It looks like it was designed by Ian McCallum or inspired by as it closely resembles an F-Type and Aston Martin Vanquish

 

I googled it...

The Ferrari California T was designed by the Ferrari Styling Centre (Centro Stile) in collaboration with Pininfarina, under the direction of Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari's design director, with key input from Pininfarina's Fabio Filippini and Fabrizio Valentini

 

I have to laugh - I have a gazillion photos on my iPad, so I tried searching for ‘Ferrari’. Most of the pictures it identified were indeed Ferraris, including some pix I’d forgotten about.

The rest were F-types.

 

It arrived around 4:15 today.
It was freezing out and got dark fast, so only pics of it are in my garage, not a show garage, but here are a few pics...

 

Enjoy it! Christmas time is the best time to pick up a new sports car! Prices are the best they'll ever be and you start counting down for the days to get longer so the car can get more running time. I picked up my F-type on the 27th December 2023 with my young son. We booked a viewing appointment with the idea to do just that. View it. We both fell in love with the car the moment the engine was fired up and the car rolled out for the test drive. We brought it home the same day and it's given me the best driving experience I've ever had.

Wishing you many happy miles in your gorgeous Ferrari! Keep us posted.

 

Thanks!
I was born right before Christmas so it was a great B-day present. I actually made the deal and sent the deposit on my bday.
I wish it had all-season rubber, but I can deal with it until the spring. I bought my last F-Type, the one I traded for the Ferrari, in the winter, great deals in the cold weather.
I haven't driven the Ferrari yet, but it sounds pretty good at idle, maybe it will sound as good as the Jag driving, that would be a plus.

 

Already has it on a tender.....good man! Congrats!

 

Battery dies after 5 days if not driven from what I have researched, I am not taking any chances.

 

not a gun guy, but I chuckled at your license plate frame
and your garage and Porsche look pretty good
Jim

 

I am not a gun guy, but in my area it is a necessity.
At least it makes carjackers think twice and stops people from tailgating.
I really should do the garage, it would be amazing.
The Ferrari Service Driver who dropped off the car saw thre Porsche and said "that is my favorite car"

 

My garage is not as nice as yours, but at least I have a nice floor !!

 

I'm eager to hear a report on the California T. I was scheduled to test drive one as part of a dealer open house event but got rear-ended two days before and wasn't really in much shape to go. I wasn't considering one but they kept inviting me, so I agreed. Just to be polite, of course.

 

I need to do a floor, shelves, and paint. Neither of my houses have great looking garages, I'd rather spend the money on cars and guitars.

I will be posting videos on YouTube tomorrow, all I can say is, I am blown away, this car is amazing to drive.
Comfortable and the beautiful sounds the engine makes just make it so much better.
It was too cold to get on it today on the summer rubber, but it is fun and the transmission shifts faster than my Porsche PDK I think.

I will post a link to a video or two tomorrow, if you want to see and hear more, just search my channel Ferrari Playlist.

Here are some pics, definitely looks better with the top down...
THE CAR, LOL

 

Couple of videos....

It sounds different than the Jaguar, Jag sounds more muscle car, Ferrari sounds more exotic. Both sound great.
Definite honeymoon stage, but I think I might like driving this more than my Porsche.

 

It’s remarkable how clean the interior looks. My impression is that it’s like it came off the showroom floor.

Definitely sounds nice, and you were barely even coming after it.

What is the condition of the paint? Is the front PPFed? Regardless, certainly seems to pass the 5 feet away test ;-0

Congrats again.

 

Interior looks like new.
Exterior looks just as great except for a couple of minor paint chips and the front is PPF'd. Heck, the car was driven 35K miles in 8 years, the previous owner drove it as will I.
Rear wheel wells have a little Orange in them, very smooth, might be the start of surface rust, Ferrari is picking it up Wednesday, they forgot to scan it to activate the 2 year warranty.
They are going to check out the wheel wells while it is there, I am sure it is fine.
Also, one valve stem won't hold the cap, it might be stripped at the top, they are replacing that also.
It also arrived with one dead key fob, probably just needs a battery, but heck, let them replace it and make sure it works.

I wasn't driving hard, too cold for the summer rubber.

 

I’ll tell ya what you do have there: A great amount of space and awesome blank canvas to turn into a dream garage. I would kill to have that kind of width and depth.

I only have your standard 2 car garage, but it’s more than enough to house the F-type. If you ever do look to fancy up the garage I cannot recommend enough the Swisstrax flooring system. Nice clean look. Very functional. In my research I read a lot of people going to this from epoxy floors and preferring it…I can see why after having it for about 2 years now. Love it. Great product, very durable.

I did, however, add a cheaper mat in the area where I generally park. As nice as the product is, I was concerned that there could be more opportunity miss an oil, or other fluid, leak given the type of flooring it is. Maybe it would not be an issue, but I just wanted to be sure.

Here’s a picture of it installed in my garage that I happen to have on hand…I still need some cabinets out there and whatnot, but it’s a work in progress.

Cheers

 

That floor looks great.
I am sure one day I will upgrade the garage.
Just need to wait on some funds after buying the Ferrari.

 

LOL, no doubt ;-0

 

Congrats, looks and sounds great. OF note on flooring, I just did my 2 and almost a half car garage with Vevor tiles and while I only have a picture of one side, it went down very easily and with the sale and coupons the total was only like $700.