My F355 is now sold

Congratulations Cal.
Consider yourself lucky to have experienced the joys and pains of Ferrari ownership.
I am sure once you have everything in place, you'll be back for more

Lee

 

sorry to hear this mate go out and get drunk when you get home be sick in the new toilet as revenge

 

You'll have another. Meanwhile, enjoy the house with those novelty items you mentioned; walls ,roof etc. Pleasure to meet you and Liz and hope to see you both again soon
Rgds
T

 

your the reason he sold it

 

Priorities Cal, not always what you want more what you need I guess, better to have loved and lost an F than never to have loved one innit?
Sure you'll have another, good luck m8

 

Like everybody says, at least you have lived the dream, and nobody can ever take that away from you.

See you in another F in a few years time...

 

I'm both happy and sad for you.

Don't lose touch, and that's an order!

 

Cal, sorry to hear she has gone, can sympathise with you on that one. Also a shame it didn't hang around a bit longer until my insurers cough up some cash (which I am thinking is going to be this time next year at the rate L&V seem to work at - can't say I am impressed with them).

What is your temporary chariot of choice whilst between F-Cars??

 

Good luck with the renovations. I reckon it won't be that long and you'll be back.

Take care both of you
James

 

Cal,

If you have to move from a Ferrari to something else, the M3 is not a bad choice. Awesome cars!

Enjoy.

Jamie

 

It'll be sad to see the F-car go, but I'm certain he'll be back in one again, hopefully before he's 30 (that's my plan!).
It's been great fun and the 355 has lived up to and outdone all expectations I've ever had for it.
I took it out for a little pootle last weekend, knowing that it may be my last drive in it, so I made sure I took everything in.(I left Cal on the driveway, rather worried as usual!) It's so beautiful to drive, even when you're not ragging the life out of it, but just cruising along in the sunshine (well, posing, basically...) everything feels and sounds so perfect.
I'm definately looking forward to owning another 355 in a few years time.

I'm excited to see what the M3's like, I've only ever been in them on test drives, and you can hardly put it though it's paces with Mr. BM dealer sat next to you...
Hopefully it'll withstand Cal's "Tests", what with his "Panzer Killer" reputation!

When we get organised we'll hopefully post up some pictures of the transformation of our home, along with the bit's of it I've managed to break!

Foxy x

 

Foxy, if I don't end up with another 355, the only other 2 cars on my list are a M3 CSL or a 993 Turbo - a mate of mine who has an E46 M3 Cab lent it to me 2 weekends ago so I could get an idea of what M3's are like - got to say I came away severely underwhelmed The performance was nowhere near what I was expecting from 340bhp, steering felt very artificial with no feel. wallowed quite a lot in the bends Was really wanting to like it, as its got a huge reputation, maybe I built up my expectations too much.

Or I have been too spoilt by driving a Ferrari for the past 12 months, and can't get away with comparing anything else I drive to it.

 

I've heard the Cab's aren't as good at the Coupe's, Hopefully the Coupe will be fun to drive!
I haven't really spoken to owners in regards to what they think of it compared to other cars, although I am expecting it to be much better than the E36 M3. BMW have aparently gone back to the E30 M3 roots for this one, and made it much more of a drivers car than the E36 was - TBH, it was nice to drive, what you'd expect from a BMW, but not fun like a "sports car".
You really have to do your best not to compare M3's to something like a Ferrari etc, or you will be dissappointed.
We went from a Lotus Esprit SE Turbo to the E36 M3 and the differences were huge!
Basically, I'm expecting it to be much better than the E36, but not as good as the 355...
Will keep you posted on what we both think after a few weeks of driving it!

Foxy x

 

what do you know get the dyson out then do the dishes

 

he he

 

Pfft!

 

hey foxy since you have a few quid now from the 355 sale you could subscribe

 

Sorry to hear Cal - it was a sad day when my 355 drove off down the road (and I could hear the Tubi for another 5 mins after that !!).

Shame you couldn't make it to a CSL (a bit more comparable to the 355 than the std M3)

Rick