Our Ferrari story (short version !!)

[F328GTB]

Hello to all Ferraristi,

We started to be Ferrari fans when we were 13 years old. We moved from Paris to Germany. Here, we saw a lot of Mercedes: Waouh, Mercedes are nice cars !, then we saw a lot of Porsches: Waouh, Porsche are nice cars !, and then, one day, we saw a brown 308 GTB. From this moment, all Mercedes, Porsches, and all rest of the car world disappeared. Only remained Ferrari. It was in 1985.

From now more than 20 years, we saw A LOT of Ferraris, mainly in Italy, Germany, Monaco, France ...
We could have the chance to meet fantastic people of Ferrari world : Mr Swaters, Borsari, ... from the "past", and other fantastic people like Mr Todt, di Montezemolo, ...

When we discover the Ferraris in 1985, the "new" car was the 328. What a beautiful car...! One of our neighbour had one of the first 328 GTS (red with white leather). We spent plenty of hours just to watch it, take dozen of pictures ...

Now, we have realized part of our child dream : to own our Ferrari.
We found a very nice 328 GTB, red/black, exactly the car we wanted to own.
What is nice is that we found this car in Germany, where our passion started.
Our car is one of the last Ferrari built when the great Commendatore was still alive. I guess one of the last 30/50 cars. It is not so important for some people, but I enjoy to tell me that Enzo was still alive when this car left Maranello factory...

When I say "we" is that I share this passion with my brother. We own this car together. (The car is im my garage, my poor brother has no garage to park it. Hopefully, we are not far from each other...!).

Share your Ferrari story !... (This one was very very short version..).

Ciao

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[WeLoveFerrari.dk]

Thank you for the story - great idea!

Well, I statede when I was about 9 years old. One of my first vacations, we went to France, I remeber we saw a red 355... Almost brand new, it was in 1997... Me and my little brother standig next to it - my first pics of a Ferrari. Already before this, I've got my first modelcars - Ofcause Ferraris (F50 and F40).

My passion was growing, and in 2001 I visited the danish Ferrari dealer - not i dealer you can visit, like an another car delaler, you need to be something! That's how it is in Denmark. 12 Ferraris I saw this day - it was BIG for me then!
2003 I got confirmed, 14 years old, and I got my first co-driver ride in a Ferrari - almost shaking all over my body! It was so fantastic. What a feeling!!!

Today, I'm 18 years old!
I have got co-drivers ride in a Ferrari 308, 328 GTS, 348 ts, 355 Challenge, 355 GTS, 360 Modena and F430 Spider - some of them more than once!
I have been in Maranello for three times new - even been at the FERRARI FACTORY! That was almost TOO AMAZING!
I have seen F1 at Imola 2 times, went to Ferrari Racing Days at Nürburgring...and I could go on and on...but my passion - IS GROWING!
Last weekend in Maranello, wow... Still dreaming about it!

One day...one day I'll have my own Ferrari too!

And when it one day happend, I'll still be running after Ferraris at the street, to get a pics of them!
The adrenaline will - and does - pump in my body, every single time!

The mystery, and the history, the passion and everyting - I JUST LOVE IT!

Thank you Enzo Ferrari

[WeLoveFerrari.dk]

Come on Ferraristi...

Denis and I can't be the only one, who want to share their Ferrari story

[Erikderaaf]

I think we'll all have our own ferrari story

heres mine:
As a little kid i had very much interest in cars. At very young age i even advised my grandpa and grandma to buy that peugeot in brown color. I am told to be sitting at the driver seat and constantly telling my grandpa "take this one, take this one".
Later i got my first ferrari modelcar which was to scale. It was a Ferrari F40 scale 1:24 From tonka. I remember gotting the car and i was completlely stunned. F40 is a kind of radical car if you're used to normal streetcars. (in fact, is one of my favorites)

Later i learned alot about this carbrand, and got some posters and stuff. I even remember siting in a 308/328 GTS at our gas station (for promotional services, i have a picture somewhere of me just getting my nose above the steering wheel) I remember it was so cool, the dashboard, steering wheel all with that logo on it.

I even spotted some ferrari's on a track day on airport volkel, which is next to uden where i live. I remember a white testarossa, and was completely stunned when the driver did his headlights on, which popped up. I still have something special with popup headlights. Too bad my suzuki doesn't have them.

The story continues predictable. Got more and more cars for my birthdays, including the inevetable bburago testarossa and F40. This collection has grown to about 200+ scale models 1:18. yes i am ferrari mad.

Last year i discovered the trackdays. nurburgring ferraridays were my first encounter with lots, lots of ferrari's. And then i discovered this forum

where will it end?? :)

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[Marcello]

Marcel, what a nice pictures from Maranello!! Thanks! Must have been a nice trip also with the Ferrari

What was that Lambo Murciélago Roadster doing there? For service?
And how did you get inside the Zanasi garage? Every time when I ask if I can make some photos inside they say 'no' to me.

The trip back home was indeed very special to me.
When I was a little boy I went with my family to Italy on holiday in 1981.
I was a big Ferrari fan already, and on our way back to Holland we were overtaken by a silver 512 BB.
We had to stop for fuel, and the BB was parked there!
In those days a 512 BB was the absolute ultimate supercar, together with the Countach. VERY impressive!!! Here's a picture of me with that car!

And now, 26 years later, I was driving a 512 BB myself to Holland!
It was big fun, and the car was fast, a lot of torque, and the sound was super! Thanks to Tony who trusted me to drive the car!

About the other questions: the Murcié needed a paintjob.

