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Yep, I converted him to a trackday fan and we used the local track regularly

Photo below is it at Knockhill hairpin.

Engine managmenet onthe car is a "spy in the cab".
At a service the engineer talked him through everything he'd done on a track day. What revs, gears, gearchanges - and then told him that meant it needed more items serviced. The big bill put him off and he sold it and returned to Porsche land.

I found a few other shots of the nice cars at that trackday in 2002, enjoy
is it the 360 or the F50? i thought you meant he had an Enzo.
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is it the 360 or the F50? i thought you meant he had an Enzo.
Sorry, as I read back to what I posted, I wasn't meaning a specific Ferrari I was trying to bring the purchasing and servicing issues to the fore which is true for ALL new Ferraris.

I wish ( and so did he ) that it was an Enzo

Sorry for the confusion.

The other Ferraris we get regularly at track days is a 355 and an F40, which has a beautiful sound, ballistic handling ( great at launch, hellish at turning under driver control ) and absolutely awful build quality ( engine apart )


You've seen the F40, here's the 355 ....
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Sorry, as I read back to what I posted, I wasn't meaning a specific Ferrari I was trying to bring the purchasing and servicing issues to the fore which is true for ALL new Ferraris.

I wish ( and so did he ) that it was an Enzo

Sorry for the confusion.

The other Ferraris we get regularly at track days is a 355 and an F40, which has a beautiful sound, ballistic handling ( great at launch, hellish at turning under driver control ) and absolutely awful build quality ( engine apart )


You've seen the F40, here's the 355 ....
the awful build quality of ferarris is why you have a Diablo to race against
nice pics
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the awful build quality of ferarris is why you have a Diablo to race against
nice pics
Here's another of the Diablo.
that's all I have of it as I was out on the first session and he dumped it in the gravel and had already packed it away in it's trailer and gone home by the time I came off the track .
Guess he wasn't up for being asked how come a pillock earns enough to afford a Lambo
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