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EPISODE · Aug 4, 2025 · 45 MIN

239: How to Become a Ferrari Mechanic

from All Torque Car Podcast · host All Torque Podcast Pty Ltd

Peter and Tom interview Damien, a third generation mechanic who started with Ferrari. Damien explains how he got the job. We go through the first year apprentice cycle. We talk about Damien's favourite Ferraris to work on. Damien also talks about his time working with the Ferrari race car programmes at various tracks across Australia.Follow us on Instagram and email [email protected]

Peter and Tom interview Damien, a third generation mechanic who started with Ferrari. Damien explains how he got the job. We go through the first year apprentice cycle. We talk about Damien's favourite Ferraris to work on. Damien also talks about his time working with the Ferrari race car programmes at various tracks across Australia.Follow us on Instagram and email [email protected]

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Yeah. First time is it? It seems like it. First time?

Yeah. Oh, you're a bit nervous when I be reporter. Okay. I'm going to be nervous now.

You should go up. Yes. Take three. Take three.

Take three. Take three. We need the cameras. Speak to Zack.

I'll get them. Right down what we want. Here's what the prototypes. How much are the cameras cost?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Now you're coming to do the outside. Yeah.

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That's the same for your space security. Or F1 or Mr. liquor. No, that's true.

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And when the Porsche came out, instead of the safari Porsche, it has rocky roads. It doesn't say. What about that? What about that black John plays special?

Yeah. You can do the delivery. You can't put the name on it. Good morning.

Good morning. Have you ever listened to the old talk card podcast hosted by Peter Rodders. Joining it tonight is the Ravi Report. Oh, yeah.

First time this week. No idea. It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous.

It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous.

It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous. It's a bit nervous.

I'm very excited. We've got a third generation mechanic panel leader. David's joining us. He's going to talk about the world of growing up with cars and working in the industry.

I don't know if he's the one that we got here, maybe because he wasn't born. He wasn't born. Maybe he was a fort. He got the live audience.

He shot to see there was a Vx Commodore. He went all the memorabilia out here. He crashed. Come on.

Okay. Where'd you get things? It's bad. It's better.

You don't turn around. I'll forget David, but the whole house, there's a lot of memorabilia here. It's a little memorabilia. There was the one with the Vx Commodore.

And Paul David goes, I was like, Tom, what was the car of the Olympics? Man, you don't want to stop looking at? Sorry, I got to change it. You're mad.

You like it? Fucking it. You weren't born after the two born after 2000. What is with mullets?

Yeah, exactly thing What was just I don't know it's just a trend never turned We looked at our pictures of our own bin back in the age of a mullet. Yeah, I'm a little sick mullet I'm thinking yeah, that's my but the 80s mullets went all the way down on the old style Do you guys just shade sides and let it go modernize a bit? So if you come to the back to work like a modernize that's modernize that's modernize it. That's modernize it.

That's not a nice Get sure sure on the sides That's sure that's sure that's sure that's a big up chick sir. Is it not doing anything to you? Because of the other Because you speak business at the front party at the back But now it's party all round except for the sides Yeah, the sides disappear the sides disappear. So you're side on profile.

You look business Well, I you got sexy is so that's why Michelle Why isn't everyone might use? Because they're sexy man. They're good. They're well rounded.

They're fucking straight up to you. What? You must be good listener. If you got quite ease.

Yeah, if you got a funny ease you got to be a good listener. I feel like he is. Yeah, you got to be a good listener. You're exactly Welcome to the show.

Thank you. Thank you for having me. So a bit of background. I mean, what are you working at?

Like what do you do? At the moment, I'm a fourth year I'm a vehicle mechanic for I'm as a radio senior. Yeah, that's right. Straight to the top.

Straight to the top. Ferrari, I'm as a radio host. Just one straight. That's it.

That's it. You can't. I mean everything else is shit after that. Nah, it's all about the belt, isn't it?

