| Author | Message | ||
| Modified348ts (Modman)
Member Username: Modman Post Number: 754 Registered: 11-2001 |
Nice color combo but if I was going to track a car it would be a coupe and not a conv. with a make over. This is a beautiful car but no way to be looking like this if you are driving on the streets, not for me, I'd remove the wing and roll bar and enjoy it for street use, buy another 355 coupe shelled out for track use. | ||
| L. (Testaroja)
Junior Member Username: Testaroja Post Number: 179 Registered: 5-2003 |
Porcheria, porqueria, trashy looking. | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1217 Registered: 6-2002 |
Bruce isnt there a Pride Parade for you to be in somewhere? | ||
| Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Advanced Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 3185 Registered: 4-2002 |
ELLEN FIEDLER YOUR OPINIONS MEAN CRAPOLA HERE...GO AWAY............ | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1214 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mitch, i love Ferraris also. I love the 355, but not the one pictured here. I posted my opinion, you brought my Lambo into this. | ||
| Frank K Lipinski (Kaz)
Member Username: Kaz Post Number: 375 Registered: 11-2002 |
Mitch - I agree with you about the 355. My budget permitted me to buy a 360, but I favor the 355 for a number of reasons. You know what they say, Whatever floats your boat.... | ||
| Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Intermediate Member Username: Mitch_alsup Post Number: 1175 Registered: 4-2002 |
"Ah, Mitch, such anger in you. I guess id be pissed if i woke up every morning and saw that crapbox of your's in the garage also" You must be refering to the Toyota 4 runner with 120,000 miles. But as long as it continues to run, it still have a home. The F355 (to me) is still the prettiest stret car Ferrari ever built! Ever! It seems that you have this fetish about ferrarichat--You come here and denegrate Ferraris and get your suited reward and then complain that this board is filled with people that love (well) Ferraris! What the frick did you expect! Why don't you stay over on Lamborghinichat? | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1209 Registered: 6-2002 |
I like the 360 Modena with the Hamman kit on it. That car looks great with the wing. Even the 355 coupe looks ok with the Challenge wing. Also, Diablo was not designed with the wing originally. It was added after the fact. | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1208 Registered: 6-2002 |
Ah, Mitch, such anger in you. I guess id be pissed if i woke up every morning and saw that crapbox of your's in the garage also. Oh well, girlie cars for girlie boys! | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 6353 Registered: 5-2001 |
Let me explain for you guys here: Some driving clubs do not allow convertible cars unless they have an approved roll bar in their track sessions. The wing does fulfill a purpose when on the track at speed. So the owner of this car wanted to have a Spider as well as the option of tracking it. I don't agree with the looks but I highly applaud him for making the transition (which is reversable) and use the car for some good old track time. Matt, I still don't see why you do not like my car ? The white wheels will be changed to florescent green soon. I also have two sets of Challenge black rims, but these whites have street rain tires on them instead of the slicks  | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 6352 Registered: 5-2001 |
Allen, that looks like a LAmbo with a cut-off roof  | ||
| Byron Faber (Adrenln328)
New member Username: Adrenln328 Post Number: 37 Registered: 9-2003 |
Allen, I love the color, but would like to lose the roll bar & wing. With those gone, it would be a beautiful 355 | ||
| Robert Oglesby (Testar1988)
New member Username: Testar1988 Post Number: 38 Registered: 5-2003 |
I have to agree with Allen! Look's like the flying nun's hat!!! Honda fine, 355 not!!! | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 131 Registered: 9-2003 |
I believe "rice" or "ricer" refers to the imported supped up asian cars. Upon seeing one, the following phrase is usually rendered : "Excuse me, Blockbuster called and wants their copy of The Fast and the Furious back." | ||
| benedict caiola (Benedict)
New member Username: Benedict Post Number: 31 Registered: 9-2003 |
I'm a newbie here but what exactly does "rice" refer to? Ben | ||
| Augustine J. Staino (Azzuro328)
Member Username: Azzuro328 Post Number: 515 Registered: 4-2003 |
During my days living in Miami I got to see a far uglier 355. It was a yellow Spider with multi-color poke-a-dots all over it. I don't know if they were painted on or just stickers, but it was hideous! I have seen it many times roaming around South Beach. Maybe some of the Florida guys know and/or have seen the car also. | ||
| Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Intermediate Member Username: Mitch_alsup Post Number: 1172 Registered: 4-2002 |
