Top Gear - speciale aperto first drive

Top Gear - speciale aperto first drive

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tony h

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2,703 posts

253 months

rosino

1,353 posts

179 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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It's ApertA. With an A.

Cars in Italian are feminine. Rightly so.

kbooker

728 posts

146 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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rosino said:
It's ApertA. With an A.

Cars in Italian are feminine. Rightly so.
Pedantic also has an A

Slickhillsy

1,772 posts

150 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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kbooker said:
rosino said:
It's ApertA. With an A.

Cars in Italian are feminine. Rightly so.
Pedantic also has an A
So does Tw A t! smile

kbooker

728 posts

146 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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laugh

GRBF430F1

4,843 posts

177 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Gutted as a previous customer and owner of 2 Ferrari's they wouldn't take a deposit off me.
That car is just awesome and its going to be near on impossible to pick one up 2nd hand IMHO.
Would be top of my list if available

thegreenhell

17,239 posts

226 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Behemoth

2,105 posts

138 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Slickhillsy said:
So does Tw A t! smile
I don't see anything wrong with someone pointing out the correct spelling. The error is like someone calling a ship "he".

User33678888

1,144 posts

144 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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thegreenhell said:
What a knob. Opening the roof in the pissing rain and presumably damaging the interior of a 1/499 limited production run. What an utter cock.

Jules360

1,949 posts

209 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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GRBF430F1 said:
Gutted as a previous customer and owner of 2 Ferrari's they wouldn't take a deposit off me.
That car is just awesome and its going to be near on impossible to pick one up 2nd hand IMHO.
Would be top of my list if available
Why impossible? `They also made 499 16Ms. Quite readily available over the past few years

DG27

153 posts

176 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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Same position....customer and deposit refunded.......gutted

GRBF430F1

4,843 posts

177 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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Jules360 said:
Why impossible? `They also made 499 16Ms. Quite readily available over the past few years
Last of the V8's and an awesome car that will only go up in value so you would be mad to sell it unless you had to.
Definitely one to keep in the collection IMHO

Johnnyforeigner

218 posts

150 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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DG27 said:
Same position....customer and deposit refunded.......gutted
Don't give up just yet, I was also told they couldn't take my order but that they would possibly be able to do something when deliveries started.

I get the impression they're being offered to 'preferred' customers first but it's unlikely all of these offers will be taken up.

neil-f

1,647 posts

214 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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GRBF430F1 said:
Gutted as a previous customer and owner of 2 Ferrari's they wouldn't take a deposit off me.
That car is just awesome and its going to be near on impossible to pick one up 2nd hand IMHO.
Would be top of my list if available
Did you have a letter of interest in a few years ago for the Speciale A? Not many RHD cars coming and my dealer only getting 1 car and that is going to VIP customer with lots of Ferrari's in his garage.

AndrewD

7,592 posts

291 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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GRBF430F1 said:
Gutted as a previous customer and owner of 2 Ferrari's they wouldn't take a deposit off me.
That car is just awesome and its going to be near on impossible to pick one up 2nd hand IMHO.
Would be top of my list if available
If it makes you feel better I couldn't get one either.

Just about ready to give up on Ferrari to be honest. Many more choices for my money. Good luck to them.

giggle

1,953 posts

252 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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AndrewD said:
If it makes you feel better I couldn't get one either.

Just about ready to give up on Ferrari to be honest. Many more choices for my money. Good luck to them.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you call the factory and shout at them?
I would of gone mental about that.

One things for sure and that is that there will be people receiving these cars who are much less deserving than you (based on your current garage)

It just doesnt make sense furious

GRBF430F1

4,843 posts

177 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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neil-f said:
Did you have a letter of interest in a few years ago for the Speciale A? Not many RHD cars coming and my dealer only getting 1 car and that is going to VIP customer with lots of Ferrari's in his garage.
Not quite 2 years ago and apparently I was at least 5/6th in the queue with no real prospect from day 1

andrew

10,090 posts

199 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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giggle said:
AndrewD said:
If it makes you feel better I couldn't get one either.

Just about ready to give up on Ferrari to be honest. Many more choices for my money. Good luck to them.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you call the factory and shout at them?
I would of gone mental about that.

One things for sure and that is that there will be people receiving these cars who are much less deserving than you (based on your current garage)

It just doesnt make sense furious
nobody is less deserving than andrewd
hth biggrin

Johnnyforeigner

218 posts

150 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Alright then, my guy was obviously just trying to let me down gently telling me to wait and see once deliveries started... ah well.
That one slipped through my 'cynical fker filter' which is rare.

One car per dealership?!?! fk me gently, that seems a bit ridiculous.

isaldiri

20,283 posts

175 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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There are 10-12 official dealers I think and only ~12 UK cars out of 499 sounds awfully low. There must be plenty of people who have bought plenty of new cars queuing up for an allocation though so even at 3 cars per dealer unless you're one of those regular new car buyers, getting an allocation was always going to be tricky I guess.