You're stuck. Ohhhhhhh! That's one thing dad, my pool's on me. Whether it's $1000 million or $1000 million.

So it's fucking right. He is right on the board. Because I once we've NRMA, right? I'm about painting guard bolts.

Yep. That's what 120 white. You do know what they are. Just making sure they are just making sure they are just making sure they are just making sure they are just making sure they are just making sure.

And they go... that's not Ferrari. I'm actually everything like a fucking Ferrari. Because it's all nuts and bolts.

That kind of actually gives me everything like a month's car. You try everything like your mum's car. You find my mum and you what we do to her car. I'm not a fixer up.

I'm a breaker down there. So from first year of pre this year you started Ferrari, they're joint dealership here in Sydney. It's joint dealership. We've got two service centers, one here at Waterloo, which is their dealership sales and service.

We've got a service center in Roseville. I started at Waterloo. I'm still there. And as a first year as the usual stuff, sweeping floor, as the other mentions.

So first year, whether you're a veronas or whether you're at Ford, a first year apprentice is always going to be on the broom, cleaning, getting my lunches. I think for that, you know that, do you understand why? This is not knowing anything. You get to know the layout of the workshop.

You get to understand that that tool goes there, or this goes here, it's a learning process. I'll tell you around, say, I'll get the Oxy bottles or something, you know where they are, because you've swept them and put them away. It's like a learning of what's true. You know, you don't get the screws, you know, because you're putting them away.

It's something you learn. It's where all the first year apprentices are, it's like fours every fucking day, I'll fuck. It's part of learning. It's a key part of it.

Yeah. 100%. Like I said, it's like a dealership, any workshop, it's just getting to know the place before you even touch a car. Because as soon as we've had first year's coming, where they think it's all about just fixing cars.

That's all I want to do, because that's the passion, and that's great, but they don't know to build their way up. Like obviously, if you're a... You can't run before you can walk, exactly. It wasn't until second year actually, but still first service.

What was it? It was the fourth year. So your first service was a Ferrari 430? Yeah, it's really good.

But obviously, before then, it was always watching the tradesmen do their work. So for me, it was like, it was like studying for a test, and the first test was, all right, it's easy. It's not to use the study to split one job. So you're just looking at an engine, you're not looking at, it's a Ferrari.

It's a car. At first, I'd say the first two to three months, it was like, well, like Starstruck, like this is pretty sick, this is where it gets done, these are the boys. Even Mum and Dad when they sent me in to workshop, then having an all-in-law in the background, they're like, these guys are like, you're fucking around. They're not here, they're gonna make jokes, and they don't want to keep, because they're not smart at us.

Yeah. So, I was just getting there, start working, Sean, thank you, serious. How did you get the first opportunity? What was it, or?

No, I just walked in asking for work experience. So you walked in off your own back, or someone gave you a hand? Like, I'm just trying to... No, I just walked in, because we had...

They all schoolways. I still tell my kids that, like... Well, he's fine, exactly. Yeah, put on your suit.

It doesn't matter what job it is, do not work for free office sometime during school, like, school holidays and that. Gets it, and I didn't, they know you were out. I've got to ask him, I think, did you have the mullet when you walked in there for the job? No, so when I was doing something, I took the work experience, I was at school in Michael.

And the rule was, clean cut, blended hair, nothing below the shoulders, nothing touching the neck. School, as a school. It's a set for work experience, it's compulsory. So, I walk in, and I head in my resume, I'm like, do you mind if I do work experience here?

It's just a week, I'm paid work, and they're like, yeah, you know, dumbass. And I'm just trying to sell them to them, they're like, yeah, fine, you can do whatever. Head set. So, you kept in contact with them from school experience that week off, where you go, but work experience, sorry, that's what you're saying?

What was the same, something, any? Yeah, and then did you keep in contact with the guys, or did you reach out to them when you were ready for a apprenticeship? At the end of the five, no, four days, it was an Easter weekend, so, I actually had four days with them, I spent three days in Missouri, and one day before I, because I was like, all right, you kept quiet for three days, you can stay with the play. Really?