Wings are rice if they are just bolted to the car with no setup changes to the suspension. Wings are functional if the setup is tuned to match the downforce of the wing. But back to the original question: Perhaps allan is trying to indicate that this F355 has become almost as ugly as his beloved diablo(job). (spelling mistake on pourpose) | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 128 Registered: 9-2003 |
Don't like the wing and rollbar, but love the color. The wing and rollbar are removable. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=6212&item=2434979022 | ||
| matt green (Mattg)
Junior Member Username: Mattg Post Number: 55 Registered: 4-2003 |
the cavalino 355 silver with neon accents and white wheels beats all o' these hands down. ask martin to post its his ugly baby! | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1929 Registered: 7-2002 |
I have to agree with Allen that thing looks silly. If you want to go fast enough to need a wing then why on earth would you buy a spider? Also, does it have white interior? All it is missing is curb feelers a fur dash and some neon underneath it. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1522 Registered: 10-2001 |
the pb is that he didnt go all the way... I would have dumped the passenger seat, the soft top , the cover top , put on some challenge brakes ( maybe he did ) . Would habe been a nice barchetta for the track. | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 953 Registered: 1-2003 |
the wing has to go, I can live with the roll bar. but both together are too much. ruins the lines of the car. IMO | ||
| James Lee (Aventino)
Junior Member Username: Aventino Post Number: 132 Registered: 6-2003 |
Looks hideous to me. Stock 355 is still pretty much perfect from any angle. But then nearly everything has stupid rollbars or versions thereof on now. Look at the Maserati spyder or 360. Messes up the form of the car IMHO. Wing on a convertible? Someone explain how it's going to work efficiently with that airflow. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 939 Registered: 4-2003 |
Makes me think of this:  | ||
| Frank K Lipinski (Kaz)
Member Username: Kaz Post Number: 373 Registered: 11-2002 |
Allen - "Them is fightin' words"  Actually, yeah the colors don't really work for me. I've always been a fan of stock, and less is more.. | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Member Username: Wax Post Number: 512 Registered: 7-2003 |
I like 355's. A lot. But not this one. It looks confused as to whether it is trying to be effeminate or masculine. Form (usually) follows function, but the color really throws the whole aspect of what the artiste is trying to do. With this color, Precious looks like a sissy car with a sissy bar. | ||
| Michael W. (Whimike)
Junior Member Username: Whimike Post Number: 72 Registered: 7-2003 |
To me the car does look kind of ugly. If its function before form for the racetrack, then so be it. But, I sure hope they remove that stuff before taking it back home!! In regards to wings on Ferrari's, some wings do look good. There was a racing 360 I once saw that looked incredibly good with a wing. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 936 Registered: 4-2003 |
Please correct me if I'm wrong but other than the F40/50 most Ferraris are not designed with a wing. The wing on your Diablo looks good because it was designed to go with the car. That wing on the 355 may be functional but the design does not go along well with the car. Put it on a Diablo and it would look just as out of place. | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1206 Registered: 6-2002 |
Lol, everyone here is soo defensive, and must always throw Lambo into the mix immediately. Pretty funny. Anyway, lets not forget i have a 355 Spider, and what im refering to in this car, is first and foremost, the color, then the wing, which looks like it belongs on a honda, and then the rollbar, which looks misplaced. By the way, Lambos look good with wings, F-cars usually do not.  | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Intermediate Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 1036 Registered: 6-2002 |
I really like the color combo with the grey Challenge wheels now. Black car with BLUE wheels, icky! Reason not to get a B. The dual-purpose car! It gets raged on, but is really a lot of fun. Best! Ben. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 933 Registered: 4-2003 |
Here's another pic of what I'm guessing is the same car:  From Chapter 41 of the NSX Files/Pulp Racing. An odd color combo:  From Chapter 33 of the NSX Files/Pulp Racing. | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Intermediate Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 1085 Registered: 12-2001 |
Good night Hubert I also like a few of Mark's pieces. | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1529 Registered: 1-2002 |
nah, i'm not kidding. how could i, i'm an "art fag." good night, tyler. hubert -- enjoying his rothko. | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Intermediate Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 1084 Registered: 12-2001 |
