I just discovered this forum when someone referenced to it on
www.ferrarichat.com. Nice work!
Now back to the cars...
It's a late '97 with 24k miles. I have had a TVR Griffith 500 for 3 years and was looking for something a bit less radical and more practical to use. Here's a pic of my ex-TVR:
The Griffith was absolutely trouble-free and the sound was gorgeous. And the car really helped me learn driving... a bit too much loud pedal and the back end was gone... Selling the car was very difficult since there is no market for TVR's in Switzerland (in total there are 80 TVR's here). But I finally found a Ferrari dealership that traded the car at an acceptable price.
That's when I got the Spider. At first I was looking for a dark blue coloured one but when I saw it in silver I was sold. The car is in excellent condition and when I bought it they gave me a service for free where they replaced the rear shocks, clutch, battery, cd-changer and radio, fixed the by-pass valve and much more. Unfortunately the roads are gritty and salty right now and the car awaits spring under its paletot.
So far it's everything I was hoping for. Much more refined ride with acceptable noise levels at low speed and an incredible scream when the by-pass valve opens. It's maybe not as fast as the TVR in terms of pure acceleration but it's much faster around the corners thanks to the electronic suspension.
So feel free to ask anything you might want to know about the car, I'd me more than happy to reply!
At last a picture of my daily driver, a '01 M3 SMG. The electronic gearbox is really nice and much better than what Ferrari is offering. This is why I went for the stick shift on the Ferrari. There were quite a few gremlins with the BMW with recalls and electronics playing up but it's been running well for some time now. I hate the exhaust note with the metallic rattle but I love the looks of the car.
Cheers Andy
My Ferrari 355 Spider and BMW M3
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