Yeah, because it's very nonchalant there, it's very, you know, everyone's themselves, but at lunch they all talk about their best mates, which is fair. Is that like a rule there, or it's just, common brackets? It's just practice, just, it's a pretty routine workshop. The form gives you the job curve, you go do your job, you can have little banter between like every other workshop.

It is like every other workshop. And yeah, it's a very chill environment, very cool environment, the boys there, because that places, where is it again? Is that in Waterloo? Yeah, that's new.

That's probably 20 years now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the building is 20 years old. Well, that's purposely built for Ferrari, that's right. So that place was originally built by a Tico, so they bought the rides off of it.

Yeah, they bought the tender, they won that tender. They won it 20 years ago. Is it true that your overalls are made by Versace? No, but worth worth.

Is that a high quality? I'm going to do about 15 shirts. Oh, okay. Did you really hear that they'll pay for business?

Nah, it's not. No, it's not, it's making you pay. It's soft material so it doesn't scratch the car. You don't really like that.

Oh. You can't, though. My house is going to save me in a pair of extra extra large. I think there's papers draining and for reality.

Yeah, you can all think about a uniform because we get two months still caps, like those sleep designers are in, because the pedal is very close together. That's about it. You're working on the car, you got to test drive, you got to play with it, you got to do anything. Is there a hierarchy?

Like, are you at a level where you're allowed to drive it's especially insurance dispensation, working in a dealership like yours? So, me being on my P's, legally not allowed to, but you can apply for a learner's. Or for the power weight, like the power weight. So, legally, I'm now allowed to drive any of those cars within a five kilometer radius of the dealership for a work purpose or after any repair.

Have you? Yeah, I have. I have this be sick. But the only issue is I'm not insured for it.

So, legally, if a cop calls me over and I can show my certificate, I'm allowed to drive it, he'll let me go. It should not be a problem. The funny part is I need to wear P plates on the car still. So, I've got a million off the area and there's red P's front rear, it's gonna be funny.

Yeah, because it's road rules. You have to put your P's on even though you test drive. You know what being a customer I'd say, far, you know, I don't want to be a driver. So, if you're outside of the dealership, it's something goes wrong.

It's not the dealership's insurance because you're driving the vehicle, it's the vehicle's insurance. Yeah, about 90% of policies won't come to me driving it. Because you're under a certain age or you. So, I'm gonna ask, has it been horror stories, not with you, but like in the past, there's been like that story where, don't be like Vicenzo.

You know what? Action. So, thanks. Not that I know of, there's been a few accidents with Drayman, which insurance has come, like mine had then saw bars come off.

But there was one time where an apprentice was trusted with a Maserati Pote. He had to deliver the car to a customer's house the next morning. So, his instruction was to take the car home. Really?

He signed a piece of paper that said he's going to secure garage. The car was to go home and then the customer's house next to me. His mistake was it was a rental car. He wasn't dropping it to a customer's house and was dropping it to a warehouse where they keep all the rental cars.

And being a high car, it had a track up and a dash cam. Yeah, by time plug. So, I think first meeting. When you say you forgot to unplug, what, when you're giving my own plug, I'm sure?

Okay. Yes, in the workshop, we have rights, privacy. So, we can. Oh, you've been to get your manta unplugged.

This car, the apprentice forgot to. Okay. So, driving home, he didn't drive home. He drove to his mate's house.

Of course he did. He picked up the boys, went for a joy ride, Red Hellies. Yeah. I think he went to the city that night.

Dropped to the customer's house next morning and obviously the customers got the notification speeding. Yeah, we went on his, yeah. Looked at the dash cam. So, I heard the meeting the next morning was textbook.

It would have been hilarious. He got the sack and that's pretty much the only story I know of. Yeah, so you can't fuck around there. And they've told you that from the start.

Oh, yeah, 100%. But that's like, I'm comparing your job now to your friends that at four or any other deals. I'm sure they get the same. It's the same.

