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dingo

03-12-2005, 12:48 AM

I have had a great morning, just saw this stunning 575M HGTC :shock: – my first one and it is the only one in the state so a very nice sighting!!!! The owner had taken delivery last night and came in to the Ferrari dealer to have a coffee with the salesman.
To make things even better when the owner saw me taking pics he came out (and I was getting worried) and asked if I wanted to sit in the car and have a picture taken :shock: - needless to say I jumped at the chance :D I did ask if he would take me for a spin but he turned me down on that one :(

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/2094/ferrari575m16sa.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m16sa.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/6839/ferrari575m23pu.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m23pu.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/5271/ferrari575m45nr.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m45nr.jpg)

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/1060/ferrari575m50ak.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m50ak.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/4994/ferrari575m79cn.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m79cn.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/3180/ferrari575m86hd.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrari575m86hd.jpg)

And on the way home I saw another Ferrari, not as spectacular but good enough, Mondial 3.2 :)

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/5192/ferrarimondial3221na.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrarimondial3221na.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/9595/ferrarimondial3247ja.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrarimondial3247ja.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/4755/ferrarimondial3255dg.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=ferrarimondial3255dg.jpg)

My second Quattroporte but the first out on the road….only two pics both of which are nearly the same, but better then nothing :D

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/1052/maseratiquattroporte13fz.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=maseratiquattroporte13fz.jpg)http://img18.exs.cx/img18/8306/maseratiquattroporte27vi.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=maseratiquattroporte27vi.jpg)

SL55 AMG not far from where the 575 was:

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/8829/mercedesbenzamgsl5559mt.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=mercedesbenzamgsl5559mt.jpg)http://img18.exs.cx/img18/8276/mercedesbenzamgsl5566gf.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=mercedesbenzamgsl5566gf.jpg)

E46 M3:

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/2794/bmwe46m3254aw.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=bmwe46m3254aw.jpg)http://img203.exs.cx/img203/6869/bmwe46m3263tp.th.jpg (http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=bmwe46m3263tp.jpg)

996 Carrera, the best I could do trying to take a pic at 100kmh :)

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/4634/porsche996carrera169yz.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=porsche996carrera169yz.jpg)

dingo

03-12-2005, 02:14 AM

oh my god! 575 hgtc is my favorite ferrari. i would take that over an f430. you are so lucky. nice pics. i would be too shellshocked to care about a m3 or a sl after seeing that lol. nice pics dingo. good thing you had your camera on you at the time. ive had a few experiences of having no camera it drives me crazty. :D

GREAT pics!! :D

Thanks dude, I try to always have my camera with me and this morning I was planning on taking pics of cars anyway (not a 575 HGTC though) so it was by my side :D

03-12-2005, 06:57 AM

Amazing! Well done dude, great pics!! Too bad for the missed ride :bah:

BTW, what car do we see reflected into the 575's third pic?

Thanks!

SPEEDCORE

03-12-2005, 07:13 AM

Going by the 1st pic, the reflected car is an oldskool alfa 164 or something similar.

Cool 575M HGTC on the road :D I only seen'em at the motorshow

edit: yeah 164, i couldnt remember the numbers :P :oops: :D

sikx5

03-12-2005, 07:25 AM

That Quattroporte looks sexy as ever! my ideal family car :P

Looks Like a Alfa 164 to me man. Did u take any pics of the alfa dingo?

Nice pics all up. :mrgreen:

dingo

03-12-2005, 07:26 AM

BTW, what car do we see reflected into the 575's third pic?

its this car which I took a pic of a few months ago :D

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/5811/alfaromeo3ia.th.jpg (http://img221.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img221&image=alfaromeo3ia.jpg)

I think its an Alfa 164 Cloverleaf :? , it belonged to a young Italian guy who turned up to look at the 575 :wink:

03-12-2005, 07:44 AM

LOL in the meanwhile I went through the rest of the pics and saw part of it in the 5th pic, sorry :D

For a short while, the rim seemed a Ford GT's one in that 3rd pic :shock:

dingo

03-12-2005, 07:49 AM

For a short while, the rim seemed a Ford GT's one in that 3rd pic :shock:

Did you really think I would not post pics if I saw a Ford GT today? :P

03-12-2005, 07:50 AM

That's why I was puzzled :D

Wutputt

03-12-2005, 10:26 AM

Wow, the 575M GTC is a nice sighting! The pics look really good.
Never saw a silver Quattroporte. It's not the best colour for this Italian imo.

nejcdolinsek

03-12-2005, 11:41 AM

dingo22, those are some of the best F575 HGTC pics I've ever seen!!!! :shock: GOD DAMN THAT CAR IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have any interior pics?

dingo

03-12-2005, 09:23 PM

dingo22, those are some of the best F575 HGTC pics I've ever seen!!!! :shock: GOD DAMN THAT CAR IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have any interior pics?

Thanks, I'm glad you liked them :D
I dont have any interior shots as I usually only take pics which feature the entire car.....and since I sat in it I saw the details and didn't need a pic :(
This is the only pic I took that doesn't have the whole car, the front brakes were enormous so I took one pic of them:

http://img234.exs.cx/img234/808/f575wheel8dn.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=f575wheel8dn.jpg)

neilo63

03-13-2005, 01:13 AM

Wow man nice find. Perth has some awesomley sexual cars.

dingo

03-13-2005, 04:41 AM

Wow man nice find. Perth has some awesomley sexual cars.

yeah all these were seen on Friday and Saturday so I had a great ~36hrs :D However its not always this nice obviously, it seems that the nice cars always come in a big bunch at the same time :?

komotar

03-13-2005, 09:25 AM

HOLY SHIT!

the 575 is one sexy beast! Not all that common that we get to
see the wild thing in the wild.....

and yeah, those front brakes are pica size thingy's.....

how did the pic where you sit in the car turn out?

and that Maserati looks sooooo good! I pray that I'll be able to get it for
my friends weding.....I'll find out soon....

M3's are always a nice find. I can't seem to get tired of that car....I drive by a yellow one every day and every day I turn my head to admire the thing.....( posted pics of it a while ago...) link:

http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=19532&highlight=bmw

I got a few new pics of a sexy red one, but I'm waiting for some more stuff to fill the thread.... [/url]

dingo

03-13-2005, 09:32 AM

I also hope you get the Q-porte for the wedding, would be very nice :D

how did the pic where you sit in the car turn out?

Its not bad, however I prefer not to post pics of myself on the net (not sure why really) so I'll keep it for myself :wink:

gis

03-13-2005, 09:58 AM

very nice pics mate.....i love the 575,looks great i bet you loved lookin at that up close :D

adamwich

03-13-2005, 11:09 AM

Very nice sightings!
The F575M and Quattroporte are really cool!

dingo

03-14-2005, 09:31 AM

very nice pics mate.....i love the 575,looks great i bet you loved lookin at that up close :D

yeah I sure did, I spent about 35mins looking over it......since i had to wait for him to leave so I could hear it start/drive off :D

stmoritzer

03-21-2005, 10:49 AM

dingo

03-21-2005, 10:55 AM

agree with the above replies, very nice set of pictures !
I like the rim photo

Thanks :D
The wheels/brakes sure were impressive, they look smaller in the pics then they really are :? The owner even encouraged me to stick my fingers in there and feel the brake discs.....very friendly guy :D