Hubert, yeah I get it. "but that 355 shouldn't be scolded" Your kidding right? It's a hunk of raw materials bonded together. It's not a living breathing thing. It's not a child I'm wrongfully scolding. I find it ugly. TO ME it looks like it has grown rice-like appendages. I'm the same way with non-automotive art as well. Some art is worth a great deal to me, some is not. | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1528 Registered: 1-2002 |
tyler, thats my point... sometimes you see the beauty in something via it's function, and the "look" of it never cross your mind, get it? like my car... stripped bare; no carpet, paneling, nothing, but I think it's bare skeleton is beautiful... to each his own, but that 355 shouldn't be scolded. | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Intermediate Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 1083 Registered: 12-2001 |
Hubert, uhh, wrong. I did not say they were not useful. They may indeed be useful to the owner, but they are damn ugly(imo) and they do look like the equipment I see on many "ricers" these days. While each man has his own reasons I would guess that functionality was not the main goal here. If it was, why not just get a 355B? | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1526 Registered: 1-2002 |
function before fashion, anyone? I guess that bar would be really "rice" when it kept you from swallowing your spine, right? but who'd actually want to own up , and take their garage queen to the track? for heavens sake... | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Intermediate Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 1033 Registered: 6-2002 |
Tyler- intresting question. Is a roll bar on a Spider you take to the track rice? Is a (assuming it's a painted Challenge wing) race-proven rear wing in the airstream on a RWD car that can do 170+mph still rice? I'm still not a fan of the painted wing asthetically, but on the whole the car's really not all that bad. Does look better stock though. Like a Zit on Cindy Crawford wouldn't make her ugly. I wouldn't toss her out of bed Best! Ben. | ||
| MFZ (Kiyoharu)
Member Username: Kiyoharu Post Number: 347 Registered: 2-2003 |
The wing is OK, but the roll bar definitely has got to go. Or get a better looking roll bar, one like the 360 Spider (double hoops). | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1525 Registered: 1-2002 |
>>Wait a minute, I've seen that wing and roll bar, hmmmmmm, oh yeah, in the supermarket right next to the rice<< i guess b/c "rice" doesn't find it's way on a concourse it precludes the notion of utilitarian from crossing your mind, right? | ||
| Najib Amanullah (Najib)
Member Username: Najib Post Number: 255 Registered: 4-2001 |
Perhaps because it is mimiciking a Lambo but still not going far enough into ugly zone. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 2145 Registered: 12-2002 |
Im sorry...cant believe im about to say this...but for once I actually agree with Allan on this. The 355 in itself is gorgeous and while the roll bar and *possibly* the wing are useful, I just dont think they fit aesthetically. I would take the car without the wing and with a removeable roll bar...I would love one on the track with the spider, but dont need it on the street. It is a quesiton of aesthetics, not effectiveness and necessity. No doubt both add-ons serve a purpose, but I just like the lines of the 355 better without them Just one opinion, so dont ring me out just yet! | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Intermediate Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 1082 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yeah, it's damn ugly. Wait a minute, I've seen that wing and roll bar, hmmmmmm, oh yeah, in the supermarket right next to the rice. | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1523 Registered: 1-2002 |
what? It's got a roll bar and a wing. What's your point, allan? Every diablo and countach has a wing; why is THIS 355 so ugly? Oh, wait, you're just starting another bullshit fling match, aren't you. Damn, I how am I gonna get this hook outta my mouth? | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1205 Registered: 6-2002 |
Ugly. | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Intermediate Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 1030 Registered: 6-2002 |
2min with an allen socket and that rear wing would be off, and I'd take it on any track in the US with a big smile. Then again, maybe I'd leave it on. 355Cs have wings. Car ain't ugly, sorry. Best! Ben | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1204 Registered: 6-2002 |
In the picture. | ||
| Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Member Username: The_bart Post Number: 387 Registered: 1-2003 |
OK, where is the ugly 355? | ||
| allan fiedler (Allanlambo)
Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1203 Registered: 6-2002 |
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