Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Singular? I don't think so unfortunately and mine is grey interior, I think yours is black right?

I hope so too, but waterpump isn't a difficult job, just time consuming.

Metropol blue, which also wouldn't work.

I should probably list it on eBay, along with my E63 rims. Motivation is lacking, however.

Anyone want some 19" E63 rims?

I love the fact that the ferrari engine made more power that the fiat version and they were assembled from the same parts on the same line.

The best bit is how many dino specialist fucked the engines balance as the crank and crank pulley are matched by position and balance quite a few were rebuilt badly and the engine were never right. Costs of the crank and other bits were more than the car was worth.

But then you could find cheap fiats occasionally that were scrapped as the value was the unrebuilt engine.

Ever get to spend some time in one, they are very very basic. As if it was a race car that had the barest modification to be a road car.

But love the fact that the rear view has the interior light built in just like the, nuova 500 in fact it was copied from the fiat. Most got dumped when the cars were converted to race cars.

I like the F40 best

I was born in the 80s and I endorse this sentiment.

Also, blue one is both sacrilege and amazing
(not original, I know)

Didn't expect to see one of these, yesterday;

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Ferrari pictures prompted me to look up this guy again - he was stuffing a v12 into a (blue) 308 a few years ago (and seemed to be re-machining most of it along the way)

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/frankenferrari-v12-ferrari-308/148959/page1/

Looks like he finished it - c. 850 hp, bit smoky but sounds pretty great

That's perfectly OK in my book. Love the F40 and that works very well in blue. Not sure that's a real shot though? Looks like a gt7 render....

google F40BLU for more shots.
Sold last year (?) for a sniff over a million squid.
https://themarket.bonhams.com/en/listings/ferrari/f40/8b628db6-afed-4f66-bf0a-f8c5022fa50c

https://carbuzz.com/news/stunning-blue-ferrari-f40-sells-for-record-1-4-million

Blue F40 was my favourite Scalextric car.

The F40 is the best Ferrari. End of debate.

It's the first thing I would be googling if I'd won that £184m on last nights lottery.

I have just been watching a vid of the car. So much better than any current super/hypercar.

On the topic of favourite Ferrari chat, for me it's got to be the 512 BB:

My car was a bit weird starting on Saturday, (electronics all seemed fine but it just didn't turn on or make any kind of noise, jumping the battery didn't help, I just turned the key on and off a bunch of times and eventually the engine turned over and started)

Then on sunday it didn't start at all, left it overnight, tried it on monday, didn't start, called breakdown service they took it to the garage.

At the garage the breakdown guy was like "What if we roll it back off the truck and see if we can bump start it?" I didn't really want to argue with him so we did it, the car did indeed start rolling backwards.

For the past 3 days the car has been at the garage and they say that they turn it on every morning and it's fine. I've got a trip coming up on Thursday so I guess at this point I'm just going to have to hope it's fine. Kind of annoying though. Happy to pay to fix things when they go wrong but it's weird the amount of problems I have that when I take it to the garage they claim it's fine and I just have to kind of live with it.

What species of car is it?

Things I have known in the past to cause similar symptoms:
Sticking solenoid on starter motor - solution, hit it with a hammer which works for a while but eventually kills it altogether.
Ignition barrel intermittent fault - no real work around for this other than amateur attempt at hot wire which is not recommended (by me).

it's a 2007 mazda 6. Nice car really. Hope it's not fucked forever. At least it was possible to start it from rolling so...worst case scenario... my passenger will just have to give it some.

It does sound like sticking solenoid symptoms but surely the garage would know this.

Thats a really nice one. One of those would be high on my list as well. There is a youtube vid of someone with a really nice one making his new house around one of those (silver n black i think) as it drives into the living room. Edit: found it : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7uQr0YiUs i likely saw it on here before.

Yeah the f40 is the best i guess but its not the best looking imo. Its also a bit to racy and over the top for me to picture having one to actually drive around in (unlike the dino thats such a modest looking car ha)

Its not easy finding a car that u adore but also dont feel like a jerk for riding around in, not for me at least, even if one could afford the objects. Thats a niche where my ghibli excells, most wont look twice but i got like 5 thumbs up when i took it out yday for a spinn at various redlights ;) seems only car ppl appreciate it which i kinda like.

For me it would be the 275GTB 4 cam.
Although I really love the Dino. 246GTB for me please.

I also have a soft spot for the Dino 308GT4. Dominic Cooper and Gemma Chan had a lovely one that was parked on the street in Primrose Hill for years. Apparently it’s been stolen recently.

Shit he's right.

We back here again?

Annual Fezza post*

I have a weird love for the 400/412

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288 GTO for me. All the elegance of a 308, with extra curves and extra turboage. Basically an F49 with style.

You had me at v12.

that is simply excellent. such a rare spot too