Doug DeMuro reviews the F40

the reason he thinks it is so easy to drive is because he is not exceeding 50mph....

 

Nice review, I agree with most of what he says, and I am one of those people who also thinks the F40 is an EASY car to drive.

 

Nice guy : he even gave the s/n...
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He makes the Classiche seem utterly pointless, but my understanding has always been that it helps in the used market.

And is that true about getting the car Certified and then doing whatever you want to it? I would think there's more to it than that if you ever tried to sell it afterwards.

 

think of it as a snapshot in time. Imagine if some of these current vintage cars had classiche done to them back in the sixties or seventies. It would clear the air on a lot of things.

 

makes me want to drive one now!

 

I appreciate Doug's perspective on cars he reviews. It's fun to see some of the quirks of the cars that Harris or other more "serious" journalists ignore. Doug isn't going to convey what it's like to push an F40 to the limit, but it was an entertaining watch.

 

I do find him annoying at times, but like you point out, he shows the quirks and bizarre features of every car. I love that.

 

Great review!

 

Nice to watch a normal man on the street giving his viewpoint of the car.

The myth about it being intentional for the weave to show is still being touted though, and the claim its due to weight saving, when its really simply down to sinkage of the resin, and the fact its fibreglass cloth underneath the paint not carbon or kevlar!

 

That euro spec looks so good...the lighting (no shadows) makes it look like a poster in the beginning lol.

 

Yep, I just saw the LFA video also after the F40, since someone got one the other day and the topic came up...Never knew many of the things of the LFA, certainly appreciate it a lot more now! That center console is just so damn cool.

 

It really is. Why more manufacturers haven't been able to improve upon it is frustrating.

 

Sooo... is the a/c really that crappy?

 

I disagree. I've been for a ride a few times in an F40 (belonged to fchatter Simon^2 at the time). In the brutal summers of central Florida, the a/c was fantastic. I remember telling him how surprised I was with how cold it got on our drive to FoCF that day (for the USGP viewing party...not for service/repairs lol).

 

I couldn't make it half way through

He probably had the heater on

 

How often is anyone, even a long-term owner going to push it to the limit?

Essentially its a road-car, so his review was real-world.

Mark, you'll find that the AC on a Tipo USA car is very effective.

Agreed, properly operating it works for California too.

 

it depends.....
needs to be topped up of course, and then it depends on ambient temp, engine temp, traveling speed etc.

 

its easy enough to drive when you are just puttering around town (although it chokes up every so often and then you need to clear its throat).

at speed and in anger, then its a different matter.

also not so easy to get it launched on a steep slippery hill - speaking from experience.

 

agreed, on all your points.

 

Perhaps the USA cars have a different AC because I have sat in many besides the 3 Ive owned and they always seem to be more than up to the task, even in our California summers.

I find the F40 easy slow or fast, when fast, the precise feedback of chassis & steering allows you to place this car properly. That said, or course, as with any car at speed, it requires respect.

As regards hills, although the clutch pedal does admittedly take an effort, judicious application and the more-than-sufficient torque this 2,800 lb car has combines to make it as straightforward as most manual cars on a steep hill.

I really do find the F40 easy to drive, a joy in fact, I can see why people might be intimidated, but it doesn't need to be so.

 

As a matter of interest, have you kept track of how many individual F40's you have driven? I'd imagine it to be quite an impressive number!

 

How does it compare to a Countach ?, normal road driving. The 512TR/F512M are amazing for that kind of thing, really enjoyable..I don't reckon the F40 is going to be as hard as a Countach Clutch.

I was able to enjoy my 25th anniversary in normal road driving, yes the clutch is heavy but was nice to experience having an analogue supercar.

 

I like Doug, he's a geeky kinda 'facts' guy and presents in a very informative fashion.