My 599 should arrive in about 4 weeks

Very true. When PS briefly drops to 4th gear in T14 he is definitely near red line. One advantage of PS's technique is that blipping is irrelevant!!!

 

Interesting. Share your concerns re paranoia. What a mad change for the reasons you noted. Posted on your thread

 

Many thanks.

Have not decided yet. Am inclined to stay away from red. Am thinking white with the stripe and stock silver wheels with silver calipers. Am worried about getting CF front diffuser as I am likely to crunch it in China BUT I love the CF headlight surrounds. Stock interior except rollbar and 4 points. Big question is what "stock" Asian spec will be. I have heard that CF rear diffuser will be built into the price (i.e. a mandatory option).

Welcome your thoughts

 

thanks friends. I had some fun trips in my 599's and maybe China is interesting to people in other parts of the world. I am amazed with the longevity and number of reads of this thread. 430S thread - will have to wait and see if anything interesting. I will not have a very early car and have not thought too much about how I will use it

 

Hi Joe,

Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated.

Don't be scared at all! Buy the 599. The reason why I wrote the thread was to convey the sheer joy of owning AND USING a 599. You don't hear me talking about values. The only reason I mentioned the TFT problems is that it appears that they were unique to me. High level sources in the factory who I know well and trust ask me, "Whatta doa you doa toa our cars?"!!! And then we kill ourselves laughing.

I have kept one momento of my 599 ownership experience. I sold my red car to a polisher and of course he replaced the grill, logo, wipers, windshield,... I kept the old grill and put it on my 2nd 599. When I sold my 2nd 599 I replaced the brand new grill. The old grill is a thing of beauty. Rock/sand damage at 330+, reportedly but not confirmed as I am sure that I was going 125, brings back so many happy memories and the grill looks like it had a tour of duty in Iraq.

Here is what I just posted on another thread:

"I went through 2 brand new 599's in 12 months. Why:

1. I ordered my first car in RS with beige, monobloc wheels, etc. I quickly felt very 2004 CS and regretted my choices. Also the first cars have bugs and I grew weary. Very easy for me to sell and move on

2. My second car was perfection in my eyes. I used it for a fantastic trip. But I found I did not like it as a DD.

3. I have a lot of options about how I spend my time and energy. I plan at least 6 months ahead. Any driving trips that involved the 599 seemed unlikely over the next 6 month window as I was focussing on other areas. Friend wanted the car, sold it in half an hour. That simple

599 is an easy example because demand is great. But the same would be true if I bought a 612 and had to face a protracted sale and take a loss. I don't care. I buy the car that best suits what I want to do with it and a 612 or 2+2 car will very much suit my needs at some point. I could have easily kept the 599 as a DD and financially it would have made sense. Problem is that I did not like it for that purpose.

At anytime I have on order 3 or 4 cars. I will not keep them all. I like to try different things. I was the first to buy a Golf GTI simply because I wanted to play with the DSG gearbox. I am buying an Evo X for a similar reason. I suspect I will keep my 430S for at least a few years. The F149 looks like it will be perfect as a DD. I am inclined to think that the F142S will be a perfect DD for me but I might not keep the F142B for too long as I suspect that I will like the 430S better."

 

You my friend are lucky! Well done! I am getting a RHD 430S and I haven't even confirmed my spec yet. I am pretty high in the queue but even that should be Q2 08. This actually suits me rather well as I am not planning to seriously use the car until Oct 08. My 599 experience was that being first is not always best. Hope you have better luck

 

Good strategy. I am going to pass on 599 GTS as it will no doubt suffer from the same affliction as 599 GTB in my world - too big and fast to be a DD in Hong Kong. F149 should be perfect and most importantly room for my family

 

You will see from this thread that I have had a red and silver 599 but not Bianco Fuji. I would not get a BF fcar as it is too difficult to repair stone chips. I had a BF QP GT Sport but sold it already. The BF 599 belongs to a lady. Not so crazy about the interior - it looks like the inside of a purse

 

You will see that I never said anything about the look of the BF paint on the 599 - in fact it is ok. My silver car arrived in the same shipment as the BF car and I would take my silver car even up (BF is not a cheap option on an fcar or a masser). My masser needed a scratch fixed and it was a pain in the a_s. BF on a 599 is an absolute no go for me from that perspective. Colour of interior is crucial to how BF looks overall