1990 Ferrari F40 review from North America

I have been following the advice of other owners and have replaced items or adjusted settings prior to breakage.

As is evident by the mileage, I'm driving it about once per month. In doing so, I manage to break down the battery quickly, resulting in a bi-annual replacement.

The P Zero Pirelli tires look great, work well, and wear about like you would expect. And don't even think about a tire store for replacements.

In fact, any preconceived notions about anything being "normal" about ownership or maintenance on this car or its newer brother should be discounted with haste. There is never an easy or cheap answer to my questions.

Lust. Pure lust.

I had a test drive in Florida in 1995 and thought about nothing else until I purchased the very car, still new, one year later. I have been living a different life ever since. My mind thinks of nothing but reasons to open the engine hatch or just sit in the driver's seat, hand on the shifter, in silence.

A clattery, vibratory experience is her idle, but her whistle on boost and the feel of the 2-3 upshift is incomparable. Simply, she is the mecca of autosport from her day, and the last child of Enzo.

I practically had to sell my soul to obtain the car and I would do it again. And again.