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Wow! Love the two tone paint job! :D Kind of makes you wonder why they just don't cover the whole thing.

Looks cool! Never really wished i lived closer to LA before! Enjoy the new ride.

Merry Christmas!

Gee Matt that is a gorgeous machine but don't you think it would be hard to drive the 8 after getting behind the wheel of a prancing horse!

:p

I'll be glad to welcome home you're new Ferrari. The only problem is that I'm in Miami. Luckily I'm on vacation on Wed so you can fly me in to LA if you like. When I get there I can also do you the favor of driving it home for you and maybe even taking it to the closest road track for final quality assurance testing. Just please let me know by tonight so I can book a hotel unless I'll be staying with you.... Just kidding :D Enjoy the new ride and don't forget to post some pics when you get it.. The thing looks fast just sitting on the container :)

How much? Oh I wish I was rich!!

My husband says he'll either trade me, or marry you, to get to that car.....

Hmmmmm.... What to do???? Should I drive the 8 today? Or maybe the Stradale?? THAT is a problem I would kill to have:-)

Congrats from a jealous member.

Originally posted by Elara
My husband says he'll either trade me, or marry you, to get to that car.....

Elara,

Too funny. I assume the reverse offer would come from you? :D

Originally posted by matt
I got the call yesterday that my new Stradale was at LAX and I can pick it up on Wednesday from the dealer.
I hate you.......nothing personal :)

Man I wish I was rich. I had to sign my life over to the bank to buy my 8

Originally posted by WHealy
Elara,

Too funny. I assume the reverse offer would come from you? :D

well, I'm a little more in to Lamborghinis, but I might think about trading him in for a Ferrari.....

sweet ride.. .. awesome...
enjoy ...

Question: How many of us can say "Yea, my Ferrari is on it's way from Italy, by plane"?



Damn you Matt... damn you lol j/k ;) Enjoy what many have only dreamed about! I wish you, the moderators, and everyone on the forum a very Merry Christmas! I know I will, because I can say "I have an RX-8 for a christmas present"

you own a Ferrari Challenge Stradale? I...um...there are no words...i want pictures and to hear that engine (could be the best sounding on the planet)

Forza Ferrari!

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I know you can buy a crate motor, but a "CRATE CAR"???
Nice ride..

Looks sweet, congrats.

Please post more pics, wavs, and/or vids when you get a chance, so I can be even more jealous.
;)

good luck with it.

Awesome car!!! I can only dream of owning one... Congrats!!!

Originally posted by mikeb
I know you can buy a crate motor, but a "CRATE CAR"???
Nice ride..

You can buy used or even slightly damaged cars from japan, crate a few in there and ship them over ;)

I'm thinking this is a prank thread :D

I'll consider this a prank until you provide dyno's, gtech data, bill of sale, dmv registration receipts, dna tests of lapd samples taken from you, and samples from inside the car, a lie dector test, and various other tests at my beckoning from behind this keyboard

LOL, please tell me it's real ;)

If this is true, your avatar definitely fits... I'm waiting for the pics!

Originally posted by matt
It was sent by boat, a very slow boat mind you, from Italy to Miami. I had the option to have it shipped via ship from Miami to LA or fly it out for a little more cash. It would have taken 2 more weeks to finsh the trip via boat.

Most Ferrari's are trucked from the factory to Milan and then boxed up and flown to port for the boat ride. Only "ballers" get their cars flown from Milan to their home city. It's a lot of cash to fly it from Italy.

I am pleased it came by plane. FedEx actually.

You pay sipping of your car?
Sound weird to me..
Here in Italy if you buy a Ferrari the car is disponible by the dealer like any other car..
maybe you have buyed the car here in Italy directly?
A friend of mine (is an human resource specialist) who have worked inside both Maranello factory and Modena factory (maserati) said to me that currently there is an option for customers:
before the car is ready you can do a guided visit to the factory and see every sector of the production line.Obiuosly Reparto Corse is still off-limits

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Hey Matt you do know that you will have to get a Mommy-may-I slip from Elara to be able to bring that hot blooded italian red head to any RX-8 events!

