Bought another car . . .

[Mark Blanchard]

Well I couldn't find an S4s, so bought this instead.  Might be another sign I'm having a massive midlife crisis.

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[jerzybondov]

Awesome! 360? 430? I get a bit confused from behind!

[Neal H]

Nothing wrong with a mid life crisis 👍

[Mark Blanchard]

It's a 360 F1.  Just scratching an itch.

[Barrykearley]

Can beat a decent midlife crisis 👍👍

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Wow that’s the second one bought on here in the past few months. Prices must really be tumbling! Only joking. Well done. Looks very nice.

[Mark Blanchard]

A couple of mates think I'm mental and should have bought something more unique like an Evora.  Never say never.

[Bibs]

Let it know now you want to change gear and it should be done by the time you get in and start up!

Only teasing, well done!

[Mark Blanchard]

Yes I've heard about that.  The box has been rebuilt so hopefully that's sorted.

I've spent years as an Esprit owner grumbling about Ferrari's and then lockdown and midlife happens and I buy one. 

[pete]

Was that on the auction site

[Mark Blanchard]

10 minutes ago, pete said:

Was that on the auction site

No, got it from a dealer.  Wanted to be sure it was a good one, it has full main dealer service history.  Last owner for 8 years and he traded it for another Ferrari.

There have been quite a few shabby looking Ferrari's going through auctions recently with rust and no history.

 

[pete]

And manifold problems

[USAndretti42]

Nice car, Mark.  It'll be interesting to hear how it compares to an Esprit.

[Mark Blanchard]

9 hours ago, USAndretti42 said:

Nice car, Mark.  It'll be interesting to hear how it compares to an Esprit.

Yes the Esprit was lovely to drive.  I drove a 348 many years ago and that was absolutely dreadful, I'm hoping this will be better.

[jep]

I will be very interested to hear your comments on this. I drove a Ferrari SuperFast recently - for an extended period over a few weeks. Not my thing at all, I have no idea where it would be fun. Perhaps an autobahn but the suspension was so firm, I think even that would be uninspiring after a while. B roads were impossible - too wide, too heavy, too firm, too fast.

Evora was bliss after that. 

Justin 

[jonwat]

Well done, that's the prettiest Fezza since the 308. 

[Mark Blanchard]

On 26/11/2020 at 10:00, jonwat said:

Well done, that's the prettiest Fezza since the 308. 

Yes, I agree.  I was thinking of a 308, a mate was selling his 1980 GTS.  But it was a LHD California car with federal suspension, so it looking like it was on stilts. And would quickly get bored of all the Magnum comments, in the same vein as Lotus of trouble . . . .

[Barrykearley]

Didnt think you liked MR2s ??

[Mark Blanchard]

9 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Didnt think you liked MR2s ??

Japanese build quality, Italian looks.  It's win win.

[Mark Blanchard]

Took delivery of the 360 on the weekend.  This thing is ridiculous.  Makes my old Esprit Turbo seem like a pussy cat.  The acceleration is unnecessarily fast and the engine noise is too loud.

The paddles are taking some getting used to, not my cup of tea, but supposed I'll get used to them.  Would have preferred manual but they were £15k more.

Still it makes the driveway look better.

 

[Barrykearley]

1 hour ago, Mark Blanchard said:

The acceleration is unnecessarily fast and the engine noise is too loud.

Nope - that’s impossible....

[Techyd]

I had never spotted before that these share the same rear lights with the early S2 Elise (pre LED updates)

[jerzybondov]

Gorgeous motor!

[yeller77]

The 360 are a terrific value at the moment, still with plenty of Fezza V8 pizzaz. The bulkhead panel is a tremendous upgrade on serviceability from the 328/355. Funny how when the paddles came out, everybody wanted them. Now that everyone's changed to them, manual cars of 360 and 430 get a premium on the market and when P****** puts one in a car it's a big deal! Some fun miles ahead...

[Barrykearley]

I dunno so much @yeller77 - he’s already had to start selling off the family silver - both @Bibs and myself got in quick 😬