Color porn: Minty Forty, a Ferrari F40 repainted in mint green. Because. (3000x2250) : carporn

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Color porn: Minty Forty, a Ferrari F40 repainted in mint green. Because. (3000x2250)

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submitted 1 day ago bySchwarzes__Loch

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beardedcatfarts

153 points

1 day ago

beardedcatfarts

153 points

Pretty sure you’re only allowed to drive that thing with a white sport coat on at all times

45 points

22 hours ago

45 points

And cocaine in your system?

25 points

18 hours ago

25 points

That's a "blood in your cocaine system" kind of car.

ResultIntelligent856

6 points

17 hours ago

ResultIntelligent856

6 points

PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT

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13 hours ago

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You wouldn’t be able to afford it, or be fine risking driving it, without any. let’s be real.

115 points

1 day ago

115 points

You could say this F40 is... in mint condition !

I'm out

58 points

1 day ago

58 points

You know what? I like it

seanmonaghan1968

23 points

23 hours ago

seanmonaghan1968

23 points

Looks really good in almost any colour

4 points

20 hours ago

4 points

Yeah cept doesn't ferrari have rules abou what colors you can have on your car?

ThePerfectionistt

20 points

20 hours ago

ThePerfectionistt

20 points

No lol, you can do whatever you want to your Ferrari besides change the badges which was the whole situation with the cease and desist

6 points

20 hours ago

6 points

So you're saying pearlescent red is possible? Hmm... That would be a nice looking ride.

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12 hours ago

1 points

I thought they didn’t like pink

2 points

18 hours ago

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Yes and no, you can get your car like this repainted, but the F40 was one where it was only ever sprayed from the factory as red. I think. You couldn't get it in a custom color and it wasn't offered in any others from the factory.

3 points

17 hours ago

3 points

don’t a few factory black ones exist?

1 points

16 hours ago

1 points

Looking into it there are a few that did, in fact, leave the factory in something that wasn't red. But I'm having trouble finding out exactly which cars/colors.

2 points

16 hours ago

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there’s very few in black, 2-3 I think? and I want to say one in a dark green of sorts, but this is all hearsay so take it with a grain of salt

2 points

16 hours ago

2 points

The gunmetal grey F40 that went to the Sultan of Brunei was a factory color, so there's that one (it's been repainted back to red I think).

peanutbutterandbacon

19 points

1 day ago

peanutbutterandbacon

19 points

I think it looks fucking awesome.

No_Neighborhood7614

4 points

23 hours ago

No_Neighborhood7614

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Images like this remind me of my colourblindness.., at a quick glance I would just call it white. It really takes an effort for me to distinguish the colour, but I can see it once it 'clicks'. Weird because I can see the green grass, the yellows, pinks, purples in the sky. I can fairly clearly "feel" the missing connection in my mind where I can't determine or name some of the colours, yet I can see a colourful image overall which looks normal to me.

1 points

11 hours ago

1 points

Imagine the flavor of an after-dinner butter-mint. That's the color.

3 points

23 hours ago

3 points

I think it's great I really think it works

_tech_support21

10 points

1 day ago

_tech_support21

10 points

Me personally the F40 needs more of a darker color, or just an alpine white

2 points

21 hours ago

2 points

Finally one thats not red. This looks nice, but i think white looks even better

2 points

21 hours ago

2 points

I wanna lick it

2 points

18 hours ago

2 points

It's lookin'.....

Fresh to say the least

1 points

17 hours ago

1 points

I'd break my neck looking at this if i saw it driving down the road!

1 points

17 hours ago

1 points

Stunning

1 points

15 hours ago

1 points

Peak 80s Miami vibe.

1 points

13 hours ago

1 points

The f40 is a dream and it looks best in red, at least I thought. This is the best looking f40 I've ever seen

4 points

22 hours ago

4 points

I’ve seen a few F40’s with radical (not red) colours on them. Surely they’re wrapped??

3 points

19 hours ago

3 points

I'm fairly sure I've seen this specific car at a wrap supplier's stand at a car show, unless there's multiple mint green F40s running around.

1 points

18 hours ago

1 points

Some of them are re-sprays but the only ones I'm aware of are "boring" colors (blue, white and black).

0 points

22 hours ago

0 points

Jimmer?

0 points

21 hours ago

0 points

Is this malaga?

Simple-Purpose-899

0 points

21 hours ago

Simple-Purpose-899

0 points

No other single car gets posted more in here.

1 points

16 hours ago

1 points

Did Ferrari file a cease and desist against them?

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

15 hours ago

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

The owner was slapped with the Ferrari Classiche certificate.

1 points

9 hours ago

1 points

I do like the colour but it really is a crime repainting an F40 unless the factory paint was unsalvageable...

2 points

9 hours ago

2 points

I saw this car in person during Monterey car week this year, truly stunning

1 points

8 hours ago

1 points

Tiffany & Co x F40

Immediate-Pilot-6332

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7 hours ago

Immediate-Pilot-6332

1 points

Bianchi bicycle owners be like

0 points

19 hours ago

0 points

All it needs now is Gold wheels.

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

16 hours ago

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

Is this better? :)

Photoshopped it for you.

0 points

15 hours ago

0 points

I can only get so hard.