:cool:

Damn that is one schweeeet looking car. And hey it even looks like it comes with racing stripes (or is that the overlaping of the protective sheeting?).

Oh and when will we see the side-by-side statistical and performance comparos??

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Just beautiful! Good luck with it.;)

I knew there was a reason I liked the black/red interior combo :)

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Originally posted by matt
I do have an issue with Ferrari however. They were quoting 425 HP but the OM says 409.......I need to find out what the deal is.

Gasp! Oh the humanity. :D

someone pleases wipe te drool from my chin !!!

Congratz matt!! and merry Xmas to all :D

That's just decadent. *drool*

:D Congrats on your Christmas present, Matt. :)

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That is amazing matt, I couldn't imagine a better Christmas present.
Someone better get a mop up all this drool before someone slips. :D
Once again, congratulations Matt.

Car and Driver recently did a Ford GT vs. 911 GT3 vs. Stradale, and their info says 3152 lbs, 425 hp @8500 rpm, 0-60 in 4 flat with a 12.4 quarter mile @114 mph.

you sir, have yourself a rocket.

Congrats man. Hopefully I'll be able to get that car in like 10 years. I might be able to see it driving around, but i doubt thats your daily driver. If you wanna give me a test drive I'll come down and look at it and tell all these people you really have it.

BTW when i saw the thread I was expecting an 8 with ferrari badges or something.

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WOW.... I am so jealous - a Ferrari for weekend car... now I have to work harder.

Too beautiful for words. Congratulations and have fun.

I'll bet you feel like this when you drive it lol:

Originally posted by matt
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I do have an issue with Ferrari however. They were quoting 425 HP but the OM says 409.......I need to find out what the deal is.




425 are CV (cavalli vapore) the data in European specification..
System to evaulate power of an engine are sligtly different from Eu to Usa..
i dont'know if is for pollution normatives..
But, yesterday at a italian specific car/motor oriented tv channel , was talking the engineer chief for the stradale project:
He was talkig about the improvement of the engine respect to the standard:
There are three areas involved:
1)ecu (wich is controlling exaust too)
2)exaust (is different and w/a by pass computer controlled)
3)intake (the box inside is completly different from standard)
he was talkig about 425 cv (against the 400 of standard model)

Originally posted by matt
It's real. I invited people to come over and see it.

I will take lots of pic's

That is so cool!!! I hope you saw the [troll] humor :D

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If you want you can verify wich is the power value in Usa of the standard model
and evaluate if data matches.
If dont'match ASK IMMEDIATLY EXPLANATIONS TO FERRARI Spa

360 modena.......just the very thought has my juices pumping. keepin pimpin' it matt.

even though real 'ballers' get it flown directly from milan to there household, ill still consider you one of them cuz of the weekend driver you now own. if i ever get a chance to see it i'd probably be drooling too much to be coherent. im not too far from la, hope to see you zipping around sometime.

Odd, in the latest C&D they list the Ferrari at 425 as well. Grats on the car Matt, it's a beauty.

sweet car, Im waiting on the Lotus Elise, may not be what you got...but again, beautiful car matt

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Matt, congrats on the Stradale!

You've posted before about your ex-308, which was your daily driver before you traded it on your current daily driver RX-8... In another thread, you mentioned owning a 512BB before the 308, and in this thread you mentioned owning a 360 Modena... just curious, would you mind listing all the cars you've owned, maybe when and how long you owned them? It sounds like you've had some real beauties, and I know we'd all like to live vicariously through you! ;)

Regards,
Gordon

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Is there room enough inside for your Cat Carrier?

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Now That's Entertainment!

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Both!

It made me all...all.....giddy inside. :p

Great choice of music for the track scene. My daughter came running from the other room when I cranked up the Dyno vid!

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holybejezzuss Batman!!

I had the surround sound cranked (as it should be) so loud the walls were vibrating! Thats why my daughter came a runnin!

It gave me goose bumps! It's almost an ethereal sound! One that has to be experienced in person.

