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Today someone from the company upstairs sharing our building brought his F430 to work. And I have to say, it is absolutely beautiful.
Forget what you've seen on the net. Pictures don't do the beauty of the car Justice. You don't get a true sense of the dimensions of the car and how the front end works with the perspective it's being viewed at by human eyes.
The front air scoops? Not ugly by any means. Images on the net tend to make them too big. They're actually quite small... the black plastic surounding makes it look big. In person the plastic is more of a dark grey with black mesh wiring for the opening.
Then there's the engine bay. Wow.
Probably one of the coolest features I noticed was that there's a fire extinguisher inside the car. Down by the passenger side of the center console. Wrapped in matching interior leather, of course.
And I have to respect the person who bought this fine automobile. He decided to go with a dark red (think red wine color) exterior paint with a medium-dark tan interior. Pure class. And above all... he picked it up with a standard 6-speed manual tranny! A true enthusiast, I have to say!
I think this is the only Ferrari that I've seen in this color. Far less common than the cliched red and yellow.
It's a shame I don't have a camera with me... from now on I'll leave it in my car incase he decides to bring the car to work again. I love it when people who can afford these exotics actually take the time to drive their cars like it was any other car. Hats off to you, good sir!
Forget what you've seen on the net. Pictures don't do the beauty of the car Justice. You don't get a true sense of the dimensions of the car and how the front end works with the perspective it's being viewed at by human eyes.
The front air scoops? Not ugly by any means. Images on the net tend to make them too big. They're actually quite small... the black plastic surounding makes it look big. In person the plastic is more of a dark grey with black mesh wiring for the opening.
Then there's the engine bay. Wow.
Probably one of the coolest features I noticed was that there's a fire extinguisher inside the car. Down by the passenger side of the center console. Wrapped in matching interior leather, of course.
And I have to respect the person who bought this fine automobile. He decided to go with a dark red (think red wine color) exterior paint with a medium-dark tan interior. Pure class. And above all... he picked it up with a standard 6-speed manual tranny! A true enthusiast, I have to say!
I think this is the only Ferrari that I've seen in this color. Far less common than the cliched red and yellow.
It's a shame I don't have a camera with me... from now on I'll leave it in my car incase he decides to bring the car to work again. I love it when people who can afford these exotics actually take the time to drive their cars like it was any other car. Hats off to you, good sir!
to leave a car like that in a carpark all day. I think I'd be more worried about it getting scratched by some wanker, or even dinged with a door than it actually getting stolen.
Must be something in the Texas water, y'all 
