{"id":31790,"date":"2024-10-12T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/?p=31790"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:59:13","slug":"i-usually-take-the-ferrari-testarossa-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/i-usually-take-the-ferrari-testarossa-turns-40\/","title":{"rendered":"“I usually take the Ferrari” – Testarossa Turns 40"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you grew up in the ’80s and spent your formative years as a wee cub in that most decadent of decades like this intrepid writer did, and you were into cars (as you no doubt are if you’re reading this), then we can pretty much guarantee that you had at least one (actually, probably all) of the following models proudly pinned to your bedroom wall: a Porsche 911 (most likely a 930 turbo), a Lamborghini Countach, and a Ferrari Testarossa, dreaming that one day, if you were lucky, you might just call one your own.<\/p>\n

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Well ladies and gentlemen, I too had that dream and after decades of hard work and dedication, with those automotive aspirations never far from my mind, I can finally say: “I’ll never be able to afford one”. They’re really expensive don’t you know! But, I have at least driven two out of the three (that elusive Countach remains a slippery so and so) and whomever it was that said \u201cnever meet your heroes\u201d was talking absolute gibberish. First came the 930 Turbo (which incidentally almost killed me, very much reinforcing its stereotype) and then the Testarossa; \u00a3120K worth (at the time) of 1985 Monospecchio goodness. And it was glorious.<\/p>\n