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Old 05-13-2004, 06:20 PM   #1
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Default May 13th - Ferrari dealership HI-RES (612, 575, 550, TR...)

Ok today I had my second Ferrari day in the last month I'm quite lucky lately and to think I even shot a Gallardo in the afternoon!

Anyway, thanks to my neighbour, Valter, who works at the local Ferrari dealership, I was abl eto sneak inside drool at the cars and take pics to prove that

The dealer was to nice! i was waiting for Valter in the Showroom and there was just me, the dealer and a "real" customer. He had to test a F355 Spider, so the dealer had to go with him.. so he came by me and told me something like "I'm going out for a while, please, just don't go away and keep on check the cars"... and I never saw him before LOL. So they went and I was ALONE inside a pretty big Ferrari dealership packed with nice cars, all of them opened of course. And probably the keys not to far away
Of course I'm not an asshole, but a car lover, so I just kept my pictures and drooling ordeal w/o doing the idiot

The lineup was impressive IMO.. take a look

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And now the cars in detail

Ferrari 308 GTB




Ferrari 456 M GTA




Ferrari 512M










Ferrari 550 Maranello




Ferrari 575M Maranello, never seen such a beautiful paintjob!


















Another 575M.. almost common in red




Two identical Scaglietti! They had a black one but they sold it in the morning
























Ferrari 348TS, a pretty good deal






Ferrari 355 F1














The customer with the dealer leaving the place sadly to soon and I was unable to take proper pics of the car


Brand new and nice 360 Spider








Ferrari Testarossa. Never seen one in that shade of grey... steel grey I'd say. Me love




Oh, also a nice Maserati Quattroporte there




And another Maser, the Spider






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Old 05-13-2004, 06:25 PM   #2
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wow. that is nice. i love the back 575.
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:27 PM   #3
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When I saw it from outside I was litterally blown away! And realized if I will ever own a Ferrari, it could be painted like that!!!!!!!!!
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:29 PM   #4
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A matt 575 ... love that ... a car without reflections ... Hard to clean i guess ... or to remove oil ...
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:30 PM   #5
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Lovely pics TT i bet your so glad you spoke to him! My favourite is the mean looking 575 maranello in that gumetal type colour, i've seen one in person in light silver but that one looks fantastic, makes me want to come over to switzerland and do a reinactment of the start of gone in sixty seconds
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:37 PM   #6
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And the best thing is that the cars changes quite frequently! so I hope to be able to access the dealership again in the future

And for sure I think I could even pay them to be able to work there for a while next time I will ask if there are cars to wash
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:55 PM   #7
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Damn not only hot rods look sweet in Flat Black that's awesome
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:00 PM   #8
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those pics are great!!!

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so I hope to be able to access the dealership again in the future
is that hard to enter a ferrari dealer?
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:07 PM   #9
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Well, usually I don't enter dealerships if I don't have to buy a car... I don't like to be there just because I'm curious.. and with a Ferrari one.. well.. it has also a very special aura.. and no, IMO you can't just pass by and enter.. maybe it's just me, but it would seem un-polite and un-respectfull to enter it w/o an invitation of some sort like I had...

BTW, i forgot to talk about the customer that tested the F355 spider... well, as I say every time, I'm not an hardcore Ferrari fan, but I'm not blind and I feel their special "power"... and well, so did him of course. he sat in the car and then looked at the dealer standing beside the car and asked "Can I turn it on?" LOL and it was like a 6 years old boy begging for a yes! He repeated it two times.. and when the dealer gave him the ok, he was for sure a VERY happy man...

You can love Ferrari to death or just like some of their models, but you can't deny there is something special about them

And also, they had that small red leather furniture corner behind the red 575 and silver 612.. it was done IMO in the same leather used in the cars.. I sat there after a while, just to chill out and the smell, the fact I was alone inside a Ferrari dealership... dang how nice it was
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:09 PM   #10
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Real nice, that has to be one of the best looking dealerships
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:16 PM   #11
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Hehe, and the test ride lasted some 15 minutes for him.. enough to exit town and push a bit hard on that throttle
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You are crazy TT! When do you get time for yourself, man? You are seriously superman! 8)
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:42 PM   #13
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This was time for myself dude I love cars do you think it was so hard and stressing to spend an hour in a Ferrari dealership?
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:54 PM   #14
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very nice pics.especially that 575,that paintjob is just delicous.

BTW is it just me,or is the 355 probably the most sexiest ferrari made? they are all nice of course,lol but the 355 is just.......sumthin else IMO
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Old 05-13-2004, 07:57 PM   #15
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Oh yes, same here dude. If the dealer would have told me I could go on with a car, to choose the black 575M over the F355 would have been VERY hard! I mean, VERY HARD as I always say, the Modena is a great looking car for sure, but the 355 has something more
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