LaFerrari onboard at Targa Tasmania rally stage

How completely stupid. Depressing to see people do that to a car especially at slow speeds. To each his own, but it certainly is a way to show off. Ugh

 

Event organizers have been unsuccessful at removing parked cars from the route and simply covered their exposed fenders with yellow cardboard & caution tape - crazy.

 

OMG. Whether those streets are open or closed, I find it amazing that event is held in such close proximity to power poles, houses, etc. Also no helmets? Even in Monaco they erect substantial barriers and Armco to protect both the drivers and spectators.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this post, but I honestly don't think that is a 'smart' event whatsoever.

 

Streets and driveways are closed off, I don't see why it's an issue. Congrats to him for actually driving his car. If he hits something he only has himself to blame, so go enjoy the car.

 

Go to a highway with no speed limits, go to a race track, drive the car the way it was designed to be driven. Burning up expensive Pirelli tyres in such a dangerously silly environment, is simply not what this Ferrari, or any other for that matter, was built for

 

Targa Tamania is an excellent event which attracts worldwide entrants.
https://targa.com.au/tc/page_standard.asp?asset_id=1623
Quite a few of the Australian Ferrari club members enter the event, some not in Ferrari's:

360 Challenge: NSFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENMcJhWUQJg


Show a lot of the scenery / towns etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1h5B6v6EsU

 

you call THAT a closed rally stage? Come on! You can drive around the streets - even quickly, without being silly. People will still admire your car. Then go to a race track and see what it can do...but remember to wear a helmet because doing power slides at slow speed is one thing while taking it to the limit is another....
To each his own, I suppose..

I think they even have race tracks "down under" and track days are a common feature...

 

That's my point. The fact that the organizers (whoever they are) thought that a good solution to the problem was to put yellow paper/cardboard and tape (!) around the parked cars speaks to the organizing, or lack thereof, and, to their acknowledgment that those stationary vehicles present a true & present danger. Are you seriously telling me that with an event planned a year in advance, its not possible to make sure that the streets that are to be closed off are free of parked cars by the simple expedient of prior notification? What a joke.

Exactly.

 

That is the cheapest looking course/event I've ever seen for exotic cars and doesn't look remotely fun. Was this put on by the same organizers for that luxury music festival in the Bahamas recently?

 

Agreed, I think there is perhaps some misunderstanding as to what the event is. In some respects this event is not dissimilar to the Targa Florio of the past, just held in a much more relatively speaking controlled environment.

 

Positive comment from me, glad to see it used and have a bit of fun. Apart from some worn tires and a little bit of extra wear, nothing is broken. Much rather see this than one in a sealed garage only being let out once a year for a service and parked on some **** golf course.

 

I'm not commenting on the La Ferrari, the owner, or how he uses his car, that's his business, nor am I commenting on how this one is used relative to others, or, what the 'proper' way is to use a La Ferrari.

I'm also not commenting on the overall event.

I'm simply commenting on this particular aspect of the overall event, and in particular, how the issue of parked cars was addressed.

As Ive already said, the fact that the organizers (whoever they are) thought that a good solution to the problem was to put yellow paper/cardboard and tape (!) around the parked cars speaks to the organizing, or lack thereof, and, to their acknowledgment that those stationary vehicles present a true & present danger.

In any properly-planned event, its possible to make sure that the streets that are to be closed off are free of parked cars by the simple expedient of prior notification.

 

well, nothing quite like it use to be...one of my favorites

https://youtu.be/IpRFagIbcPE?t=51

 

I think the way the parked cars are handled speaks to poor organizing, no parked cars is safer, that's indisputable and happens to be my opinion, that's all, you're not going to convince me otherwise.