The Difference between Ferrari and Porsche Drivers
Discussion
Last week, me and a few mates did a 2 day road trip in mid and north Wales. We had a convoy of 4 x Ferrari 360's and 3 x Porsches (various flavours)
As it was Snowdonia we had a couple of jet fighters fly over at low level approaching us from behind. When we stopped I thought teh car drivers comments were amusing, the Ferrari drivers all said the same thing:
Porsche Drivers "did you see those two jets?"
Ferrari Drivers "I thought my engine had blown up!"
My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
As it was Snowdonia we had a couple of jet fighters fly over at low level approaching us from behind. When we stopped I thought teh car drivers comments were amusing, the Ferrari drivers all said the same thing:
Porsche Drivers "did you see those two jets?"
Ferrari Drivers "I thought my engine had blown up!"
My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
I remember a comment on Top Gear a few years ago, stating that Ferrari made reliable engines and cars that fell apart around them. Would you say that was never the case or that this has changed over the years?
I've never owned a Ferrari myself. The ones that I like are more money than I'm prepared to 'write off' (financial sense, not insurance).
I've never owned a Ferrari myself. The ones that I like are more money than I'm prepared to 'write off' (financial sense, not insurance).
Richard-D said:
I remember a comment on Top Gear a few years ago, stating that Ferrari made reliable engines and cars that fell apart around them. Would you say that was never the case or that this has changed over the years?
I've never owned a Ferrari myself. The ones that I like are more money than I'm prepared to 'write off' (financial sense, not insurance).
Engine in my Ferrari is fine at 50k miles, others I know with Ferrari's say the same. My car is 22 years old and has fewer rattles than my 2020 luxury car.I've never owned a Ferrari myself. The ones that I like are more money than I'm prepared to 'write off' (financial sense, not insurance).
However - you are always aware that its an exotic car made in Italy
I've not owned either, but I've been exploring either an older Ferrari like a 430 or 458, or a newer 911. The dealership experiences, and chats with owners have been telling.
The Ferrari dealership guy and I chatted for probably an hour about cars we'd owned, stupid projects we'd undertaken etc. An encyclopedic knowledge of cars in general, as well as the Ferrari brand. By contrast,the Porsche guy told me that the GT3RS is really fast around the 'German ring racetrack', before telling me the new Taycan Turbo is a quicker and a better car. All the finance figures were to hand, I was given tea and treated very well, but there was zero passion.
Ultimately it seems like a Porsche is a car you buy with your head, and a Ferrari is a car you buy with your heart. Obviously a huge simplification of matters, but that's how it seems to me.
The Ferrari dealership guy and I chatted for probably an hour about cars we'd owned, stupid projects we'd undertaken etc. An encyclopedic knowledge of cars in general, as well as the Ferrari brand. By contrast,the Porsche guy told me that the GT3RS is really fast around the 'German ring racetrack', before telling me the new Taycan Turbo is a quicker and a better car. All the finance figures were to hand, I was given tea and treated very well, but there was zero passion.
Ultimately it seems like a Porsche is a car you buy with your head, and a Ferrari is a car you buy with your heart. Obviously a huge simplification of matters, but that's how it seems to me.
blueg33 said:
My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention. 48k said:
blueg33 said:
My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention. 48k said:
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention.
What kind of attention? I saw a California T in heavy traffic last week. Looked stunning in that greeny blue colour - really stood out in a sea of grey and black family blobs. Nobody seemed to be acting any different.blueg33 said:
Ferrari Drivers "I thought my engine had blown up!"
My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
Whenever I fire up my Mezger-engined Porsche after bumming about in the Audi for a week, I always pause to wonder if the engine is playing up. My conclusion - life as a Porsche driver must be less stressful than life as a Ferrari driver.
Hoofy said:
48k said:
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention.
What kind of attention? I saw a California T in heavy traffic last week. Looked stunning in that greeny blue colour - really stood out in a sea of grey and black family blobs. Nobody seemed to be acting any different.48k said:
Hoofy said:
48k said:
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention.
What kind of attention? I saw a California T in heavy traffic last week. Looked stunning in that greeny blue colour - really stood out in a sea of grey and black family blobs. Nobody seemed to be acting any different.48k said:
Hoofy said:
48k said:
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention.
What kind of attention? I saw a California T in heavy traffic last week. Looked stunning in that greeny blue colour - really stood out in a sea of grey and black family blobs. Nobody seemed to be acting any different.
blueg33 said:
48k said:
Hoofy said:
48k said:
I've never owned a Porsche. By far the worst / most stressful thing about owning a Ferrari is other road users. I've never owned a car that attracts so much of the wrong kind of attention.
What kind of attention? I saw a California T in heavy traffic last week. Looked stunning in that greeny blue colour - really stood out in a sea of grey and black family blobs. Nobody seemed to be acting any different.wildoliver said:
I tend to find more Ferrari owners are proper car enthusiasts these days than Porsche owners. Porsche seems to have aimed themselves firmly as a lifestyle brand these days rather than an engineer/drivers car as they were in the past. Without doubt it has been successful for them.
av185 said:
wildoliver said:
I tend to find more Ferrari owners are proper car enthusiasts these days than Porsche owners. Porsche seems to have aimed themselves firmly as a lifestyle brand these days rather than an engineer/drivers car as they were in the past. Without doubt it has been successful for them.
I have a Ferrari, but aside from key rings for each of the Ferrari keys, have no Ferrari lifestyle products and no desire to purchase such items
wildoliver said:
I tend to find more Ferrari owners are proper car enthusiasts these days than Porsche owners. Porsche seems to have aimed themselves firmly as a lifestyle brand these days rather than an engineer/drivers car as they were in the past. Without doubt it has been successful for them.
Porsche do make cars for enthusiasts, but their bread and butter offerings are IMO a 'lifestyle' product. That said, I can't help but assume Ferrari owners are just willy waving.
I'm sure they're amazing but for some reason they do absolutely nothing for me and I won't be buying one.When I was younger I commuted mega miles a year and had my trusty old Peugeot that never missed a beat
The Peugeot was in for a cam belt and service and as I couldn’t get there and back in a day I didn’t want to swipe their courtesy car for more than a day as it’d be annoying so I borrowed my dads car which was a lot more refined
Coming back down the m3 I pulled into the outisde lane to overtake something and I could hear/ almost feel a very rhythmical thudding, thinking I’d ballsed something up I stopped on the hard shoulder to check it out
Lots of noise kicked up from the motorway as you can imagine, then all of a sudden the thudding was back
Turns out it was a chinook banking. Seeing these was nearly a daily thing, but I think my car at the time was that little louder where the noise was just drowned out.
Every time I hear a chinook now I get that feeling of dread that dads car had lunched itself on my watch
The Peugeot was in for a cam belt and service and as I couldn’t get there and back in a day I didn’t want to swipe their courtesy car for more than a day as it’d be annoying so I borrowed my dads car which was a lot more refined
Coming back down the m3 I pulled into the outisde lane to overtake something and I could hear/ almost feel a very rhythmical thudding, thinking I’d ballsed something up I stopped on the hard shoulder to check it out
Lots of noise kicked up from the motorway as you can imagine, then all of a sudden the thudding was back
Turns out it was a chinook banking. Seeing these was nearly a daily thing, but I think my car at the time was that little louder where the noise was just drowned out.
Every time I hear a chinook now I get that feeling of dread that dads car had lunched itself on my watch
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