Hit a milestone that I wanted to get to before my 35th bday... just about a year early.
Felt great to bring this home, show my parents and hug them for all the sacrifices they made over the years.
Okay so here are some details. This is a 2001 Ferrari 360 Modena that I happened to find EXTREMELY under market. It's well priced, and also one of probably ~25 cars made with a factory removable sunroof. Very rare option. It has a Bordeaux (dark red) interior, and about 29,000 miles. It's an original Ferrari of Ontario car and has only had one owner prior to me finding it. I didn't want a red or yellow car - those were deal breakers. Ideally I'd have had the darker silver (Grigio Silverstone), but the lighter colour (Argento Nurburgring) is growing on me - especially with the unique interior and sunroof! It also has a TUBI exhaust and Fabspeed headers.
It needs a couple things, namely a major belt service, which thankfully on a 360 is NOT engine out, not that that would have deterred me. I have a tech at the shop that's well-versed in Ferrari and we have all the diagnostics/tooling to work on it, so we're good. I already took care of the common "sticky buttons" this week, and it's getting new tires (hoping to get PS4S but that's looking like an impossibility). Also got a Challenge rear grille (mesh) which is not only a cosmetic improvement, helps let the heat out so it doesn't melt the taillights.
BUT BEST OF ALL - it's an F1 car (horrifyingly bad single-clutch automated manual). I actually have acquired all of the necessary bits to convert it to a gated six-speed manual. More to come on this, but the car is mostly already in pieces and we have a tentative goal of July 10th to make its debut as a converted manual. Far as I know, we'll be the first and only facility in Canada to have done this, and will be offering it as a service to our other Ferrari clients.
