I can feel exactly how he feels, I feel exactly the same towards my priced car, but of course my one is only a Lancer Evo. Not on par with F40, F40 is simply THE Legend
An Italian v8 and a Japanese 4 or 6 cylinder sound completely different for reasons going way beyond a turbo. The main thing is the size of the cylinders and the angle of the V (if applicable)
among all F40´s Videos this one has the Best Sound and Audio Ever!!! @ 1:00 to 1:08, 3:45 to 3:53 and 4:05 to 4:10! How many here got the chills and watched it again and again and ... again??? I had the priviledge a few times to be at the passenger side in a yellow one in Friuli Region, Northern Italy. I have clicked the Like Nr. 3000 of your video ;)!!!
What a beast! There are very few cars as legendary as an F40, end of the analog era. I can fully relate to the fear/respect aspect of driving one. Those endless flames at about 10:40! Epic!
Thats the one car that every time the garage door opens it takes your breath away! The design and look will never get old! Plus price for these will only go up!
I live locally to where that car is based so have been lucky enough to see it a few times on the road. Alway gives me goosebumps when it drives past, dream car right there 🤙
Great film, well made and authentic - I had a 360 CS, which was very special and got offered an F40 for 150k GBP. When I heard it needed a 30k GBP service I didn't have your balls to take it on. Massive regret, it was my dream car and still is...
This is easily my favourite car in the world. When I was a small child I had several Hot Wheels F40s. As an adult who has since donated all such toys to secondhand stores, I wish I kept those Hot Wheels F40s, they would’ve looked great on my desk!
The Ferrari techs must nearly cry when they get a look at the ECU's in these things at service time and see that what most of them have done is just idle their way to car shows. Thank god the thing gets driven by an enthusiast who appreciates what he's got underneath him. Good to see. I was just a kid at the Sydney motor show when these came out. My uncle who took us bought us a scale model each. He also took us to watch qualifying at Bathurst when the Sierras were tearing it up. And so began my turbo problem...
The F40 doesn't have an OBD port, so no looking at the ECU, other than that, what you are saying is true with a few exceptions. We had a customer who had us build a race engine for his F40, he raced it in a Nevada event on Highway 95. He won the 1 mile sprint race against stiff competition, a Lola race car was second. I'll never forget test driving that car !
This remains one of my all time favorite F40 videos ever produced. He gives an arid description of the driving and more importantly ownership experience. Relating it to a bike we can all relate too I believe that feeling of relief once it's gone well. What a legend he is for using his F40. Glorious!
This is one of the best car videos I’ve seen on UA-cam since... well since UA-cam began. What a great guy and an absolute dream car. Best sounding one I’ve heard and there is just nothing that looks as good in the flesh. This and an orange McLaren F1 LM would be my dream garage.
I first saw the F40 in 1987 when I was 7 years old and was blown away by it. I'm now 41 and I'm still blown away by it. The only Ferrari I would buy (if I had the money).
I love seeing people who actually drive these cars rather than lock them away for investment. There is one local to me and seeing it out driving just fills me with joy. I remember it launching in 1987 and at 9 years old nagging both my parents to take me to the Motor Show at Earls Court just to see it in person. I was not disappointed. Will always be the top of my lottery win garage list.
Best film on the F40 I've ever seen. 10/10. I will own one at some point. I was on the correct trajectory about 20 years ago but I hit a stumbling block in the shape of a 924 Carrera GTS. Lost a load of cash and then the business went under. Still got a nice collection, but it adds up to 50k!
So amazing that he's not afraid to drive it! He's more concerned with enjoying it vs keeping the miles down for resale, even though this gains in value 100000x more than the miles he's acquired
Well done John! At least you take yours out and let people see it and appreciate ! What a great move to just land home with it - Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission ! You show the difference between an investor and a true enthusiast!!
This is a story that doesn't get much better for a car guy. He probably paid half a mil for the car when he bought it 10 years ago, now it's worth 3 mil and he drives it! What a story, what a relationship with man and his machine......... "Honey I remortgaged the house but I think I made the right decision"😆
This guy is just oozing passion, amazing interview. I know the F1 was a greater engineering achievement. But the F40 is the purest expression of 'Supercar' ever made. If aliens asked us to send them a supercar example, it would be an F40.
