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Discussion in 'F12/812' started by lukek, Apr 4, 2024.

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  1. lukek

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    #1 lukek, Apr 4, 2024
    I used to own a 1963 250 GTE. I now have a 2014 F12. The noise when driving the car is literally the same, or in the same aural range and spirit, despite 60 years of progress. It is a thrash of sorts, a confluence of valves, gear-train, differential, and it is the same spectrum. They are so close that it gives me a tingle.
    How did they do that, and was it on purpose? Is the Colombo v12 architecture and the latest design conductive to the same valve train noise?
    I am sure someone will write a PhD on this. Or.....maybe there is someone here with a vintage and modern V12, and I need a hearing test?
     
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    #2 Solid State, Apr 5, 2024
    You are an ancient artifact! Get with the program. New Ferrari should have digital dash and full electric or at least puny ICE, turbos and electrics. Drown out the ICE with extra large GPF and then pump whatever sound you want into the cockpit.

     
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    #3 Caeruleus11, Apr 5, 2024
    lol! Very funny reply!

    Yes, it really is very similar. I dont know how they do it, but that is the heritage and what we all love. There is something both mechanical and human about the experience. May that never leave the brand.


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  4. colonels

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    #4 colonels, Apr 5, 2024
    even the inline BMW 6 cylinders have a similar higher pitch engine whine.
     
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  5. lukek

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    #5 lukek, Apr 5, 2024
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    I know. I still have two manual transmission cars in the garage, too. My Mad Car Disease has been a chronic condition for a while. I want to make my Tesla sound like a Mac truck, or Britney Spears, or I guess it is already making fart noises from the factory. I think the BMW i3 would sound better with a Flinstones vs. Jetsons soundtrack.
     
  6. Lukeylikey

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    #6 Lukeylikey, Apr 5, 2024
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    I want the future to be different to the past, unless you can redo the past better. Which you can’t IMO.

    I love the air cooled Porsche thing. But I love the GT Porsche thing too. Wouldn’t want a ‘new’ air cooled car in place of a GT3 RS. I love the Testarossa line. But I wouldn’t want to have no SF90s around. The charm of the Testarossa is in its bombastic appearance, peerless sound, why it looks like that and why its weight distribution is brilliantly flawed, leading to a driving experience that is also brilliantly flawed. What a car it is. How could it be improved if the formula was revisited? I wouldn’t buy a new version of it. The SF90, and hopefully the F167 along with it, are what modern Ferraris should be like. Honed, technical, ballistic speed that’s controlled. In other words, nothing like what I love about an air cooled Porsche or 180 degree V Ferrari.

    Of course everyone wants a 1,000kg, V12, manual transmission, 1,000hp, rear wheel drive Ferrari that laps Fiorano in 1.15 and costs £250k. But knowing that boat isn’t going to come, I’m happy with what we’ve got given the back catalogue covers the other spectrum of experiences so well. Variety please.
     
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  7. lukek

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    #7 lukek, Apr 7, 2024
    Agreed. My garage has cars from 1960s, 1990s, and 2000s, and from Japanese, American, and Italian manufacturers. And very different engine configurations, too! Variety is wonderful (I have recently switched from a blonde to a brunette, too)
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