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Midlife crisis.

ferrari has their own proprietary red color. It is called Rosso Rubino, and you cannot buy it at a your local paint shop.
I found this out when I restored a 67 ferrari dino. I had to give my vehicle VIN number to prove that I was working on a real ferrari, before they would sell me the paint
 
Nice, but I am in line to inherit this within 18 months.
 

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ferrari has their own proprietary red color. It is called Rosso Rubino, and you cannot buy it at a your local paint shop.
I found this out when I restored a 67 ferrari dino. I had to give my vehicle VIN number to prove that I was working on a real ferrari, before they would sell me the paint

Interestingly, back in the day, the Ferrari aficionados didn't consider the Dino to be a real Ferrari because it had a 6 cylinder engine as opposed to the V12 of "real" Ferraris. These days, the Dino has gained respect and is quite collectible. Also, by those criteria, that 360 Spider isn't a real Ferrari - it's a V8. But I'd settle for the 400 horsepower.