Glorious drive ...

For two days, I had a chance to drive a 1997 F355 6-speed with Tubi exhaust muffler and standard headers + bypass valve. What a glorious machine! The deep throated scream when the valve opens, the whaling of the engine at 7,500 rpm (with 1,000 more to go), the bubbling of the exhaust note while letting up on the throttle, all of it amplified inside a tunnel from I-92 connecting to I-280 ahead of a Tesla who could not produce any sound to save its life.

The only downside is I found myself driving like a jerk just to hear that F1 sound again. Life is not complete until you drive a Spider 355 with Tubi exhaust inside a tunnel, with the top down.

 

I've been tell the B and S lovers that for years.

 

“The deep throated scream when the valve opens, the whaling of the engine at 7,500rpm (with 1,000 more to go)”

 

My dermatologist allows me 1 hour of sunlight per year.

 

Still worth it....

 

That's my favorite tunnel. Was literally just there last Sunday, not the glorious F129 w/ Tubi - just a lowly F119 w/ Nouvalari.

 

Different tunnel on other side of the pond and with F131 + Tubi. Still great.

 

Tom Lantos?

 

My daughter was asked by her boyfriend if she wanted to go see the movie F1. She said: "No, I'll go home and ride with my Dad." I am proud of my daughter.

She came home this morning and I picked her up in a Swatters Blue 1996 F355 Spider 6-speed. We hit 7,500 rpm leaving SFO on 101.