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Old 08-10-2011, 11:49 AM
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i'll be coming to the next azine meet (southeast) in this! my buddy has one but it's a spyder. i prefer hardtop...but i'm certainly not complaining.

edit: it's not solely an azine meet so it wont be out of place. our meet is at a local get together that has all types of exotics. lambos n ferraris are fairly common so i won't be 'that guy' rolling up.
Who cares if you were "that guy" or not if you're in an F430?!
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Who cares if you were "that guy" or not if you're in an F430?!
well i was trying to be play it cool but since u insist...haha fuck everyone i'm rolling up to the meet in a Ferrari F430...suck on that bitches!

how's that ttribe? lol...
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Old 08-10-2011, 11:54 AM
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well i was trying to be play it cool but since u insist...haha fuck everyone i'm rolling up to the meet in a Ferrari F430...suck on that bitches!

how's that ttribe? lol...
A little over the top...but you're getting it.
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^^even the older style ferraris are sexy as hell...
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Originally Posted by ttribe
A little over the top...but you're getting it.
haha...yeah portraying someone that could possibly be such a douche as to come off like is sooo far from 'me' it isn't even funny...well, actually it is pretty funny...hence y i posted it.
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Old 08-10-2011, 12:15 PM
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I never liked those boxy mirrors... I only liked this kind and there was one more similar to this - of course I didn't mind the boxy wild look of the mirrors on the 288GTO :

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Old 08-10-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by charliemike
1984 Ferrari 308 GTS QV (32v V8)

[sigh] Still totally love the 308.
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Old 08-10-2011, 12:17 PM
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^^ funny how those mirrors used to be like, interchangeable and customizable like that, you never see that anymore.
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599XX...glowing rotors & spittin' flames...doesn't get much better than this

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599XX...glowing rotors & spittin' flames...doesn't get much better than this
blue flames, even. wow.
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Old 08-10-2011, 12:35 PM
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599XX...glowing rotors & spittin' flames...doesn't get much better than this

You know you have a TON of dough when you can afford to buy a 599 AND THEN turn it into a full-on race car.
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IIRC the 599XX is a straight-from-factory model that was built for track-use only. but, you still need a ton of dough to obtain one. lol
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btw.. 1.3m £ = 2.1m USD

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Originally Posted by srika
IIRC the 599XX is a straight-from-factory model that was built for track-use only. but, you still need a ton of dough to obtain one. lol
Point still stands. I can't even imagine the cost of that sucker.

ETA after Srika's post: WOW!!!! $2.1M!!!!!
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Originally Posted by srika
IIRC the 599XX is a straight-from-factory model that was built for track-use only. but, you still need a ton of dough to obtain one. lol
yep...it's built upon the GTO base. if you're lucky, Ferrari will let you buy one used for a cool $1.87M

ha...just saw ttribe & srika's post above...even better....$2.1M...lol
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yeah.. I'm gonna go have a cigarette. BRB




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btw....
Ferrari announced at the 2010 Beijing International Auto Show that the 599XX had completed the Nordschleife circuit at the Nürburgring in a time of 6 minutes and 58.16 seconds - the second fastest time ever recorded for a production-derived sports car.
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^^i know u stated the 599XX was in second; wasn't the Pagani Zonda R in first? that Zonda R is a beast btw!!

sorry if this was somehow answered in the video...i can't view it (restrictions at work).
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well I didn't state that it was in the quote from wiki.. but you're right, the Zonda R did it in 6:47. (both times are absolutely ridiculous, btw). and I just looked up the Zonda R video... but I don't want to take away from this thread.
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^^The Zonda-R deserves a thread in its' own right. That is one amazing machine. The sound of it is something fierce!
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Originally Posted by ttribe
Point still stands. I can't even imagine the cost of that sucker.

ETA after Srika's post: WOW!!!! $2.1M!!!!!
And with all that money, you dont keep it in your garage haha.

Ferrari keeps it and transports it to every track (that allows it) you go too, and sends a team with it to take care of the car between your runs and so forth.
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And with all that money, you dont keep it in your garage haha.

Ferrari keeps it and transports it to every track (that allows it) you go too, and sends a team with it to take care of the car between your runs and so forth.
yep, this is true. forgot that 'little' fact
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(those are 19" wheels)
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^^those rotors!

u know ur looking at a serious car when u see the single lug wheel design. definitely a track worthy car. i know the Enzo has this as well.
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And with all that money, you dont keep it in your garage haha.

Ferrari keeps it and transports it to every track (that allows it) you go too, and sends a team with it to take care of the car between your runs and so forth.
Seriously? Lifestyles of the rich and famous, I guess.
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^^seriously. i've heard they do this to the Ferrari FXX as well
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^^seriously. i've heard they do this to the Ferrari FXX as well
There has GOT to be a periodic "maintenance" fee being charged by Ferrari to do all that as well.
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^^if u got the money to buy that level of vehicle...u don't give a flying F about that fee
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Originally Posted by john_wrap
^^if u got the money to buy that level of vehicle...u don't give a flying F about that fee
You speak truth sir.
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Saw a 308 on the way to lunch. Would have taken a pic, but it was going balls out.
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^^my fiancee. it's one of her modeling pics.
nice pic, congrats!
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^^thanks. i certainly don't take things for granted and consider myself a lucky guy
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Call me a NooB but what makes it spit fire like that? He better slow down on the Toll Road
From what I've read, the car is running a Tubi exhaust system & that the cat converter system in the F50 has little back pressure in the exhaust.
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Originally Posted by pttl
1957 Ferrari LWB Berlinetta

dayummm...just saw this a page or so back in this thread. what a sexy beast. reminds me of the '64 Aston Martin DB5 (the James Bond car), which is in my top 5 list.
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btw Rick_TL-S who is that in ur avatar? good god man...she's gorgeous!
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btw Rick_TL-S who is that in ur avatar? good god man...she's gorgeous!
I wish I could say she was my fiancee as well.

But, it's Melanie Iglesias.
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