Yeah. It's another way of selling. It's not your car. It's a customer's car.

It's their reputation. Just because I can only afford an Hyundai and not a Ferrari, I'm still expecting the same standard of service. And from the mechanic. Even at our workshop, we have what's classed as some shipboxes.

So, for only a minute, it was their first auto engine was trash, key boxes trash. That's a big tool. It is a big tool. But still, that's someone's pride and joy.

So, that's not for us to just give them the service. It's 456. You don't like that. It's not like that.

No, no, no, no, no. That was the main one to drive. That was the two. It was like a 456.

It was like the four 566. You know what the five twirls were? No, the six to what? I love that one.

And the only reason we like that car is because it came in a manual. It's a scagliade. It came in a manual. It's a scagliade.

Yes, it came in a manual. Even if I recognize it, I'll love it. It's got presents. It's a nice car.

It's a very mid-2000 shape. Yeah. That's my favorite shape. It was the last of the pin of the arenas.

You know, if I had time, I was going to find something that went on my bathroom and give it to him. He's going to bring us that. I think that's the same thing. Now, because I used to do Ferraris before when I had a panel pit.

Oh really? Yeah. Good answer. I've been talking 25 years ago.

I thought you were born. I thought you were born. And long story, that's another story. But you all got to hear you took bits and pieces.

Just like memorabilia. Just like stuff I couldn't say back to Singapore because I used to wear anything from Singapore. Oh, okay. That's a relation to office.

We still need Singapore. Okay, so that hasn't changed. Question, do you get staff discount when you buy Ferraris? If I had a dollar favorite time I had that fucking list.

I could get staff for Raris. Do you like it with staff discount? No, I don't have to spend. No, I don't have to spend.

Remember, we got? Do you click anything from there? Oh, it's a basis. I've got, when we, so I do a, I'm part of the MC course attain for Ferraris challenge series.

We've got 12 cars we'll have to. But I'm on, I'm on seven, six, one of the cars. We've had a few cars at winter walls and I took taking bits of our car. That's my memory.

Just go. So you just got, at least a quick 300 lot, not one of the guys. Yeah, that was a different sort of thing. That was one of the stock cars.

So I said 86 in a grand sport. The Ferraris challenge series is factory built race cars. Yeah. Off into high-profile customers.

Yeah, you can't just walk in there by like, didn't you? No, you can't. Really? For certain cars, you can.

So like, if you want a base model. Race car. Oh, race car? Not for those types of races.

But if you want to go and buy like a base model, run a spider. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The race car like Porsche, you can't just walk in there by GT. It's a hierarchy between the customers.

We got it out top 15 customers and then you got your top 50. By the way, we've all owned Ferraris, okay? Yeah, I've owned it. I've owned it for 360.

It's like, I've owned it for 5. He's had it. Yeah, it was at a fine. It was at a fine.

Okay, it was at a fine. I think it was at a fine. I think it was at a fine. I can't remember.

You only had it for what? It was at a fine. It was before your car. Yeah, we were in a circuit.

Let me get job cards. You just say, all right, 360's fired out of this red. And you say the customer name is not like 20 customers in bed in my head. Another thing, when you buy brand new Ferraris, it's got a 7-year warranty and servicing is included in your purchase price.

Is that correct? Not a 7-year warranty. It's not a 7-year. It's base.

I think it's either one or two years. Are not too familiar with that. But servicing included? Servicing is included for maybe 7 years?

Okay. I think it might be some years' service. But warranty, I think it's the same with every dealership except for UK. I think it's one new warranty out of the factory.

And then you can buy extended or extended warranty, but UK I think is minimum. Do you get imports coming in there for servicing and all that? These tools? A lot of dealerships won't.

Not from Japan or UK. UK or? No, that's services. Doesn't matter.

I think the only real impressive import is some of the limited cars like the NZ. You've had an NZ coming in. Back in the day, 3, 5, 5, 6 years coming in flat out. From overseas?