Great, informative video. Lovely to see how much John appreciates and respects his F40. Definitely a wrench when the time comes sell it. Too much love gone into it. 😊
Wow let me just thank you for sharing your experiences with this super legendary F40 car here wow. I so remember this car when it came on da seen in my younger days . Money car garage did a rebuild on one of these cars . This one here is amazing n ya story is priceless so thanks again
Love the way you so accurately describe driving the car as "point and shoot" so true, lots of throttle control required when driving twisty roads. Was wondering what, if any, problems you've had with your F40 ? Some bell housings like to start gassing and results in clutch hydraulic failure, also the Weber fuel regulators fail over time and now are impossible to find. We have also had fuel tanks filled with debris from the materials that hold the fuel pumps disintegrating. Great video that brings back happy memories...
She's been pretty good to me. Fuel pumps failed and I had an electrical problem but that aside all good. I service it myself so every winter we stip the car and go over everything. I look after it as best I can, its all part of the journey for me. Best of luck to you.
When I moved to NW London 10 years ago, I saw an F40 driven by a Sikh guy and 10years on in 2020, I saw the same guy using his F40 in chiswick last week with a big cardboard box in the passenger seat? And between 2010 & 2020, I've seen him a couple of times on the Great west rd and in Norwood green garage, southall. Still looks Awesome, sounds good too.
Good man! Still love my 355 though, plus it still sounds pretty awesome when you give it around about 8500 revs! Keep it real, I am very jealous! Cheers from Neil in sunny Sevenoaks.
Amazing John, would love to own an F40 one day but unfortunately I will never earn that kind of money. I'm glad that people like you actually make the most of it though which is fantastic. Keep on enjoying!
I remember reading about these in the Sun Newspaper at work when they came it was all "you have a piece of string to close the door and you can see the weave under the paint etc etc". I'm not into cars really I much prefer motorbikes but if my numbers come up this is the car I'd have, no question, no doubt. I'd love to just sit there and look at it, clean it and of course drive it, funny thing is I've never seen one in the flesh but man I want one so bad it makes me feel all funny. Oh well, maybe one day. Fantastic car.
I'm so proud of this car, of this masterpiece built by an engineer (Nicola Materazzi) from my city and my friend. Greetings from Italy !
Greetings! Thanks for watching
Nicola Materazzi, a genius, my hero! Say "Hello" for me please.
"If I sell it, what am I gonna buy then? "
This bloke bloody deserves this thing.
Thanks mate, all the best.
He’s bang on! Seriously what could replace a 40???
F40 LM GTE
I don't actually think there is anything to replace an F40 with is there? I mean there just isn't.
I can feel exactly how he feels, I feel exactly the same towards my priced car, but of course my one is only a Lancer Evo. Not on par with F40, F40 is simply THE Legend
Thank you for actually driving it and letting us into the world of ownership
Ferrari nailed it with this car it’s an icon .
It sure is!
Not Ferrari, just Ing. Materazzi.
How does this channel only have 170k subs, it deserves millions!!
This was awesome, such a down to earth bloke. What a machine, one of the best sounding F40's I've heard
Glad you liked it.
that one dislike is from this guys wife
😂😂😂
Haider Ishtiaq 😆
The five others dislike are from Venturi GT400 fans
Nah, she loves the car!
@@professeurslow6471
No, they're all hers. She just has 5 other UA-cam accounts.
That’s the car. The ultimate for me.
Literally this thing comes to mind when people use the term „car“. I saw one in person a few months ago and i was in total awe
Same.
“Gone and remortgaged the house” bloody brave doing that and having to tell your wife 😂
She's a very understanding lady ;-)
A bit of man maths and bingo 😂😂👏
@@McGurkCars bit like a client of mine in Australia whose wife turned up one day to find a full sized snooker table in their (former) living room!
it will probably appreciate better than the house ;) wifes a keeper
@@wrxzboost Yes she is
If anyone deserves an F40 it’s this guy 👍🏻
Thanks Leo!
Shout out to this guy. No matter how expensive your car is, the road is always the place your car should be
Thank you! Totally agree.
You know it ✌️
Who says turbo cars can’t sound good, this thing sounds amazing
Only modern turbo cars have zero personality or drama it seems
@@supercar.driver yeah not sure what there doing koenigsegg sounds good though
You just gotta take them cats out. Modern fuel economy standards are the issue.
