Ferrari Testarossa Photoshoot!

[dingo]

Mmmmm.....what a classically sexy car this is!!! :drool: This is the first flat-12 I've had the pleasure of spending some time in and its something I won't forget quickly.

The sound this beast makes ($10K aftermarket exhaust) is just amazing, and with the engine right behind you there is never a dull moment on the road. When the owner was blipping the throttle on downshifts I think everyone within 1km turned to have a look....brilliant!

Not as fast as many of the cars I've been in but it somehow feels faster than the numbers suggest. Its not a comfortable thing to sit in (not as bad as the Countach was though :P ), my legs were very cramped and not much head room either....but who cares! :bah:

In the next week or so I'll be spending some time with one of his other cars - 600hp in a 1100kg body! He says he has never experienced something as scary as that RWD monster......can't wait to shit myself. :D

All 28 high-res pics can be viewed on my website :arrow: www.ozcarsightings.com

http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr1.jpg

http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr2.jpg

http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr3.jpg

This shot is taken infront of the building the owner used to go to at university....kinda fitting IMO. :D
http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr4.jpg

http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr5.jpg

No time for more panning shots - so only this one when he was leaving with a pole in the way. :oops:
http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr6.jpg

upgraded Brembos really fill out the wheels! :drool:
http://www.ozcarsightings.com/preview/tr7.jpg


All 28 high-res pics can be viewed on my website :arrow: www.ozcarsightings.com

[saadie]

deffinetly one of my fav ferrari's ....
lucky dood :P

love the pics .... good to see the owned kept the original rims :lol:

[Mr.Vercetti]

Miami Vice rulez!! Tnx for the pics dingo!!

[pzgren]

Wow, absolutely great pictures Dingo! Those with the sea in the background are sensational. One of them has to go to the next Pic of the Month Contest.

What a lovely car, sadly a very rare sighting and hearing! I only know the sound of the standard testarossa but i would be great to hear this machine!!!

Thx

[dingo]

I had my video camera with my too, really should've taken a video of him revving it......but my mind was on photos so I totally forgot it was sitting in my glovebox. :bah:

[ARMAN]

Beautiful :drool: I like those polished wheels, most of the time Testarossa's have simple aluminium like wheels wich doesnt look very good.

Thanx Dingo :P

I guess you dont have a small and tiny video, dont you? :(

[sameerrao]

Nice car - looks like he has the first generation TR with the single mirror and single spline wheels and added another mirror afterwards.

Superb pics as always.

About the car being cramped - I read that the TR is pretty roomy. How tall are you?

[MIHALS]

wow :shock:

absolutelly mindblowing pics :love: :drool:

you guys (Canon and Nikon owners) are still digging me to buy an SLR, so if I'll be succefull even with "CrappyCarPhotShoots", I'm getting sort of this camera :D

picture quality is really amazing, thanx Dingo!!!

awesome car aswell, love 512Tr!!! :drool:

[dingo]

I guess you dont have a small and tiny video, dont you? :(

No, sorry. :(

Nice car - looks like he has the first generation TR with the single mirror and single spline wheels and added another mirror afterwards.

Superb pics as always.

About the car being cramped - I read that the TR is pretty roomy. How tall are you?

The first owner (in the UK) added the second "high-rise" mirror.

I'm only 1.8m (~6ft) so not excessively tall, but I do have long legs and they didn't have room to stretch out. No idea if there is any difference inside on UK-spec cars. :?

[dutchmasterflex]

:shock: Just from the pics you've posted hear I'm drooling all over myself.

Well done man! Keep up these great photoshoots!!

[dingo]

:shock: Just from the pics you've posted hear I'm drooling all over myself.



but you do realise there is more on my site: http://www.ozcarsightings.com/ferraritestarossa.html ;)

[yg60m]

A dream machine !! Much more sexy than the 550 and 599 IMO :D
The pics are really nice even if there is too much shadow in some of them for my taste :wink:
Just a note on the rearview mirrors and wheels : the single wheelnut suggest that it's a pre-1988 Testarossa because it changes for a 5 nuts wheels in 1988, so it should have only one rearview mirror at this height, the second version (with 5 nuts/wheel) had 2 rearview mirrors but on a lower place. So I suppose that the owner added one from a right-drive version, isn't it ?