Yeah. They wouldn't touch them. No, back in the middle. They wouldn't touch service and nothing.

Why not? Because I'm important. Ah, okay. You know what I mean?

No, I think because now everything is connected via a motor store or something. That's probably all the way. You know, I've still got books for 3, 6 years and 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, so catalog books and part of it. Really?

Yeah, I've got back then I've got it because we still shit like them. The disc and I've got it made into a book form. Really? Yeah, that's pretty cool.

For very catalogs and a lot of things. Pretty cool. I've always said to Ferrari or to Italy, to be able to train anything up there. Does that happen?

It does happen. 100% of the higher level or not at a apprenticeship level. At a apprenticeship level, there is a program that you can option to enroll in, but they didn't enroll me. Yeah, but Master Technician, they're our compulsory courses to go.

I'm trying to go away. No way. No way. No, I'm trying to call those listeners because we don't have cameras.

It's awesome. See, I've got these made especially. They're at all by catalog. So that must be 20 plus years old, those books.

I remember moving them the other day. So it's got all the parts catalogs. It's about 80, 100 pages, double sided. Jesus Christ.

It's got the diagrams, everything. It's got everything from seats to both different kinds of seats. Well, Ferraris, back at the factory, they've got a catalog of every Veen and Chazee and everything that's gone. I've got the spare wheels.

You know, Ferrari back then, 3, 5, 5, 3, 6, he's had options. Yeah, yeah. I've got some. I've got some.

What I was expecting back then, they didn't have stock, you know, like they got them orange wheels. Now they didn't have them back there. So it makes it kind of important. I used to take them out keyboard.

So whatever any Ferraris for a made job, because I was space saver, skidding on it to work on it. No way. The other kind of thing about that is, in the front boot, that's where they kept the space savers. So they kept it in the front boot.

It was a skinny-ass wheel. But if you've got a flat on the side of the road, the prime example is the 430. If you've got a flat on the side of the road, take out the space saver and the jack, take a wheel off, put the space saver on. No, not the stock wheel.

Does it fit the boot? Yeah. So you're either living on the side of the road or living in the passenger seat. Yeah.

Is that really important to that one? We put in the seat and you're a girlfriend. I can't leave the wheel behind me. It's like a bassy-spark.

You have to walk. You have to sit on top of the wheel. I think I make a white dress. Is there a pathway, is there a other one to ask you?

If one, my door loves F1. Is there a pathway for you to work with the F1 for our mechanic team? Is it easy for you to go that way? If someone young wanted to get an F1.

So funny you mentioned that. So this year I did go to the F1. Not for work. I went with my family.

We just got a bit of grace to do this. But like I said, I'm part of a very challenged Australia. So I took my workshop down there. But with, no, I just snuck past security.

Shouldn't say this, but I'll not. We can talk about F1. It's not a strong one. I got the security and I was in the F2 bits.

I was in the F2 bits. I was in the security lady calls. I was like, excuse me, can't go in there. It's like, okay, I'm part of a very junior team.

There's a very junior team. She goes, it's okay. Yeah, good. That's a good team.

Like, whenever we get a race paint, we get everywhere just by acting like a ball. My dad was walking with me. And he's got, you know, we got out of Jack and Slide around our waist because it was like a 28 degree day. Whatever it was.

I said, Jack it on. He goes, why? I said, Jack it on now. The glasses are on.

Walk through like you're in the place. So we walk through. We've got the F2 garage and you get to get to get to get to the garage and the F1 page just sealed off like a bank vault. Like no one's getting to the right.

So I said, all right, my dad just goes, I'm going to do good luck if you get in. I'm like, okay, no worries. So I get in the F2 garage and have him chat with some mechanics there and noble shit. I said, you got to be like us.

He's walking up pit lane. I was like, I should get in. I'm not watching since. I said, I'm a big fan.

He's got like, he's got the mala. He's got the mala. He's got the mala. You're like, I read for VB or something.