Who said they didn’t
Turbo drama is life for me
An Italian v8 and a Japanese 4 or 6 cylinder sound completely different for reasons going way beyond a turbo. The main thing is the size of the cylinders and the angle of the V (if applicable)
Drove one in Kuwait after the Gulf War, brilliant and privileged to have done so. Marvellous vehicle......
among all F40´s Videos this one has the Best Sound and Audio Ever!!! @ 1:00 to 1:08, 3:45 to 3:53 and 4:05 to 4:10! How many here got the chills and watched it again and again and ... again??? I had the priviledge a few times to be at the passenger side in a yellow one in Friuli Region, Northern Italy. I have clicked the Like Nr. 3000 of your video ;)!!!
What an amazing car! I wish i could afford it! Definitely on my bucket list to drive one
What a beast! There are very few cars as legendary as an F40, end of the analog era. I can fully relate to the fear/respect aspect of driving one. Those endless flames at about 10:40! Epic!
F50 was also analog. CGT in the mid-2000s were all analog too... which was the last true end of the era.
@@DMBVR4 F50 has adaptive dampers so doesn't count in my book. Great car though.
Thats the one car that every time the garage door opens it takes your breath away! The design and look will never get old!
Plus price for these will only go up!
Very true David! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you John, for not making this a sitting garage queen for all those 10years! :)
Life's too short and I'm too lucky! Thanks Kiran.
I live locally to where that car is based so have been lucky enough to see it a few times on the road. Alway gives me goosebumps when it drives past, dream car right there 🤙
Ah awesome! Would love to have a local F40! Now you know it’s at the best possible home 🙏
Make sure you wave and say Hi!
You passed me the other day going towards Wellesbourne sounded awesome, a lot better than my 50cc Lambretta that was struggling to get up the hill.
Ian Honeyfield oh awesome, cheers mate. Res delete has transformed the sound of the car 😏
McGurk Performance Cars will do for sure 🤙
Great film, well made and authentic - I had a 360 CS, which was very special and got offered an F40 for 150k GBP. When I heard it needed a 30k GBP service I didn't have your balls to take it on. Massive regret, it was my dream car and still is...
This is easily my favourite car in the world. When I was a small child I had several Hot Wheels F40s. As an adult who has since donated all such toys to secondhand stores, I wish I kept those Hot Wheels F40s, they would’ve looked great on my desk!
The Ferrari techs must nearly cry when they get a look at the ECU's in these things at service time and see that what most of them have done is just idle their way to car shows. Thank god the thing gets driven by an enthusiast who appreciates what he's got underneath him. Good to see. I was just a kid at the Sydney motor show when these came out. My uncle who took us bought us a scale model each. He also took us to watch qualifying at Bathurst when the Sierras were tearing it up. And so began my turbo problem...
So true! Sad fact is most wont have been driven and certainly not be in such enthusiastic ownership. Thanks for watching and sharing your story
The F40 doesn't have an OBD port, so no looking at the ECU, other than that, what you are saying is true with a few exceptions. We had a customer who had us build a race engine for his F40, he raced it in a Nevada event on Highway 95. He won the 1 mile sprint race against stiff competition, a Lola race car was second. I'll never forget test driving that car !
This remains one of my all time favorite F40 videos ever produced. He gives an arid description of the driving and more importantly ownership experience. Relating it to a bike we can all relate too I believe that feeling of relief once it's gone well. What a legend he is for using his F40. Glorious!
This is one of the best car videos I’ve seen on UA-cam since... well since UA-cam began. What a great guy and an absolute dream car. Best sounding one I’ve heard and there is just nothing that looks as good in the flesh. This and an orange McLaren F1 LM would be my dream garage.
Thanks for your comments, really appreciate it.
High praise indeed! Thank you buddy
Another outstanding production & driver/car showcase!
Kind of you to say so. Thanks for watching
Some of the best content with an f40! And I’ve seen pretty much everything UA-cam has to offer.
Kind of you to say so! We love a 40
If you liked this one, I'd also recommend checking out the one Cars.co.za did a while back:
ua-cam.com/video/YkKXj85PYWU/v-deo.html
6 years ago Chris harris tracked an F50 & an F40 having a little chat with Mark Hales. IMO it's one of the best content about an F40.
I first saw the F40 in 1987 when I was 7 years old and was blown away by it. I'm now 41 and I'm still blown away by it. The only Ferrari I would buy (if I had the money).
My favourite car of all time. Really great video too. I've never seen one in real life but hopefully I do one day.
The most spectacular car ever made!
I love seeing people who actually drive these cars rather than lock them away for investment. There is one local to me and seeing it out driving just fills me with joy.