The upgraded brakes are certainly a must have now :wink:

BTW, what is this 600 bhp / 1100 kg beast you will try next week ???? :drool:

Thanks very much dingo, a nice Photoshoot again :D

[TT]

Very good once again! Everytime you try youself at a photoshoot I wonder if the pics I am seeing aren't probably the best ones of the given car on the net.
Of course I am bloody lazy to browse my archives but can't recall better Testa pics :good: major thumbs up dude! Well done and thanks for sharing!

I really like the wheel/brakes combo!

[dutchmasterflex]

:shock: Just from the pics you've posted hear I'm drooling all over myself.



but you do realise there is more on my site: http://www.ozcarsightings.com/ferraritestarossa.html ;)


What? Australia has websites? :lol:

Some amazing auto photography Dingo.. I have no doubt in my mind that you will become one of the top photographers for all auto magazines accross the word!

[sameerrao]

Wondering about the 600 bhp/1100kg car

If it is a stock car then it could be a McLaren F1. If it isnt stock it could be a race-spec 911 GT2 or a V8 touring car - Holden?

All in good time I suppose ;)

[Wutputt]

Marvelous pics Dingo! The Testarossa is so 80's, I love it! And those brake disks look huge. My favourite pics are no 1 and no 4 (on your site). But I can't decide between them.

[Pehtren]

Dingo very nice pictures, i would love to hear the sound of this beast :P

Thanks for the pics :)

[TopGearNL]

Nice to see a different supercar around here :twisted:

Thanks for the pics and the report Dingo!

The owner of that car has great taste, and probably you can tell by looking at all this other cars also, can't wait Dingo!!! :mrgreen:

[dingo]

....So I suppose that the owner added one from a right-drive version, isn't it ?


yep, see my post a little above yours. ;)



BTW, what is this 600 bhp / 1100 kg beast you will try next week ???? :drool:



Wondering about the 600 bhp/1100kg car

If it is a stock car then it could be a McLaren F1. If it isnt stock it could be a race-spec 911 GT2 or a V8 touring car - Holden?

All in good time I suppose ;)

Haha, unfortunately nothing as exotic/rare as a Macca F1. :bah: It is a European car though, and not stock.

[ARMAN]

Well re-looking at the pics in a dark(its night here) made me realize how good quality shots those are :shock: you cant see it in a daylight with sun shining in your room if you know what I mean :bah:
Very clear and smartly angled shots! You are becoming a very high level photographer Dingo :P And just started last year or so with photoshoots as I remeber :shock: :good:

[MidEngine4Life]

Some great shots. I love the Testarossa and I adore this shot.
http://www.ozcarsightings.com/updates/trphotoshoot/thumbs/Ferrari%20Testarossa%20(12).jpg

[pterps]

Great Photoshoot Dingo, thanx!

[nickthaskater]

Beautiful shots man, great stuff :D

I absolutely love the in motion shot (20), I couldn't imagine a better shot.

And those rotors are insane haha

[LotusGT1]

Fantastic pictures, great shots, great lightning, great car. But also it is totally obvious you need a better logo for you site as this one ruins the pictures IMO, and the border could be a bit thinner.

[davide]

Damn, I need to get a new camera! No supercar owner is gonna do a photshoot with me standing there with my Ixus400... :roll:

Nice pictures, you're just getting better and better dingo! Lovely!
That 600bhp sounds even more interesting... :twisted: :twisted:

cheers mate

[dingo]

Fantastic pictures, great shots, great lightning, great car. But also it is totally obvious you need a better logo for you site as this one ruins the pictures IMO, and the border could be a bit thinner.

well make me one quickly before my next update then..... ;)

Something unobtrusive that still has the URL would be great. :D

Thanks!

[TT]

...
well make me one quickly before my next update then..... ;)

Something unobtrusive that still has the URL would be great. :D

Thanks!

LMAO, not even sneaky :D

[dingo]

^ Yeah I don't know how to be subtle. :D

I was being serious BTW Lotus, I don't really like my current one much either.....I'm getting Minacious to mod one he did a while back and see if that works.

Oh and which border did you mean? I only have a border on my preview pics, not the ones on my site.

EDIT: I'll be away for the weekend (long drive down south), so if I don't respond then you know why. ;)

[MartijnGizmo]

Some quality pics here, well done dingo!

[Global Warming]

As a kid the Testarossa was my #1 favorite car! I had a huge poster of it on my wall. Now there is a place that has one like a block away from me. I will take so pics of it some time too.