And he's walking up with his posse. He's obviously doing some press, whatever. So I'll walk up behind him and I'm just kidding with him. Yeah, I just like stay behind him.

Glass is on. Jack it on. I'm in front of the front of the road. I'm like, oh shit, it's sick.

I was having a chat with the Italians and I was like barely English. I was like, barely English. So I was like, it's just strange to be at the end of the day. Yeah.

It's like, I just have as much of a chat with him as I can. I like a half an hour chat. So, yeah. And I was talking to him and I was like, how do you get in this sort of stuff?

And it's the same story no matter who you talk to. I was talking with the clarin guys. Some of the house guys are like, I've got friends, family. So that's why I did it.

Talk connections. But the good thing is, I was speaking with some of them and they do for our challenge over in Europe. So they were like, yeah, we do for our challenge and do a swap over. They died a couple of Australians too.

Yeah. We have our boys from AF Corsa. So we've got some boys from there that do for our challenge over there. And they come over and help us with our races.

And I'm trying to get really good connections with them. So hopefully I can't go swap over and just make it. Remember, it's all about networking. The war with your network.

You'll love it. And you've got great opportunities where you are. So it's me and me and Brian and Rick, we party with all the Formula One drivers. I can have like, did you call your ward again?

We party with all of them. Like we had the madest party, we had all the multiple colours. Better than that. Better than that.

I don't know if they exist now anyway. Nah, the shopping party with that we had the madest time. That's the scene. Yeah, him too.

All of them, man. We'll piss you next door, man. In the trash, we'll harass the shower. That's your highlight.

No, no. They're wives. Give their wives a hard time. No, no.

We killed them. That's Rick. The sun came up. It was good.

Contact, man. That's what all comes down to it. Keep your network up. You might talk to one guy once and get his phone or whatever.

But you know what? It doesn't hurt to text him. Hey, hey, you're gone. It's such such.

You know what? I might say, I'm not bad. Hey, listen. I'll come to fucking wherever.

And I'll go. Even if you're at the challenge, take a photo and send it to him. You'll work out how to go. I think it's time to get their number because it's like 20 minutes more.

But that's what I meant. No, no, it'll happen. You just got it. If you got it literally one day and I would just organise it through work, he to get backstage tour of the factory.

We've had one of the boys. We got connections from Australasia and then from there they networked to all the other regions of continents. They were in Italy for their Ferrari challenge, but they're called finale-mondial, which is where they handle the... You like all those words, eh?

You like all those words, eh? Because I run off the tank pretty good. I fucking hate it bro. Every time a salesman says, and here we have the food or sandwich.

It's a pure sandwich. I see the shit out of everything. But I'm grand-touring by the net, I say, Bill and Edda. He gets the shit out of it.

When we're off the old, I'll say your name and we'll see if you know him. He's got like, more beach horse and anything like the strength. What is a per-a-cent way like? What is it?

Does it look like... Does it look like a mezzas 630? No, no, no, no, no. Look, on the photos, 100%.

It looks but in person. It's got presents. It's got presents. It does have a bit of sound to it.

It's a V12. It's a V12. All will drive, assisted. Is it a big car?

Because if I know it's not a make it a big car? It is a big car. It is a big car. Well, it's a Porsche Cayman.

Well, Cayman, size is a bit Cayman. I think it's a big car that can... It's a big car. Yeah, it's a bit at a road year.

It's a big car here, it's a grand taxi. A big car on the streets. A big car with a lavante. Yeah.

It's a fact car. I wouldn't say big of a vast aga or a car either. No. But a lavante or a groker.

It looks like a big car. It's a sitting car for what it is. I think it went half to three tons and it just, I think it moves. Active suspension, fall drive.

We got to find the fun to come. All that's in my head is, I don't know what you're talking about. I finished the fall at three, six. You're at 15 plus three.

No, that's amazing. So the name that kind of pulled off somewhere is what they call it. And that's Italian for pure blood. Pure blood.