I remember it launching in 1987 and at 9 years old nagging both my parents to take me to the Motor Show at Earls Court just to see it in person. I was not disappointed.
Will always be the top of my lottery win garage list.
Best film on the F40 I've ever seen. 10/10. I will own one at some point. I was on the correct trajectory about 20 years ago but I hit a stumbling block in the shape of a 924 Carrera GTS. Lost a load of cash and then the business went under. Still got a nice collection, but it adds up to 50k!
Why thank you! High praise. Keep enjoying your cars 🙌
Best supercar in the world! It is and will always be!
I think you’re right!
McLaren F1 wins it for me...... just
The best car ever made!!
So amazing that he's not afraid to drive it! He's more concerned with enjoying it vs keeping the miles down for resale, even though this gains in value 100000x more than the miles he's acquired
Agreed! It’s better off for being driven 👏👏
The production quality of this whole channel is amazing! 100x better than anyone else for raw engagement, and putting you behind the wheel!
There’s a blast from the past Graypaul’s in Loughborough. Love the F40 an engineering masterpiece of its time. Great video.
This guy is good. Just saw his XJ220 video and now this. Thanks for the videos
Definitely one of the best F40 videos I've seen. Nicely done ✌️
Why thank you buddy 🙌
What a car and what an owner
That exhaust is amazing 👏 👏 👏
It’s a beauty isn’t it!
Fantastic video Adam... very good production values and John is a great subject and orator.
Thanks Nic 🙏
Thanks for making this video 👏🏻 What a stunning car
It’s our pleasure but glad you enjoyed it 🙏🙏
Absolutely love how he described driving it like riding his motorbike and the feeling like he “got away with that” at the end of the drive.
Thank you John you are a true legend!
He truly is! Watching his passion in the interview was really quite moving!
Well done John! At least you take yours out and let people see it and appreciate ! What a great move to just land home with it - Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission ! You show the difference between an investor and a true enthusiast!!
Omg that vhs effect was giving me a headache lol. Great video and beautiful car. F40 is a work of art
Being old enough to remember VHS is what gives me headaches!😁
@@5thgearouttahere omg so true 🤣
5thgearouttahere haha
Just going for the retro feel 😉
This is a story that doesn't get much better for a car guy. He probably paid half a mil for the car when he bought it 10 years ago, now it's worth 3 mil and he drives it! What a story, what a relationship with man and his machine......... "Honey I remortgaged the house but I think I made the right decision"😆
Well summarised! So very true. It’s a feel good film this one right ✌️
Great vid, thanks to all involved.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
How can anyone not "like" this video. It's great! 😃
Love it, there’s one locally just outside Belfast but it’s a rare sight on the roads. Great video and great owner!
This guy is just oozing passion, amazing interview. I know the F1 was a greater engineering achievement. But the F40 is the purest expression of 'Supercar' ever made. If aliens asked us to send them a supercar example, it would be an F40.
Thanks for watching buddy 🏁
My all time fave supercar, nothing will ever match that.
Great video. Still an amazing car. Having driven one everything you have said is so true. Cheers
Lovely car my fav Ferrari of all time .
Ours too!
Another top vid guys 👍
Proper supercar, properly driven 🏁🏁
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching
2000 miles per year? not really.
Great, informative video. Lovely to see how much John appreciates and respects his F40. Definitely a wrench when the time comes sell it. Too much love gone into it. 😊
You know it Sue. Truly passionate and so genuine. Still gets the buzz even after 10 years with it.
Thanks Sue.
You're a VERY LUCKY BOY......I remember driving Alain Prosts F40 when I was at Stratstone Ferrari and was ABSOLUTLEY blown away......ENJOY MY FRIEND😎
Awesome! Cool story. He is but the best bit is he knows he is and is so grateful to own it!
Hope you're well mate!
Beautiful car and work done here !
Its slides that much because of old tires... They were made in week 14 - 2012 :)
😅😅
This video was incredibly entertaining, well shot and John seems like a really cool petrol head
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.
Awesome video, nice to see a great machine being used as it was intended. Thanks!
Thanks for watching 🙌
hole beauty of this car is how raw and brutal nature it has, it is the best car ever made for fun of driving
Absolutely love that intro with the filter, looks so good 👏👏👏
Thanks mate! Retro goodness 🙌
Brilliant vid.....loved it.
