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I had to go to the airport this morning to pick up a girlfriend arriving on flight FI430. I waited in the arrival hall for ages and eventually I heard my name on the tannoy, I was being summoned to the information desk.

Beside the information desk there was a silver sports car on a stand and a young boy looking after it, it was some sort of raffle. The car looked a bit flimsy, so I didn't give it a second glance. I made myself known at the info desk and they said my girlfriend had been detained by imigration and they would be out to interview me shortly.

I had to wait about an hour before imigation came to see me. I observed the hoi polloi walking past the raffle and making comments like "look at the size of the tyres!". One guy asked about what sort of guarantee you got with the bodywork. I even had a look at the car myself, it was a Ferrari F430, same as the one on Top Gear tonight.

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1. The fact that the now deported girlfriend was on flight FI430, this looks very similar to F430, is this a sign that I should have forked out £60 for this car.

2. There was a website mentioned on the stand, does anyone know it's address.

3. What are the service intervals on a Ferrari F430.
 
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must be getting more difficult to import girlfriends into the country,did she come from a reputible supplyer
 
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That's the one, I'm sure it was tan with a pink interior though.

It looked a bit basic but seemed to be well finished.

The car wasn't to bad either.

I better get my ticket bought.
 
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you need to service the F430 every 3000mils...if it makes it that far without a total engine rebuild that is......
 
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Aktually...she is an American.

I think we have a reciprocal agreement with the states, they don't let us in and we don't let them in.
 

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Just done a search for F430 the only thing that came up was a Sony F430 laptop, now I have been thinking, Ting Tong !!! lap top!!!, I mean they are both Lap tops really, no its my mind.

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Why import one when I am here???
I think turnsock is straight so hard luck

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way off topic....but Mr Turnipseed was the guy who's car crashed with James Dean's Porsche thingy in california a few years back. CA is in america and it seems thats where turnipsocks girl was waiting for came from so i thought you may all benefit from knowing this peice of information...kind of like 6 degrees of seperation i supose.

amazing what you find out on these forums dont you think?
 
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She is from MN, which is a tad colder than CA.

Donald Turnipseed...it's amazing the things you learn.
 

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turnipsock said:
She is from MN, which is a tad colder than CA.

Donald Turnipseed...it's amazing the things you learn.


thats the guy! now what was he driving?
 


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