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David Feinberg (Fastradio2)
Junior Member
Username: Fastradio2
Post Number: 245
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 6:32 pm: | |
Cal,
Obviously you've got good taste..Great looking woman companion, a past Lotus owner (like myself)...and a Ferrari to boot...BUT, what that other car doing in your garage? Now THAT is a "small penis" car, for sure....
Regards and best of luck with your Ferrari..
David |
Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1347
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 6:08 pm: | |
a LOT of people need to get a life, unfortunately.
doody. |
JT (Mightymagician)
Junior Member
Username: Mightymagician
Post Number: 120
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 5:54 pm: | |
you know, i still cant understand the deal with hostile attitudes towards ferrari owners just because they drive ferrari's. some people need to get a life.
Nice car Craig! |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Intermediate Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 2028
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:42 am: | |
Craig:
Enjoy the car, their great. I've had mine for about 3 1/2 years now, and other than the maintenance costs, it has been just great.
Art |
Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jim_schad
Post Number: 1516
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 9:57 am: | |
Great car, enjoy it! Most people are just jealous and thus the negative comments. Your having the car only makes them realize their own short comings.
I noticed on your link that your girlfriend has been viewed more times than your car!
Compliments to her! |
Craig Allen (Cal)
New member
Username: Cal
Post Number: 5
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 9:50 am: | |
Hi guys, still finding my feet here, just thought I'd share a few thoughts since purchasing my F355B. I wrote it for another UK based car forum where many people think Ferrari's are completely unobtainable, please don't feel patronised!
The F355 isn't the fastest car but it IS rapid. The car deals with speed in a way I hadn't experienced before being able to drive my own car with a heavy foot.
0-60 in 4.7 incidentally the exact same figure as my previously owned Esprit and a top speed of 180 odd, the Lotus felt faster. More supercar like, when the turbo spooled up you got a golf club to the head and everything became a blur, whereas the Ferrari just keeps pulling and pulling right up to 8700! The Lotus was more cramped due to the gear tunnel running right through the centre of the car. I never felt completely relaxed driving it. It broke down continuously and was a pain in the a**e to drive on anything other than country roads when you�re wanting a blast. The 355 is easier to drive, more refined and very well made (not Porsche standard but not far off). The details are gorgeous and the styling imo is perfect.
If I needed a car for everyday use in a perfect world I wouldn�t hesitate to use it, unfortunately this isn�t a perfect world and I think of posts I�ve read in the past which tell of returning to Ferraris to see key scratches on every panel, slashed tires etc. For this reason above any other the F355 will live quietly in the garage until the sun is shining, there�s nothing else on the road (5:00am Sunday morning is pretty good) and I fancy a drive/breakfast out... in another county!
In the 1800 mls I�ve driven in a little under a month, I�ve not had a single problem. The servicing costs have recently halved, so now comparable with the Esprit. The fuel bill however is shocking! Having to fill the car twice at the weekend isn�t a lot of fun, but it�s the price you pay for keeping the car revving so highly. When the engine sings (to quote �about a boy�) �it brings happiness and sunshine into my heart� *smiles*
Returning to the car after parking it�s often surrounded by people, sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes not. I�ve had people tell me I should have got a Porsche and a jeep instead, on questioning they couldn�t tell me what Porsche I should have got only that it would have been �better� Or that I�m a w***er I don�t mind people calling me that, but because of the car I drive? That�s the reserve for BM drivers isn�t it? ;-) After the M3 I SHOULD know :-) At the end of the day, I don�t really care what people think, especially people who have never sat in, let alone driven any Ferrari. I would never think of suggesting that the miserable cow who climbed into her fiat multipla was anything other than a pleasant person getting money from an ATM. I however, after being informed by her, have a small penis...
There�s few cars I can think of that were released nine years ago that still have the road presence, performance and sound to make many more modern cars look and feel so bland and boring. I�d wanted and waited since it�s launch in 1994 to own this car, since then I�ve bought every press pack/release, every factory released brochure, and every magazine report I could lay my hands on. It was a passion that has now become reality, I couldn�t be happier.
Life�s too short� unlike my more educated opinion on my manhood!
Regards,
Cal
Some pics if you haven't seen them: [link]http://www.evoposters.net/cars/CalsF355 [/link]
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