Thanks for tuning in ✌️
Just love the honesty about your amazing car, happy driving
It’s the best isn’t it? 🙏
Before the McLaren F1, there was the F40. It didn't do close to the F1s top speed, but it didn't have to. This will always be my dream Ferrari ❤ 😍
It’s the one !!!
Thanks for sharing your car with us. Well worth seeing and hearing.
Enjoyed that, great interview 🚗👍
Thanks for watching
Wow let me just thank you for sharing your experiences with this super legendary F40 car here wow. I so remember this car when it came on da seen in my younger days . Money car garage did a rebuild on one of these cars . This one here is amazing n ya story is priceless so thanks again
Lucky so and so. Love the plate
It's a Jon thing, right!??
SCD's best video to date, thank you for sharing John.
It was great fun, thanks for your comment. All the best.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
the best SCD video yet.
High praise indeed! 🙏🙏
Keep it forever John!!! I know I would if I could own an F40!
Good advice Corey!
Great video, great car and great guy!
Love his expression when he says "If I sold it what would I buy then"
Love the way you so accurately describe driving the car as "point and shoot" so true, lots of throttle control required when driving twisty roads. Was wondering what, if any, problems you've had with your F40 ? Some bell housings like to start gassing and results in clutch hydraulic failure, also the Weber fuel regulators fail over time and now are impossible to find. We have also had fuel tanks filled with debris from the materials that hold the fuel pumps disintegrating. Great video that brings back happy memories...
She's been pretty good to me. Fuel pumps failed and I had an electrical problem but that aside all good. I service it myself so every winter we stip the car and go over everything. I look after it as best I can, its all part of the journey for me. Best of luck to you.
This is great content from a real enthusiast.
What a great video!
Thank you 🙏
Brilliant vid 👍
Insane content 😍
🙏🙏🙏 thanks for watching
The F40 and F1 are the ultimate.
Love that tune at the end
Great story great video work
It really is! Nice to find an owner who’s so willing to talk so openly about the ownership experience
Born 1977 this is the prettiest car of all time still
It’s the one isn’t it!
TheSUPERCARDRIVER it is hard to deny. I’m not my dads age and can see Enzo statement and E Type most beautiful. For me the F40.
When I moved to NW London 10 years ago, I saw an F40 driven by a Sikh guy and 10years on in 2020, I saw the same guy using his F40 in chiswick last week with a big cardboard box in the passenger seat? And between 2010 & 2020, I've seen him a couple of times on the Great west rd and in Norwood green garage, southall. Still looks Awesome, sounds good too.
Good for you! I'm glad you're out there driving and enjoying it. To many awesome cars just sit and gather dust.
Thank you!
Everyone else: "Handles great"
This guy: "Scariest thing ever"
😅😂
Great video and great car, he seems like a proper nice chap too
Thanks man! He is! If you’re ever passing the showroom, should pop by
Brilliant vid, I've seen this car and met John, top car and guy
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Good man! Still love my 355 though, plus it still sounds pretty awesome when you give it around about 8500 revs! Keep it real, I am very jealous! Cheers from Neil in sunny Sevenoaks.
355 sounds sublime! Love them. Enjoy in good health Neil
Live the dream man, happy for you.
I just subscribed...fantastic content! Very well filmed & edited, so professional! 🙂👍
Awesome, thank you!
So glad i found this channel, the content is so unique! Well done
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you along.
Cool vid. F40 fan or not, the car is incredible.
It sure is!
Thank you John McGurk!
Great guy isn’t he!
All the best Michael.
My best top ferrari cars 👍👍👍
Amazing John, would love to own an F40 one day but unfortunately I will never earn that kind of money. I'm glad that people like you actually make the most of it though which is fantastic. Keep on enjoying!
Thanks Matt, really kind. Anytime you're passing call in and take a look.
Well Mr McGurk, just fantastic!
Hey Tibor!
The F40 along with it's predecessor (288 GTO ) are the best Ferraris ever.
I remember reading about these in the Sun Newspaper at work when they came it was all "you have a piece of string to close the door and you can see the weave under the paint etc etc". I'm not into cars really I much prefer motorbikes but if my numbers come up this is the car I'd have, no question, no doubt. I'd love to just sit there and look at it, clean it and of course drive it, funny thing is I've never seen one in the flesh but man I want one so bad it makes me feel all funny. Oh well, maybe one day.
Fantastic car.
We can dream right! John managed it, be like John 😅😂
*This is a monumental video of a past Ferrari worker who actually got around to owning one of the franchise's hero cars.*
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.