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Why Are Ferraris the Most Collectible Supercar?
Real Clear Life ^ | 12 Sep, 2016

Posted on 09/12/2016 5:51:55 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 09/12/2016 5:51:55 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Wow, I have seen Ferrari 250 GTOs running in Vintage and Historic Races in pretty hard-fought racing. Imagine if you crashed!


2 posted on 09/12/2016 5:53:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Thomas Magnum


3 posted on 09/12/2016 5:54:32 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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very simple- for the longest time Ferrari only made a few cars each year- they were not assembly line productions....even Ferrari owners were advised and encouraged to sell their Ferrari’s to official Ferrari dealers rather than other car dealers so Ferrari could keep tabs on them.....that has changed in the past two years...


4 posted on 09/12/2016 5:55:52 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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sell their used Ferrari’s to official Ferrari dealers is what i meant...


5 posted on 09/12/2016 5:56:25 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Is it Ferrari or Ferraris ?


6 posted on 09/12/2016 5:58:02 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Word was that the Lambo flagship car for the longest time -the Countach — was virtually undriveable. I’ve never heard that said about a Ferarri. Which is not to say a lot of people can NOT drive them; you hear about a lot of ruined million-dollar Ferarris driven by spoiled kids or idiots with more testosterone than skill.


7 posted on 09/12/2016 5:59:00 PM PDT by IronJack
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Any other questions?

8 posted on 09/12/2016 5:59:26 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Eddie01
Thomas Magnum
This.


9 posted on 09/12/2016 6:02:28 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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I owned a Ferrari GTO when I was a kid.

It was an Aurora Thunderjet 500 model.


10 posted on 09/12/2016 6:02:51 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Is it Ferrari or Ferraris ?

That was in the title. I think Ferraris is the plural of Ferrari.

11 posted on 09/12/2016 6:03:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Bertha Benz Hits the Road
http://www.history.com/news/bertha-benz-hits-the-road-125-years-ago


12 posted on 09/12/2016 6:04:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: God luvs America

I hear Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame has quite a collection of Ferraris and other cool cars, as would I if I could afford them.


13 posted on 09/12/2016 6:05:02 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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“Thomas Magnum”

I drove that 308 years ago at the Universal backlot right after a certain movie was filmed. Growing up either you had the General lee or the Selleck car.


14 posted on 09/12/2016 6:06:24 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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Back in 1971 I was pumping gas on the midnight to 8am shift on the Illinois Tollway - O'Hare Oasis.

Early-mid 20's kid pulls in driving a Ferrari 275 GTB 4 Cam. Pays for his gas from a stack of $100's. His supermodel date is wearing a floor length chinchilla coat.

After he shows me the engine (six dual Webers down the middle, 'bundle-of-snakes' exhaust headers) I say, "If you don't mind me asking, what does this cost?"

"Oh, about $14,500."

While I don't have the '59 Volvo PV544 I was driving then, I am still married to the same wife.

I'd be surprised if that kid still has either the Ferrari or the girlfriend.

I prefer my outcome.

15 posted on 09/12/2016 6:11:09 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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and Ferris Bueller.

ferris bueller car photo: Ferris Bueller's day off Car FerrisBuellersDayOffredcar.jpg

16 posted on 09/12/2016 6:12:08 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Bratch

Yes.

Insane car.


17 posted on 09/12/2016 6:14:12 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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I think the Maserati Bora is considered by many to be the first road going supercar. The Lamborghini response was the Miura. I think the Ford GT40 street version would beat them both.


18 posted on 09/12/2016 6:15:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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That was a replica given the cost of getting a real one.


19 posted on 09/12/2016 6:21:22 PM PDT by xp38
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Because they are classically beautiful.


20 posted on 09/12/2016 6:30:08 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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