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Here's what I saw today - Part II (Please read the rules before posting)

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#9422 30-11-2015 02:01PM

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PrettyBoy wrote: »

Same one, looks darker in that picture but it was the one that was for sale a few years back before it was resprayed red. Used to belong to someone from Pink Floyd apparently.

It would be a rare colour so respraying it was a very bad idea. Especially if it had that history.

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#9423 30-11-2015 03:58PM

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smash wrote: »

It would be a rare colour so respraying it was a very bad idea. Especially if it had that history.

It was for sale for a long time - think it was around the time the recession hit too and not many people were interested in buying an old blue Ferrari. Someone eventually bought it after it was resprayed and it's probably worth at least double the price that they paid for it now

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#9424 30-11-2015 04:06PM

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PrettyBoy wrote: »

It was for sale for a long time - think it was around the time the recession hit too and not many people were interested in buying an old blue Ferrari. Someone eventually bought it after it was resprayed and it's probably worth at least double the price that they paid for it now

It probably would have sold in the UK a lot quicker.

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#9425 30-11-2015 04:15PM

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smash wrote: »

It probably would have sold in the UK a lot quicker.

No VRT rebate scheme was in place at the time so probably wasn't a feasible option.

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#9426 30-11-2015 04:19PM

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jozi wrote: »

Anyone know of any Ferrari testa rossa in Ireland? Colleague thinks he spotted one in Dun Laoghaire recently.

There's a red 91MH one local to me that makes the odd appearance now and again.

Most times I see it refilling at O Neils in Wilkinstown

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#9427 30-11-2015 04:42PM

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waxon-waxoff wrote: »

I know what a Testarossa is, had a poster on my bedroom wall many years ago... I met it in traffic in west Dublin in summer. Very wide but i was a little disappointed. Unlike the F40, when i finally seen one in the metal it looked great.

I actually put a pic of the Italian 348 on here, must be two years ago now.

I'm aware of at least one in Ireland. I've seen the MH one a couple of times and it turns up at Ferrari OC events. While it's a great car, the design hasn't aged well unlike other Ferraris of the era.

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#9428 01-12-2015 12:40PM

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Tropheus wrote: »

I'm aware of at least one in Ireland. I've seen the MH one a couple of times and it turns up at Ferrari OC events. While it's a great car, the design hasn't aged well unlike other Ferraris of the era.

There's also this one...;)

http://www.mywheels.ie/free-car-check-report/?VRN=89oy2215

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#9429 01-12-2015 12:45PM

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There's a Testarossa often sitting outside a house in Carrkickines/Foxrock, so that may be the one spotted in Dun Laoghaire.

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#9430 01-12-2015 12:47PM

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hi5 wrote: »

There's also this one...;)

http://www.mywheels.ie/free-car-check-report/?VRN=89oy2215

So 89-OY-2215 and 89-OY-2222 were both Blue Testarossa's... And both still classified as blue by the VRO so neither resprayed as mentioned earlier.

Someone in Offaly was living it up in the 80's

Found a pic of the red one:

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#9431 01-12-2015 02:08PM

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Another Testarossa at C&C Limerick earlier this year.

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#9432 01-12-2015 02:45PM

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Those wheels look terrible on it!

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#9433 01-12-2015 02:48PM

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Alanstrainor wrote: »

Those wheels look terrible on it!

Money can't buy class.

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#9434 01-12-2015 02:59PM

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smash wrote: »

So 89-OY-2215 and 89-OY-2222 were both Blue Testarossa's... And both still classified as blue by the VRO so neither resprayed as mentioned earlier.

That's very odd..have only seen the 2222 one which is definitely red now. Hi5, have you seen the one with the 2215 reg?

There's another red Testarossa that's sat in the Mondello museum for as long as I can remember, think it's still there. Probably at least 6 or 7 in the the South and a few more up North.

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#9435 01-12-2015 05:01PM

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I'll just post this here...(it's a great channel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlPUQjmJyk

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#9436 01-12-2015 08:16PM

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PrettyBoy wrote: »

That's very odd..have only seen the 2222 one which is definitely red now. Hi5, have you seen the one with the 2215 reg?
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No I've never seen it, I suspect its the same car as 2222, which was probably a reserved number and the VRO cocked it up by issued the next number in sequence and never removed it , just guessing?

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#9437 01-12-2015 08:23PM

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hi5 wrote: »

No I've never seen it, I suspect its the same car as 2222, which was probably a reserved number and the VRO cocked it up by issued the next number in sequence and never removed it , just guessing?

That would be very odd.

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#9438 01-12-2015 09:33PM

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#9439 01-12-2015 10:32PM

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Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'll just post this here...(it's a great channel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlPUQjmJyk

Sonny Crockett eat your heart out !!

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#9440 01-12-2015 10:34PM

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NickDunne wrote: »

I really hope this is photoshopped

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#9441 01-12-2015 10:47PM

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The MX-5-A10

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#9442 01-12-2015 10:52PM

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Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I really hope this is photoshopped

Nope, I actually saw that car the other day

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#9443 01-12-2015 11:37PM

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Polo_Mint wrote: »

Nope, I actually saw that car the other day

I often see it around Carlow, it breaks the monotony:)

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#9444 02-12-2015 08:28AM

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Those are all testarosa, what my colleague claims to have seen was a testa rossa. Look it up, different car altogether and very surprised if it was a real one which is why in wondering if anyone knows anything about it?

I'll ask him about it again when I see him and tell him to get a picture

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#9445 02-12-2015 08:48AM

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jozi wrote: »

Those are all testarosa, what my colleague claims to have seen was a testa rossa. Look it up, different car altogether and very surprised if it was a real one which is why in wondering if anyone knows anything about it?

I'll ask him about it again when I see him and tell him to get a picture

88OY2222 has been exported and now red

88OY2215 never existed so as said earlier must have been a clerical error

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#9446 02-12-2015 09:12AM

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That's not the model he spotted.

Testarossa

Testa rossa

The latter above is what he claims to have seen, much more expensive and many times rarer which is why I'm doubting it's real if there's one around Dublin

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#9447 02-12-2015 09:32AM

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jozi wrote: »

The latter above is what he claims to have seen, much more expensive and many times rarer which is why I'm doubting it's real if there's one around Dublin

We know. But we're talking about Testarossa's now.

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#9448 02-12-2015 10:16AM

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smash wrote: »

We know. But we're talking about Testarossa's now.

Ah fair enough. Have a soft spot for them, was probably my first Ferrari I seen in person when I was a kid.

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#9449 02-12-2015 07:23PM

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The only one Testarossa I sawin Ireland is this one:

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#9450 02-12-2015 08:28PM

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Cunningham Autopoint Galway Facebook page has picture of recent service to 91 C Testarossa.

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#9451 02-12-2015 08:42PM

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Search function provided some results for the blue/red Testarossa. Sad to hear it's been exported but not surprising. Asking price was €54k in 2006 - a quick search on Pistonheads today show most cars asking £100k+ stg.

Ex-Nick Mason Ferrari Testarossa For Sale

I could of sworn this was blue...

Have to say I think I preferred it in blue.

Another good video on the Testarossa here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMM8i5nIQ00

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