We had a technical Ferrari question for a Dutch Ferrari that had a little problem on the way to Maranello. They helped us with a manualbook.
In the mean time, I was able to take some shots.

Ciao!
Marcell

[250lm]

I am told that I could say car names earlier than i could talk !! I guess it started then. Ferraris were always interesting to me and I even cut up magazines I got from my cousin and an occassional brochure and put it into a little album. It was on and off on the car thing and by the age of 16 I bought my first Cavallino and Ferrari World at the local newsstand. And this was the beginning of my sickness :) and now at the age of thirty it did not heal well :)

Grandpa mode of

[Alfer]

I recently joined this site and it seems only right to provide all fellow members and Ferrari fans some info about myself and my F.

Since 1981 I own nothing but Italian cars starting with a FIAT 128 after which my brother in law poisoned me with the Alfa virus resulting that I bouht in 1983 my first Alfa being a Sud Nuovo 1.5 TI which was rusting so hard but i loved driving it very very much and still remember the boxer sound and I started learning to fight rust and working on cars. While owning this Sud I guess in 1984 I was overtaken by a red 308 GTB which impressed me so much because of its looks that it made me saying and deciding, whilst the same brother in law was sitting next to me, that that was the car that I will buy at some day. After the Sud I bought in 1986 my Alfetta GTV6 which again was a fantastic car that I owned no less than 13 years. In addition to the GTV I bought in 1989 a Spider 2000 Veloce, whilst since 1992 my 3rd car was a lease for daily use: 33 sw 1.7 IE (2x), 155 1.6 16V Trofeo (which my wife still uses every day although 10 years old and 185.000 km), 146 1.9 JTD, 156 sw JTD and today a 159 sw JTDM. In 1992 I decided to sell the Spider and went to the U.K. since the English magazine Classic & Sports Car had in that May issue the artickle that '20.000 Pound will buy you the drive of your life' telling that the Ferrari 308 was a bargain buy those days in the U.K.. So with a freind I spend a week driving to all adresses that advertised in that magazine that led me to a small company nearby Whembly in London that had a 1978 308 GTB USA spec. in red with cognac interior which I bought and took to the Neherlands. I loved the car so much, worked on all details and bought at Verdi High Performance Cars (Hayes, west of London) a stainless exhaust that improved the sound fantasticly.

Than in 1997 I married, bought a house and had some years after 2 kids (Jeroen and Julia) who are fantastic and time consuming as well so I wanted to own something a bid more practica since the carburettor version 308 did not allways go when I wanted her to go... Anyway I could change her for an other dreamcar being am 1992 Alfa SZ in perfect condition. This car was great to drive and on the circuit faster than most Ferrari's (sorry) like at Italia a Zandvoort events, but it never pleased me as much as my 308. That's because it was not as exciting already during staring it and......... owning it did not give me the same feeling as the Ferrari. So last years I decided to sell it after which I would look after a 308 GTB QV. The SZ was sold after some months and than a nice period followed looking after my 2nd Ferrari and together with my wife and kids (now 5 and 8 years old and a little less time consuming??) we have seen plently 308 and 328 and found my new F in Wateringen nearby The Hague being a 328 GTS with 48.000 km only in red and sand colour interior and red rear spoiler. Its from june 1988 so with ABS however the less beautifull 16" wheels that goes together with the ABS. I am in love again as the looks are (to me) as beautifull as a 308 although it does not have the nivce chrome switches in the interior but it compensates this so much with its driving capabilities and speed.

Of course did I need to works on many details again and still do. The issue today is a stainless exhaust and I will appreciate when others can help here as Tubi Style is the name and Larini for a similar price seems great as well. Eurospares and Superformance however offer stainless sprot exhaust for only a fraction of the money...

I hope that i will meet with you fellow Ferrari enthousiasts soon.

ciao e forza Ferrari!

[mavanhaasteren]

welkom on the site
and nice story
i hope that you have a lot of fun on the site

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[nofear02]

I recently joined this site and it seems only right to provide all fellow members and Ferrari fans some info about myself and my F
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I hope that i will meet with you fellow Ferrari enthousiasts soon.
ciao e forza Ferrari!!
Fantastich story Menno! Thank you very much! Very nice to read. It is amazing how just the looks of that Pininfarina design affects and even infects people. I hear só much love for the designs, the presence of the car, for all of us, its like encoutering an alien, and you are lost for the rest of your live... Fantastic! We will certainly see you within short notice

[Alfer]

thanks for the warm welcome. Talking about Ferrari I am affected of course by the history, saga and performance however I agree that the looks make that you want one and makes that you also expect to drive an adventure which is not the same with other high performance cars.

ciao

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[mtange]

Hello Menno, welcome on this nice Ferrari forum!
Thanks for your story, it was very nice to read

[Alfer]

Hello Michael, to be honest I inform that it seems that I like to write stories since I have done many stories for the SCARB (Dutch Alfa owners) maganize and the SZ/RZ register in particular

[250lm]

Hello Michael, to be honest I inform that it seems that I like to write stories since I have done many stories for the SCARB (Dutch Alfa owners) maganize and the SZ/RZ register in particular.

Speaking of SZ Alfa's, the FCN rally of this weekend passed one on the road. Must have been strange for the guy to drive someting special and then be overtaken by many Ferraris! :)

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[nofear02]

Hello Michael, to be honest I inform that it seems that I like to write stories since I have done many stories for the SCARB (Dutch Alfa owners) maganize and the SZ/RZ register in particular.Ha! so we are gonna have some fun from you than! A writer! Perfect :D

[Alfer]

Niels, I haven't actually seen it, but your post is very pleasant for my cognitive perception, so thank you!