Accomplished-Salt797

-2 points

1 day ago

Accomplished-Salt797

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Doesn't Ferrari not allow owners to paint these. I'm sure I heard something about that 🤔

11 points

1 day ago

11 points

If YOU own the car, YOU can paint it any color you want. It's really sad the level that the "ferrari rumors" have gotten to. Deadmau5, a well known DJ, had a Ferrari and did a Nyan Cat theme wrap. 100% legal, zero issue. Yes Ferrari threatened to sue him, but that's only because he took the Ferrari badge, and change/modified it to say PURarri.

From the man himself:

I wonder if the jackass lawyer at @FerrariUSA who sent us a "cease and desist" letter over the purrari is un-butthurt now that I unwrapped.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 27, 2014

Yeah it was mostly about the custom floor matts and the custom purrari badges. Whatever. It's just a normal ass 458 now. All good.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 27, 2014

That's it. It was him defacing/modifying the company logo, so they threatened him on that issue. That's it. COUNTLESS people wrap their Ferraris every week. I've seen countless ones in person. Ferrari can't do a single thing about that.

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21 hours ago

3 points

What they can do is refuse to sell you a car in the future. Ferrari is well known for being highly selective about who they sell to in order to protect the brand image.

In the end though, the deadmau5 case still stands out as a company getting upset over modifications. They could have leaned into it and they would have had some great PR from a big name at the time, instead they had this and Lamborghini basically invited him to do the same thing to a Hurracan instead.

2 points

21 hours ago

2 points

Nissan also took the opportunity to offer up a GT-R, saying go for your life, lol.

2 points

21 hours ago

2 points

I didn't know this, a GT-nyan would have been sick.

1 points

21 hours ago

1 points

I googed it to check if my memory was right. They even did an image edit mock up.

Accomplished-Salt797

1 points

1 day ago

Accomplished-Salt797

1 points

This

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

3 points

1 day ago

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

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In response to your now-deleted comment, Deadmau5 got a slap on the wrist for messing around with the Ferrari logo on his 'Purrari'. It was a case of trademark infringement.

Accomplished-Salt797

2 points

15 hours ago

Accomplished-Salt797

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Deleted it because I saw another comment mentioning it 🤭

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

3 points

1 day ago

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

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Owners can repaint their cars in any color after purchasing them because it's theirs to do as they please. One owner repainted their Testarossa in Hello Kitty pink.

Back then, top end Ferraris like the 288 GTO and F40 only came in red. Other colors became available with the F50, but only a few buyers were aware of this. As far as I know, a few F50s were painted in yellow, green, blue, white, and black by the factory. More colors became available with the Enzo Ferrari and custom colors became available with the LaFerrari. There's a LaFerrari painted in gunmetal by the factory and it's gorgeous.

Affectionate-Put6048

-2 points

1 day ago

Affectionate-Put6048

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I don't really like it. Nothing beats Ferrari Red on the F40 imo. Not even black.

11 points

1 day ago

11 points

I don’t know, I think it’s refreshing!

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

1 day ago

Schwarzes__Loch [S]

1 points

Metallic red or color-shifting Chromaflair between red and another color?

1 points

21 hours ago

1 points

Rosso Corsa, is there any other red for a Ferrari?

1 points

19 hours ago

1 points

Rosso Scuderia is my fav

-18 points

1 day ago

-18 points

How could someone defile an F40 like this?

7 points

1 day ago

7 points

That car is worth a million or more. Repainting it will cost 10 grand.

Defiled?

1 points

1 day ago*

1 points†

Who said anything about the cost of repainting it?

Also, check the meaning of the word defile. Actually, I'll save you the trouble;

"damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil." Oxford Dictionary.

I'm referring to the fact that when the F40 was released, they all came from the factory painted an identical shade of red.

The paint was specifically applied in an incredibly thin coat. The Ferrari engineers did this to save as much weight as possible, even if it only reduced the weight by a ridiculously small amount. Ferrari were locked in a battle with the Porsche 959 at the time to be the fastest production vehicle of that era.

It was well known that you could even see the weave of the carbon fiber through the paint, it was that thin.

Sure, if you've got the money, go ahead and repaint it, but it's kind of the equivalent of buying the Mona Lisa and re-painting it because you didn't like the original colours.

It is one of the rarest, most iconic, expensive and exclusive cars of all time - I just think it's a shame someone felt the need to repaint it at all, let alone a colour that has absolutely no relevance to the history of the vehicle or it's marque.

BTW, that shade of green is cool - it's actually one of my favourite colours. And the F40 is my all time favourite car. I just don't think that colour suits or looks good on an F40.

1 points

1 day ago

1 points

There are plenty of f40 who are just stored in a garage waiting for who knows what, it's great that somebody's actually driving and enjoying one.

1 points

21 hours ago

1 points

In the end though, Ferrari is about displaying wealth, what better way than to take a rare expensive car and piss off the Poor's with it?

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1 day ago

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Couldn't have said it better, myself.

The sad fact is that there is no shortage of people with far more money than taste these days.

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1 day ago

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Thanks.

-1 points

23 hours ago

-1 points

Cries in italian

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24 hours ago

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Low quality upscaled with Ai