Application to join "The Brotherhood"

Ok now I have lost count of new members of the growing brotherhood......just in the last week alone!!! Its like the movie gremlins and its raining!!

 

Great looking ride!

The Brotherhood is working on some performance mods that you are going to love.

Welcome!

 

Very cool. The brothers are taking over the world!! Mwwhahahahahha!

 

Brothers at the track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nice looking 348!!

 

Application approved. Welcome aboard!!!

 

Sweet ride!

The Brotherhood (including myself) are dedicated to fight the stigma on the model heaped on by the jealous owners of 3x8's and newer cars. Of course, Mr. Sheehan's comments didn't help much either. Nevertheless, we are out to show the world that the 348 is the best value for performance of all the production Ferraris, is fairly bullet proof (for a Ferrari), requires less maintenance (than people think) and easily modified. Further, there are many modifications one can make that will raise the car to (or near enough anyway) current levels of performance for semi-exotic and exotic cars at (comparative) reasonable cost. The car stands squarely between the seminal 3x8 line of V-8 Ferraris and the breakout 355 in every way.

What do ya think?

 

Nice ride DM18

What did Sheehan say and who is he?

 

Yeah, who is he.....and did he have anything to say about 355's??

 

I approve. Not as sexy as my pic, but ok.

 

I remember when someone from Ferrari made comments about how the NSX made them rethink what a exotic car can be. The 355 was designed in response to the NSX in some ways. I was thinking and still think WTF? Not that the 355 isn't a great car but i'd always felt the 348 still had that exotic feel and look that a Ferrari should have.

What they should have been inspired by is the NSX's reliabilty and ability to run 100k miles with little or no maintainance not it's refinement and ease of driving.

 

Ok, I will try to summarize Michael Sheehan's (noted Ferrari broker, collector, judge and invesment advisor here in SoCal) comments about the 348 as made in SCM. He essentially panned it for styling and because the 355 is so superior. The side strakes remind him of an attempt at identifying with the TR and keep the car's styling stuck in the 90's. He gives the impression that the 348 was a step to the 355 and that's where u wanted to be. Also he criticized the engine configuration since a belt service requires an engine out (didn't seem to be as much an issue for him for 355's and 360's and he hasn't commented on the 3-year interval for the 360 vrs. the 5-year for 348's and 355's). Bottom line was for one to skip the entire 348 line altogether. He correctly criticized the earlier cars, but does not support buying the late model cars.

I am hoping we can change his opinion.

 

Who cares if he likes it or not! We got a good car and we know it! Go Brotherhood!

 

He does race a 308... I setup his data system...
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Oh, the ultimate ignominy - he prefers a 308 to a 348! Hey, they made 348 race cars too, Mike! Heh heh.

 

S W E E T___C A R !!!!

What is the power to weight ratio on that???

Is that a "motec" setup??

 

Mike uses a MoTeC engine controller but the data system is AIM. www.aimsports.com

 

Owning that car means application approved! Welcome to the brotherhood!
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True!
Welcome, brother.
BT

 

Hey Joe, whose old GT-2 car is that?

-Peter