched the forum for other threads but couldn't find anything, forum search functions are always rubbish! :)

    Cheers
    Shane.
     
  6. ashsimmonds

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    #6 ashsimmonds, Jan 14, 2008
    Were you searching for pudding recipes or something?

    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174557&highlight=factory+tour
    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174324&highlight=factory+tour
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    That's about half the threads from the last 6 months.
     
  7. Kimi

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    #7 Kimi, Jan 15, 2008
    Thanks for the links, the only relevant thread that came up when I searched for 'factory tour' was this one!

    Looks like the factory tour is a dream for now, give me another ten years and hopefully I'll be in a better position... At least I can check out the Galleria and hang around the factory looking out for anything interesting.

    Cheers for the help guys.

    Shane :)
     
  8. 360C

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    #8 360C, Jan 15, 2008
    If it's any consolation, the tour isn't that great. Plenty of other stuff to do in the area though
     
  9. Aircon

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    #9 Aircon, Jan 15, 2008
    the first one i did was awesome. just two of us in the group and taken around by the (then) marketing manager of Ferrari.

    remember last time we spied that car before it was released? that was funny.
     
  10. 360C

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    #10 360C, Jan 15, 2008
    550 with a paddle pop change. They took it away pretty quickly too
     
  11. Kimi

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    #11 Kimi, Jan 16, 2008
    That's what I want to hear! I've heard the Lambo and Pagani factory tours are good too, so at least I'll have those. Monza will be the highlight regardless.
     
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    #12 moretti, Jan 16, 2008
    Monza is a "must do" for F1 nutcases, was at the Parabolica in '89, Senna's McClunken blew up in front of me :)
     
  13. 360C

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    #13 360C, Jan 16, 2008
    The Ferrari tour is great in the sense that it is on everyone's wish list. The reality is less interesting, it's just an assembly point for a bunch of components built elsewhere.

    Things to do:

    1) The Ducati factory tour and museum
    2) The Ferrari factory museum
    3) The Ferrari shops at Maranello
    4) Climb through the bushes and watch F1 testing at Fiorano. Also at the Ferrari owned Mugello track about an hour away.
    5) Sit outside the main gates and the rear gates and do some prototype spotting
    6) Lunch at Montana restaurant. The food and service at Cavallino Restaurant is horrible and the prices insane.
    7) The streets around the factory in Maranello are full of sundry workshops/ repair facilities/wreckers for Ferrari cars.
    8) Lamborghini/Maserati/Pagani factories

    You won't have time to get all of the above done.

    We did Monza back in September 2001. To be honest it wasn't much fun; but it is drenched in history. The facilities are just pathetic compared to Melbourne and the crowds are enormous. Oh.................everyone smokes and my lasting memory is being trapped in a grandstand full of about 1000 people all smoking. That and watching the locals build double story, improvised grandstands that tottered precariously. Interesting to do once; but I can't see me going back.
     
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    #14 scud, Jan 16, 2008
    classic italian . how many out there wish they were one ?
     
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    #15 b27, Jan 16, 2008
    Would have been ok some years ago when I was silly enough to smoke.

    I know how 360C feels, recently went to germany for business again and everyone smokes.

    You don't realise how lucky we are here with the laws until you go overseas.
     
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    #16 Aircon, Jan 16, 2008
    you forgot to say "in my opinion"

    15 mins tops!

    the highlight, of course, was being with carl888 and me.
     
  17. Kimi

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    #17 Kimi, Jan 16, 2008
    The race where Ferrari ran without sponsors and had black nosecones in respect to 9/11. Must have been a pretty emotional event.

    The last European GP I went to was Hockenheim in 2002, Schumi did the old pole/fastest lap/race win trick that he was go good at during that period. The Ferrari fans where rather insane there, but I'm told they're nothing compared to the tifosi at Monza. I'm counting down the months! :)
     
  18. ashsimmonds

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    #18 ashsimmonds, Jan 16, 2008
    Maybe if it was in New York. :confused:

    Did they run a similar livery when 1/4 of a million people died in the tsunami? Perhaps 3,000 Americans I never knew are more worth getting emotional about than 225,000 Indians I never met.
     
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    #19 moretti, Jan 16, 2008
    you have so !!!

    have you never received a phone call to update your phone service ??!!

    they're all named Betty or Bill and live just down the road from you ..... well that's what they tell me :D
     
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    #20 Arvin Grajau, Jan 16, 2008
    is Corey going?
     
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    #21 h113862, Jan 16, 2008
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    I have no idea how I found it, and couldn't give you directions, but there is a small park between the Ferrari factory and a number of apartment buildings. South side of the factory, I think. I stopped to have lunch there, and there is only a wire mesh fence between the park and the complex. You can see the new-off-the-production-line ferraris given their first run in the streets that run between the buildings of the Ferrari complex.
    Pretty sure I saw a 599 prototype or something like it that way in July 2005.

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  22. vegas1

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    #22 vegas1, Jan 16, 2008
    No - but Leila would like to go
     
  23. Kimi

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    #23 Kimi, Jan 17, 2008
    Kind of silly question, because the tsunami happened months before the start of the season, whereas 9/11 happened a few days before Monza. Running with the black nosecones / no sponsorship was a sign of respect at Monza, running them in Melbourne three months after the tsunami wouldn't really have achieved anything. I'm not saying one was worse than the other, just stating a fact... Anyway, Schumi donated $10m from his personal stash, that's of far more use than simply running cars without sponsorship.
     
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    #24 dkabab, Jan 17, 2008
    Go on the pagani factory tour. i was in awe when i walked through the gates, there were 3 cars in the drive way, 3 inside the show room, and about 5-6 in various stages of production inside the workshop, they let me stick my head inside the engine bay, have a good look around, showed us the "female room" which is where the carbon is layed, by women "cos they have smaller hands" i was told. it was funny, i knew more about pagani and the cars than the tour guide did, that said he had worked there for 2 weeks at the time... also while in the workshop they were testing an engine out the back, revving it to hell and back... i was 1m away from it...so good!

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  25. kerrari

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    #25 kerrari, Jan 17, 2008
    Kimi - get the latest CIT brochure from your travel agent called "Italy with the best of Europe" (has a picture of a silver Bambina on the cover:)) and go to page 22 where Motorstars list the tour...
     
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