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

goochy

So is joe duffy dun laoghaire porsche only these days ?

Saw x2 irish reg. Testarossa in my time . Blue 89Rn reg one resprayed red and 91mh red one.

Mac 3

goochy wrote: »

So is joe duffy dun laoghaire porsche only these days ?

Saw x2 irish reg. Testarossa in my time . Blue 89Rn reg one resprayed red and 91mh red one.

Pic of the Blue one. Taken in 97 in the Phoenix park races.

TheBigGreen

goochy

couldn't remember if Testarossa was OY or RN REG, I thought it was a lighter blue - maybe its just the light or maybe it was repsrayed another blue and then red ! think Sport and classic and few other places had it for sale.

PrettyBoy

goochy wrote: »

couldn't remember if Testarossa was OY or RN REG, I thought it was a lighter blue - maybe its just the light or maybe it was repsrayed another blue and then red ! think Sport and classic and few other places had it for sale.

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.

smash

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.

PrettyBoy

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

smash

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.

PrettyBoy

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.

fancy pigeon

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

Tropheus

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.

hi5

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

spyderski

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

smash

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:

Mac 3

Another Testarossa at C&C Limerick earlier this year.

Alanstrainor

Those wheels look terrible on it!

Big Nasty

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Those wheels look terrible on it!

Money can't buy class.

PrettyBoy

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.

Alanstrainor

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

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

hi5

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?

smash

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.

NickDunne

Odyssey 2005

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 !!

Odyssey 2005

NickDunne wrote: »

I really hope this is photoshopped

YbFocus

The MX-5-A10

Polo_Mint

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I really hope this is photoshopped

Nope, I actually saw that car the other day

hi5

Polo_Mint wrote: »

Nope, I actually saw that car the other day

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

jozi

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

J.pilkington

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

jozi

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