MM3.9GT3

I guess he changed his mind...

http://jalopnik.com/5760248/how-ferrari-spins

None of this will make any difference to Ferrari. I'm just an irrelevant Limey who doesn't really matter. But I've had enough of concealing what goes on, to the point that I no longer want to be a Ferrari owner, a de-facto member of its bull****-control-edifice. I sold my 575 before Christmas. As pathetic protests go, you have to agree it's high quality.

pissedpuppy

well, ya know he's living check to check...

carcommander

It not a track car, but it's not boring just different. I own one. It IMHO is more fun on the street than a GT3RS which I have also owned and sold.

I am a fiat and beetle guy just so you know.

wanna911

Chris spends a lot of his time ringing out other people's cars including factory ones. Did he really need one of his own? I doubt it. Probably hardly really gets to enjoy it to the fullest.

Yoops Racing

Tough life....he can flip cars quickly....I would have bought another FCar not that one

Serge944

When it's your job driving supercars at someone elses expense, it makes owning one kind of a moot point!

Carrera GT

I haven't seen this video posted here, so I regret being the bearer of, well, not bad news, just perplexing news.

I'll let Chris Harris break it to you gently.

CRex

Good news for you: it's been posted b4, and the grief has been aired.

Why CH did this puzzles me. This is the stuff of infidels and child rapists, for which a fate of stoning and public hanging would ensue for journalists of lesser stature...

The 599 is a great transporter, but it simply doesn't turn. Doesn't, can't, won't.

Carrera GT

Well, in the hands of the monkey, it certainly looks like the 599 turns pretty well.

The GTO is certainly on my short-list of keepers, but I don't expect them to suffer the front-engine V12 Ferrari depreciation curve as precipitously as the "normal" 599.

I'm not so enamored with the 612, but I need the rear-seat passenger space of the 991, so the 599 would be (yet another) motorcycle for my purposes.

ps. I did search for harris and the video id, but found nothing in this forum.

911SLOW

You obviously failed to insert the appropriate key words in your search.
I used monkey, mistake, traitor, LSD (the Albert Hofmann's version ) and found it. : )

Larry Cable

he flipped it? ... h'mmm ... I hate it when my hero turns out to be a total tosser...

Carrera GT

Hold on, brother. Steady with the flaming torches. No need for "rope and tallest tree" just yet. There's a world of difference between buying a car with the intent to drive it and then selling it for a profit versus buying a car with the intent to sell it for profit. No doubt he got a sweet price from Porsche. But when he took the 4.0, at least in my expectations, it could just as easily have lost $50K as gained, especially if the car is driven. If his "celebrity" status added a little value, that's all part of the deal. After all, while we all envy him his job and his lifestyle some of the time, I am sure there are many of us here who wouldn't take his job because we wouldn't take the pay cut.

Anyway, I like the 599, it's just a gorgeous Ferrari. I only wish he'd broken the piggy bank and gone for the GTO. I think we can safely assume he's making way for the next real car. Perhaps he got an early whisper than the 991 GT3 or perhaps the RS is coming sooner than expected and will be worth having, so the "embarrassment" of selling the 4.0 to be replaced by a 991 is sidestepped and the event of selling a Ferrari to be replaced by a Porsche will "play" well with his audience.

MM3.9GT3

So he is back to being a de-facto member of Ferrari's bull****-control-edifice?

LastMezger

Nope. I've owned several Porsches and as owner of a magazine and former car reviewer have access to whatever I like. Real car guys NEED to own their cars. I don't know why but that's just the way it is...

CamsPorsche

Bingo!

Plus he probably ruffled a few feathers at Ferrari and this is like sucking up to some extent.

I love that he had the ***** to sell the 4.0 and go to something else. Its what life and car enjoyment is about...

How lame would it be if we all drove Porsche's!