I was lucky enought (if you want to call it that) to be right down on the fence at turn one/exit from the pits at Hochenhiemring for the 1991 German Grand Prix. Now that is a Ferrari!

V12... open exhausts. You could actually feel the concussion deep inside you!

Matt: Out of curiosity, what in IT do you do exactly?

EDIT: haha I just realized that isn't clear and sounds really funny. By IT I mean Information Technology, since it says in your profile your occupation is IT. I'm not asking what exactly you do in your ferrari:D

Honestly man.. what do you do to be able to afford a 212K dollar vehicle?!?

Yes, I'm jealous as all hell.. but a bit curious.

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Matt, if you ever need a personal assistant.. someone to wash your car. I live in GA but I'm willing to move. I'm a hard worker with passable intelligence :)

Originally posted by aussie77
Matt, if you ever need a personal assistant.. someone to wash your car. I live in GA but I'm willing to move. I'm a hard worker with passable intelligence :)

LOL "passable" intelligence.

Well, I have a bachelor's degree in physics, and Masters degree in Engineering from Georgia Tech. I figured I should be smart enough to act as personal assistant to someone rich enough to buy a freaking ferrari :)

Originally posted by aussie77
Well, I have a bachelor's degree in physics, and Masters degree in Engineering from Georgia Tech. I figured I should be smart enough to act as personal assistant to someone rich enough to buy a freaking ferrari :)

with all that "edumucation: you should be able to own one too. :)

Hehe. Maybe if it weren't for Bush and this freaking economy. Not to mention the Homeland security crapola which is making it so freaking hard to get paperwork to be able to change jobs :P I've been married almost a year now, stuck in this country thanks to my wife's job contract, and to top it all off they've restricted my ability to work. Yippee.

Honestly man.. IT consultant and real estate.. wow. I must ask, how'd you pay? Financed or straight up cash?

What kind of consulting do you do.. must be biiiig bucks.. I'm in IT too, but make nowhere near the money I'd need to get a Stradale. What's the secret!!!

Sorry, I cant take it.. I'm jealous.. you just got an RX-8 too didnt ya? Aiyaaah.

Anyhoo.. congratu-freeekin-lations you lucky bugger.. It's definitely a MERRY christmas heehee :)

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Originally posted by matt
it was 212K
Oh man! For only another 20k, you could have gotten an Aston Martin Vanquish! :D

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so who are u getting married to? Leo or Justin?

Originally posted by matt
I would need to get to of them....

one for the garage to fix and another for the other garage to fix :)

I gotta believe any Aston designed under Ford's wing is miles ahead of Ferrari's reliability. If you doubt it I guess you will be surprised when you fork over $7,000 to replace the timing chain every 15k miles or those nice $12k clutch jobs. I wonder how I know about these? Wishing you the best of luck.

Originally posted by mental pimp
so who are u getting married to? Leo or Justin?

What??

Are you one of the guys that did the Inside Windows 2000 and advanced win2k books & dvd's?

Originally posted by babylou
I gotta believe any Aston designed under Ford's wing is miles ahead of Ferrari's reliability. If you doubt it I guess you will be surprised when you fork over $7,000 to replace the timing chain every 15k miles or those nice $12k clutch jobs. I wonder how I know about these? Wishing you the best of luck.

he's billing $500 an hour thats pocket change for him. :)

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Originally posted by babylou
I gotta believe any Aston designed under Ford's wing is miles ahead of Ferrari's reliability. If you doubt it I guess you will be surprised when you fork over $7,000 to replace the timing chain every 15k miles or those nice $12k clutch jobs. I wonder how I know about these? Wishing you the best of luck.

Like jaguar in F1 racing?
Is also under Ford wing.......

Cost of mainteniace of a 212k supercar....pleeease...

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you right. the father of my wife hava a dino 206 gt for a revision of the entire engine he had spend the equivalent of 10K (but the engine was not cracked up just stopped for 6-8 years)

Originally posted by sup3rbad
What??

huh?

