Tom your Cali looks splendid in the pictures, looking at it I really miss the open top. The sky was blue and the company was certainly excellent because I can see Ferraris for every taste.
Thank you, as always, Mario, for the kind words. It was a great day, weather and car wise. Enthusiasts from all over, all ages. Showing the car is nice, driving it is better. Got up early on Sunday, intending to eclipse the 17K mile mark. Roughly 200 km later, like Sebastian Vettel @ Baku, I came up a little short. 16,998 miles. ☹️ Windmills up near the Oklahoma-Texas border. As seen from the Cali. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Cooling off in St Jo, Texas. Ready to pop the convertible top. T
Was at Boardwalk today, dropping off the Cali for service, and they had my award trophy from last Fall! Image Unavailable, Please Login Ferrari on the green, if Google translate is to be believed. Sweet, now it's a multiple award winner. (Won an award at a PCA event!) If only I had known, I'da drove it less. Gotta roll, time to start a valuation thread. T
hey guys, got my 2013 cali 30 from miller also in late march. they are wonderful folks to deal with, especially Alex DeLuca. mine is black/black and loaded to the gills; it listed for $289k ($38k in options) and had 10,500 on the clock. my wife says of all the cars you have had (many,many) this is the only one i'll keep when you die!!!!!!!!! Bud in SC
And I have you to thank for setting me straight on that, Kirk! Actually, the concorso rules emphasized originality not cleanliness, so no penalty for piling on the miles on the Cali. I hope you're enjoying your new 488 Spider. T
Let me know when you’re passing through Columbia and we’ll match up my ‘10 black/black with your ‘13 and we’ll stop traffic on the byways. I’ll try to keep up! Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
WII DO! TRY TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR CARS & COFFEE EVENTS IN GREENVILLE. WE AVERAGE 800/1000 CARS EACH MONTH. GO TO CARS&COFFEEUPSTATE.COM FOR SAMPLES. BUD
Lol. Your wife sounds like a keeper! My wife loves the Cali, she's driven it a couple times, but truth be told, as a Texas gal, she prefers a pickup truck. If Marchionne ever decides to release a Ferrari pickup truck, she'll be first on line! I dealt with Stephen Daley @ Miller, who has since retired. Great purchase experience all around. T P.s. Bud - have you posted pics of your Cali?
HEY T, I TALKED WITH ALEX THIS AM AND HE SAID HE REMEMBERED YOUR CAR AND STEPHEN SELLING IT TO YOU BEFORE HE RETIRED. YOUR COLOR COMBINATION IS BEAUTIFULLY UNIQUE PER ALEX AND I AGREE. AT 76, I'M NOT THE BRIGHEST BULB IN THE BOX ANYMORE SO I'LL GET ONE OF MY GRANDSONS TO UPLOAD SOME MILLER PHOTOS ON MY 30. KEEP IT BETWEEN THE DITCHES DUDE! BUD
T, HOPE I DID THIS RIGHT. BUD Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
T, GOT INTO MILLER'S SOLD FILE SO MORE PHOTOS...….. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Aha. I was thinking you bought 2 cars! Great looking Cali, Bud. All the red trim on the interior really sets off the nero. Those grandsons of yours are gonna love driving in it. Very sharp...T
Thanks. I was afraid that all our constant newbie questions pushed Stephen into early retirement! Seriously though, he was great to deal with. My wife gets all the credit for the color combo: she saw it, she loved it, she said "stop looking & buy it already!" Can't argue with that! And, in 2+ yrs, 12K+miles - we still enjoy the heck out of it. The good folks @ Boardwalk Ferrari are getting the doors and rear quarter panels wrapped for me. So, more driving, less worrying about dirt and such. Hope you enjoy your new Cali as much as we've enjoyed ours. It's a stunner. T
I was just thinking the same thing, that red stitching looks great. I hadn’t seen that before and it sure popped in the photos, enough so I stopped and really looked for a minute.
C'mon AZ, jump into the Cali pool!! There's tons of tasty Calis out there, and the weather is perfect for pop top Ferrari fun! Image Unavailable, Please Login T
Gotta pay off truck first, and hope I don’t have to replace my tractor ( hopefully it’s repairable at a reasonable cost) and if all goes well I’ll hopefully be purchasing within my timeline of this winter. Unfortunately I have to keep a healthy reserve for business expenses. If it weren’t for that I’d probably already have bought one. Now I’m going back and forth on weather I want a Cali 30 or a T.
I hear ya. The wife & I are debt averse too. Definitely don't want any nagging fiscal concerns when you're enjoying your F-car...T
Believe me I’m chomping at the bit. But being fiscally responsible is more important to me then getting a play toy right away. But I’ve learned an awful lot about these cars and met a bunch of cool folks on here. I’m very confident I’m equipped to purchase when the time comes with confidence.
For the first time since we have owned her, had to drive the Cali in rush hour! To those folks who DD their F-cars in traffic, major respect. However, despite 2 hours of putzing around in stop & go traffic in 90 - 95 F temps w/ AC blasting (Mrs. TomC was riding shotgun!) - car took it all in stride. I - on the other hand - need an adult beverage! Image Unavailable, Please Login LBJ/635. If I go faster, maybe I can catch up w/ the ice cream truck?!? T
We drive our rented California t in rush hour in Vegas, it sucked. Only had one incident of someone being an idiot and trying to take a picture and blocked us from merging over to take the Hoover dam exit. I feel your pain. In just over a month I’ll be in Vegas again but this time I’ll be renting a 458. Hopefully it’s another uneventful enjoyable cruise.
Yeah. but driving up The Strip @ night in the Cali w/ the top popped has got to be epic! Are you renting the Italia or the Spider? T
Spider, these hard tops look amazing. Never used to be a convertible guy because I always thought the cloth tops just looked terrible, and would leak and even possibly easier to break into. As for driving on the strip at night, I haven’t done that since 99 or 2000. Just too busy. But we did pop the top and cruise down the strip first thing in the morning while there was hardly anyone around now that was cool.
Agreed. In comparison to the HTCs like the Cali & Porto, traditional rag top F-cars look odd and dated to my eyes. Safe travels to Vegas! T
