Any F car owners on here ?

[Racerbvd]

A buddy picked up a Mondial a while back. Have you been by this shop???

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by K9Torro

I have been on F-Chat for months now reading over postings there but alot of those people are not real helpful for some reason.

Yea, kind of comes with the territory. However, there is a guy on there who is on his second TR and does all his own wrenching in his little one-car detached garage out in rural southern Michigan.
You should find his postings and advice very helpful. If I recall, he goes by the name 'carguy'.

Good luck, and be sure to post pics if you decide to take the plunge!

[Dottore]

Here's the F-car in my future.

We drove one of these in Europe over the summer, and it was huge fun, and beautifully made. The build-quality of these things is astounding, and has won all awards in Europe.

Remember: "It's not the meat it's the motion."

My wife now wants one, and I expect we shall have one.

[Arizona_928]

Is that a Fiat? ^^^

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid

Is that a Fiat? ^^^

Indeed.

The new Fiat 500. Built in a state of the art plant in Poland.

Won all the European quality and design awards.

Very cute. And there's an Abarth version.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by 911Rob

Hey Todd,
I will be buying a Ferrari this year too; I really like the TRs too, but I understand that they're a difficult car to maintain and I really don't want to go into a car that old. I've decided on the 360 Spider, between 2000-2002 year. Prices have fallen in the US on these cars, but not in Canada yet.

As for being a money pit; its all relative. A guy driving a Honda will tell you that a 911 is a money pit and so a guy driving a 911 will tell you a Ferrari is a money pit. JR has some great advise posted above. If you're planning on buying an older 88TR for $40K, you're likely gonna get some challenges with it, but what a sweet ride!

My vote would be to be careful, but if you can afford it, then go for it!

But the guy in the honda would be right. A 911 is a money pit. (So is a 928..ask me how i know).

[K9Torro]

Hey Byron,

The car is out of state, so do not have any idea of who to use locally. I use Brumos on the new car for warranty and Al Broadfoot on the old one's when I cant figure it out myself, then World (Lotus of Jax) on the Elise.

Todd

[K9Torro]

Wayne, this is the later 88 or 88 1/2 as you put it. I think it is a deal, but getting kinda skiddish with all the " money pit " stuff. The car still smells new.......

Todd

[slow&rusty]

When I purchased my '89 930 a few years back, I looked at Testarossas briefly as that is the only Ferrari that had comparable performance and the price difference was not too bad at about $10K-$15K. I never test drove one, but spoke to several dealers and was fortunate to be at a European Car Show in Denver, where there were a few Testis. One owner I chatted with, had recently bought his '86 or '87 'Rossa for just under $60K and had to have the timing belt done...$12K just for that!!

I feel pretty confident that I could do most things on a 'Tossa, incl. pulling the motor to do the Timing belt, as it cannot be harder than on a 32V 928!

I love the look of the later Testarossas, one of the few Prancing Horses I would like to own, the new models do not excite me as much even though their performance, hadling, braking and reliability is better. Prices are falling - luckily.

Remember its not the price of admission that kills you, its the maintenance, so it pays to be a good shady tree mechanic!

Yasin

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Dottore

Here's the F-car in my future.

We drove one of these in Europe over the summer, and it was huge fun, and beautifully made. The build-quality of these things is astounding, and has won all awards in Europe.

Remember: "It's not the meat it's the motion."

My wife now wants one, and I expect we shall have one.

Good call, I've never seen Top Gear applaud an economy car as much as that one. Another great car that the USA will never see.

[911Rob]

For me it all starts with what "I Want", then I figure out the rest....


At almost 50, I finally figured out that I can have anything I want. So I want a Ferrari. Planning to keep the TT as a daily driver.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I'm not attractive enough to drive a drop-top. Plus I'd get a sunburn on my bald spot.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by K9Torro

Hey Byron,

The car is out of state, so do not have any idea of who to use locally. I use Brumos on the new car for warranty and Al Broadfoot on the old one's when I cant figure it out myself, then World (Lotus of Jax) on the Elise.

Todd

This shop isn't far from Brumos, he does a lot of those fancy fiats, incuding a few older, very rare ones$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The cut GTC/4 cars (there are only one or two around), are one of the best conversions I've ever seen. Here's a pretty much unattractive car that gets tremendously better looking when you cut the roof off. It's almost like it was meant to be this way. Shocking that Ferrari never made a spyder version.

This car has been around in this form, since the 80s, I wonder where he got the idea to cut the roof

[K9Torro]

Byron are you coming to cars and coffee this weekend I am taking the project 911 unless you want to look at the Lotus

Todd

[legion]

Those GTC/4 convertibles look like a Corvette with a bad body kit--from all angles.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by K9Torro

Byron are you coming to cars and coffee this weekend I am taking the project 911 unless you want to look at the Lotus

Todd

What is your project 911??? The is a 87 Tess for sale locally, I'm waiting on the details.

[K9Torro]

Hey Byron, the later 88's are alot better cars from what I understand. My 79SC is the ongoing project car lol. You guys have seen it before in lots of threads.

Todd

Anyhow you coming out on Sat or what ????