So I'm just thinking what pure Ferrari had fall drive. Active suspension, four seats in it, at four doors. It's got suicide doors. So I feel like that.

Yeah. I think what fucking Ferrari has, like what's pure about that kind of thing? I think that's pure as the engine. Yeah.

And that's probably what they go into. Have you ever seen the factory? Nothing. Next year, you have the one on your trip with brother.

And I'm the child. I'm going to ask the boys that work. You get it. You're getting it.

I'll take it for a tour. No, ever since the first time I leaked the photos of the SUV, the first time I got it, they've now been factory tours. So they've just been. Someone took a photo of me.

So I'll ask them the boys that work hopefully. I'll ask you bosses. You'll be able to arrange it. I mean, no, I don't expect much.

I just expect to go there. Well, even if they're a marion factory. Yeah, they can't go there. Yeah, they probably.

I mean, that brain's gone to ship, by the way. Why? Because it's the lannas. I'd say, yeah.

Because it shares all the same parts with Jeep, Alfa. Yeah. And there's nothing really unique about the car. Well, Ross, our car host has got a precarly.

He's bought his hat at the Marntai for a car. He's the kid of a precarly. And he loves it. It's a good car.

It's a present on the road. Yeah. Some presents. But there's nothing special about them, personally.

Because if you look at a Stelvier, QV, and the precarly trifaya, it's either rather the Stelvier. Because now the buttons feel plastic in the precarly. So this is the Stelvier, a two-moue, miserani? Or is it more the other way around?

The miserani is sort of dressed up with a smelty. Is everything in a Ferrari Ferrari? That's interesting to say that. So back then, I never used to do it.

Back then, actually, was your already? My brother, when he was winning, the 360, the backlight, I've got to have a camera. And I zoomed out. So I zoomed into the backlight.

Had made in Germany. Right? So I zoomed in. And then I zoom out.

And it reveals a Ferrari. And it was the funniest sort of video camera scene. The good thing about Ferrari is some parts of shit, like only a few parts of shit. But whereas on, like the end of the field brand, you talk about it?

And it's like, I'm not even going to go to SF90, which is a flagship super-new, 1,000 horsepower, 500, what the fuck, my bill? Pulling the body computer right? You look at the back door, and the half-room, and I imagine it. Oh, bullshit.

And it's like, no, no, but the thing is, that's the small stuff, that's what shares. But the good thing about Ferrari is if you compare it to Lambo, if you pull off a Lambo head unit, you'll see Alny. It sits out everywhere. You pull off control arms, it'll say, Alny, good thing about Ferrari is it's a Ferrari.

It's unique. It is like, if you go to SF90, the only thing that comes close to it is a Revoto. And even though Revoto is five years younger, newer, and SF90 still beats it in a drag race. I think a lot of the electronic stuff, a lot of the components of the electronic, I don't know if there's Bosch in there any sort of generic parts.

There's a shared part. So for example, all engines are made in factory. That's one thing they find themselves on. But they've got a get-rag.

The 7-speed gearbox is from Ferrari, they're made by get-rag, which is a German brand. I can't remember what the new brand is, but it's another German brand. So it's not like the gearbox is a made-in house. But that gearbox is unique to that Ferrari, though.

It's not like your standard, your trade 6-speed that everyone's got. Yes, I'm sorry. It's a specific design for that car. Dual clutches.

Yeah. It's all, if something's on a Ferrari, I'd say with 99% of the time, specific to that car. It might be on anything else. And that's the good thing.

Because obviously if you buy a Ferrari, you're buying a Ferrari. Whereas if you're buying a Harakan, you're buying a suit up. All right. Yeah, true.

With the men's Ferrari. I have. Oh, all right. All right.

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Peter and Tom interview Damien, a third generation mechanic who started with Ferrari. Damien explains how he got the job. We go through the first year apprentice cycle. We talk about Damien's favourite Ferraris to work on. Damien also talks about...

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