Sonny Crocket's Testarossa About To Cross The Block In KKiissiimmiiee [Archive]

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 5:17pm

Actual Miami Vice "hero" Testarossa... bit of television history...

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0116-229991/0/1986-Ferrari-Testarossa/5-Speed/

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 5:22pm

It's an $100K car without the Miami Vice connection...

Bid goes immediately to $350K...

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 5:23pm

Bid is $475K... and No Sale... auctioneer says "We're a looong way from home"....

Fasglas

01-23-2016, 5:33pm

:spdchk::spdchk::spdchk:

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 5:36pm

:spdchk::spdchk::spdchk:

Indeed.

Can't stand those pieces of shit. Iconic my ass, junk is more accurate.

Jeff '79

01-23-2016, 5:37pm

It's not red.

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/Lambo673_zpsc78f86c5.jpg

Datawiz

01-23-2016, 5:40pm

It's not red.

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/Lambo673_zpsc78f86c5.jpg

There's that 4'2" picture of you again. :lol:

Jeff '79

01-23-2016, 5:41pm

There's that 4'2" picture of you again. :lol:

Everything looks small to us... To the ladies on the other hand? :lol:

Datawiz

01-23-2016, 5:47pm

Everything looks small to us... To the ladies on the other hand? :lol:

Unfortunately, in this picture, the CAR makes YOU look extremely small. :rofl:

Bad photoshop is bad. If I were home, I'd dig up the picture of me sitting in a red Diablo coupe. I'm bent at a 45 degree angle in the front seat. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 5:59pm

Unfortunately, in this picture, the CAR makes YOU look extremely small. :rofl:

Bad photoshop is bad. If I were home, I'd dig up the picture of me sitting in a red Diablo coupe. I'm bent at a 45 degree angle in the front seat. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

What does it say when the car that makes you look small is tiny itself?

Burro (He/Haw)

01-23-2016, 6:09pm

Indeed.

Can't stand those pieces of shit. Iconic my ass, junk is more accurate.

Not really, no.

Jeff '79

01-23-2016, 6:18pm

Unfortunately, in this picture, the CAR makes YOU look extremely small. :rofl:

Bad photoshop is bad. If I were home, I'd dig up the picture of me sitting in a red Diablo coupe. I'm bent at a 45 degree angle in the front seat. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

It's not photshopped. :toetap:

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/Lambo672_zps22e42e59.jpg

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 6:25pm

Not really, no.

There's a reason 308's are asking more money than Testarossas.. and it ain't because Magnum P.I. was a better show...

Burro (He/Haw)

01-23-2016, 6:43pm

There's a reason 308's are asking more money than Testarossas.. and it ain't because Magnum P.I. was a better show...

Well, you're on F-Chat as am I. Both of those cars have their issues. Condition and provenance are more indicative of specific value than anything.

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 7:06pm

Well, you're on F-Chat as am I. Both of those cars have their issues. Condition and provenance are more indicative of specific value than anything.

Since when do facts have anything to do with an opinion? :D

I overlook a myriad of problems with the Countach because I love it, and I damn the Testarossa as junk because it has a few problems with reasonable solutions, simply because I dislike them, intensely...

Datawiz

01-23-2016, 7:08pm

What does it say when the car that makes you look small is tiny itself?

Exactly, and Jeff is a monster...same height as me. :yesnod:

Datawiz

01-23-2016, 7:10pm

It's not photshopped. :toetap:

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/Lambo672_zps22e42e59.jpg

This one looks normal. The other one is freakishly weird, cuz it's a tiny car.

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 7:13pm

Were the photos taken by a child, or perhaps a woman of diminutive stature? My bet is the photographer was a shorty...

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 7:28pm

Here comes the Mustang that launched a million copies... a real Eleanor from the Gone In 60 Seconds remake..

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0116-239000/0/1967-Ford-Mustang-Eleanor-Hero-Car/4-Speed/

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 8:05pm

How about a one-off amphibious Corvair pickup? Meet The Corphibian...

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0116-230150/0/1961-Chevrolet-Corphibian/Automatic/

marrepka

01-23-2016, 8:37pm

Money for some of these is nutz... I get it, but then again I don't. My wifes like, "how much? for a car?"

Loco Vette

01-23-2016, 8:43pm

So how much did the 'Rossa go for?

ApexOversteer

01-23-2016, 9:10pm

So how much did the 'Rossa go for?

No sale @ $475K

Apparently not even close to the reserve...

Loco Vette

01-23-2016, 9:21pm

No sale @ $475K

Apparently not even close to the reserve...

Methinks someone was too proud of it.

Millenium Vette

01-23-2016, 9:38pm

Millenium Vette

01-23-2016, 9:45pm

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/Lambo672_zps22e42e59.jpg

Did you ever drive that thing? They drive like shit and you can only see directly in front of you. Couple that with a clutch that feels like it is going to go at anytime and a steering wheel dripping with sweat because you are driving a f***ing Countach and you hop out of that thing ready for a drink.

:lol:

JRD77VET

01-23-2016, 9:51pm

Methinks someone was too proud of it.

Or they had no intention of selling it at the auction. I find it hard to believe that a knowledgeable car collector would bid over four times what a car is worth just because it was in a TV show 30 years ago. And inexperienced collectors typically aren't qualified to bid that kind of money on a car at auction.

Maybe trying to build an artificial value by offering it "X" amount of times at auction with a high price? :dunno:

All they need is one buyer :slap:

MrPeabody

01-23-2016, 9:52pm

Maybe trying to build an artificial value by offering it "X" amount of times at auction with a high price? :dunno:

All they need is one buyer :slap:

Yep. Nothing wrong with fishing for a rich and drunk idiot.

Millenium Vette

01-23-2016, 9:57pm

Maybe trying to build an artificial value by offering it "X" amount of times at auction with a high price? :dunno:

All they need is one buyer :slap:

Most likely this is the explanation. I think I know where this car has been and it would not surprise me if the bidding wasn't 100% legitimate.

Burro (He/Haw)

01-23-2016, 10:43pm

I overlook a myriad of problems with the Countach because I love it, and I damn the Testarossa
I'm the polar opposite. I was never a fan of the Countach.

For my eye anyway the 365 GTB/4 Daytona would be the car I'd own if money were no object. And NOT the Spyder. Sonny Crocket be damned.