Originally posted by matt
I know all about the belts and clutches. I do the clutches myself. It takes about 4 hours and I never have to leave the car. Belts are not as bad as the older cars. The 360's have an interior panel that opens into the engine bay. Now the only time the motor comes out is at the 30k service.

Yup, you are right it is a timing belt, not a chain. I always get that one wrong.

Please explain how you can do the clutch without ever leaving the car? I'm cornfused.

Matt,
Congrats, a little envious to say the least.
Did you have to wait long for the car? I have heard some of the waiting lists for Ferraris to be a couple of years.

Originally posted by Matteo
Cost of mainteniace of a 212k supercar....pleeease...

About 70% of Ferrari's sold in the USA are either leased or financed. It seems that many of these people have high incomes but they are also spending all of their money. For these people maintenance cost is a factor. Many of these people are first time exotic car buyers. I have brokered some expensive cars and have seen this scenario first hand.

Now if you know going in what the costs are and you still deem it a worthy expenditure then more power to you.

Originally posted by babylou

Now if you know going in what the costs are and you still deem it a worthy expenditure then more power to you. [/B]

Man, if you are considering a purchase of a supercar (porsche turbo, ferrari, aston martin or else) and you consider the costs of ownership, you'll never buy.
passion of driving (and a lot of money disponible) are the springs to the purchase (at least in Europe), looking at the mainteniace cost have no sense.
An unlucky day at the track will cost to you more than two years of manteniance/gasoline/tires costs.
Insurance costs (especially for thieft) are out of any logical sense (at least here in Italy).
About the lease or financed purchase, here are done only for fiscal reasons.

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Matt, you have buyed one of the most near race-replica car available, similar to that one is the carrera gt3 i suppose...
race car are LOUD. Imagine you in that video (cool) at Glen.........you're a lucky man

Well thanks for making my RX 8 look like a poor man's sports car...wait I am in the Air Force I am poor...OK at least I know my role in this life of Civil Service. Enjoy what most of us only dream of attaining!! For most of us it will remain only a dream...

Beauuuuutiful car!

As much as I love the Ferrari.... I think I'd have taken the Ford GT... :)

But kudos, and great car! I'm jealous either way!

Originally posted by matt
WOW!!!

After driving the car for the past couple of days, I can say it is a huge improvement over the 360 modena. The 0-60 seems the same though. The F-1 tranny shifts so much faster and it does it with a denifinitive action.
WOW!

Are you saying the F1 tranny shifts faster in the Stradale than the F1 tranny in the Modena or are you comparing the F1 tranny to a full manual tranny?

egats...if that was your car I would imagine what your house would look like. What area code do u live in?

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Hey matt,

Really impressive race video. Would you be able to tell me what other cars were on that track with you? near the end, what was the car that wizzed by you and the lead car? Was it the same one that you both passed earlier quite quickly?

Also... the music choice was stellar for background! I'll be checking out Filter.

Thanks for posting.

matt please adopt me :(

Just a heads up to all you fine RX8ers, Matt (Lemus) is a total liar, fraud and has never seen a 360 CS (Challange Stradale) much yet has"picked one up at LAX". The original pictures were of a car actually delivered to Miami. Yes, Lemus has owned a Ferrari in the past. A 308. The "other" 360 Modena was for sale by a friend, but Matt couldn't pucker up at the last moment and lost the car.

You most likely are not aware of the two other Ferraris (250, 512bb) that Matt has blately lied about ownership over the internet (and lost PLENTLY of respect and close friends in the process over at the Ferrari shine).

truth_hurts

don't it Lemus.

See this thread too
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?threadid=17580&highlight=matt

Notice too how Matt has deleted most of his posts about his fake Ferrari - especially in this thread.

Matt - you are owned dude. Find another hobby.

*shakes head* And to think I PMed Matt asking how he became so successful in IT ($500 an hour...I knew better). You made me feel like an ass, Matt. But in the end, you appear to be the bigger ass. All bitterness aside, you need to seek help.

Where'd the Ferrari go :(

Ferrari go bye bye :p