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How fast have you taken your 355, 360 or 430

Discussion in '348/355' started by spidey, Oct 31, 2005.

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  1. speedy_sam

    speedy_sam F1 Veteran

    Jul 13, 2004
    5,559
    TX
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    Sameer
    Attaboy. You must have gone quicker in the GT2 right?
     
  2. Testacojones

    Testacojones F1 Veteran

    Nov 3, 2003
    5,198
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    Luix Lecusay

    You mean cojones, by the way you aren't the only one to mention about the scary ride after 130 or so in the 355, I used to take my 328 to 140mph every day and past 150mph almost weekly and the car was sure footed. How odd about the 355! Theres something not right with your car.
     
  3. lusso64

    lusso64 Formula 3

    Apr 12, 2004
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    Simi Valley
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    David
    Hard to tell.... The speedo once read about 170 MPH, so that was probably about 66MPH in reality.

    Ferrari speedos are notoriously optomistic....
     
  4. bjm

    bjm Formula Junior

    Nov 1, 2003
    923
    Fairfield County, CT
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    Brian
    My car is one of the best sorted 355's you could wish for. In 2 years of ownership I have had zero issues with it. Well I probably need to get my wheels realigned, I have not done this in 2 years so that may help but the top speed run's I have very little interest in. The Fcar experience is so much more than top speed runs. Any fool can plant his foot on a straightaway to "she what she'll do"...It something we all do once ...but driving regularly at those speeds on our crap public roads is madness and can only end badly.



     
  5. Testacojones

    Testacojones F1 Veteran

    Nov 3, 2003
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    I didn't try to put your car down, I'm a little confused with your answer. Anyway I posted this about my 328 experience because the 355 is a lot more of a car and since this is the case then I cannot see how could it be possible to be scare or to experience a scary ride in a well sorted out 355. I have had exotics since I was in high school and driving fast is a passion, I did those speeds when the highway was empty or with enough room, at no time at all I was risking other people out on the road. No matter what public roads are not a close circuit so I don't street race anyone. I do road course driving so I know the true meaning of driving unlike fools that only care about 1/4mile crap or top speed, thats why I don't drive a faster car than my new Gallardo and for the track events some may laugh but I drive a '98 eclipse race car, no longer I want to risk an exotic.
     
  6. shiznut123

    shiznut123 Karting

    Nov 15, 2003
    93
    170 indicated by speedo in my Modena. Probably with the speedo error corrected~155mph
     
  7. Treesixteee

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  8. Sh4rkAttk

    Sh4rkAttk Rookie

    Jul 6, 2005
    37
    So. Cal
    130 mph in the 430 was a scary experience, considering having the car for less then a month.
     
  9. scud

    scud F1 World Champ

    Oct 2, 2004
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    check my avatar
     
  10. henkie

    henkie La Passione...
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    Apr 13, 2005
    10,517
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    176 mph (283km/h) on the speedo of my 348.

    The german border with no speedlimit is 40 miles from my house.
    We love the autobahn... you can speed up for miles in a row. Everybody goes to the right in time, they're all used to it..
     
  11. Speedracer38

    Speedracer38 F1 Veteran

    Oct 11, 2004
    5,187
    Connecticut
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    Jason Thorgalsen
    155 mph in passenger seat of a 360 Spider. Yes the top was down :)
     
  12. nejcdolinsek

    nejcdolinsek Karting

    Dec 2, 2003
    211
    After that tragic Enzo crash, I wouldn't push my luck too much :(
     
  13. RossoCorsaItaly

    RossoCorsaItaly F1 Rookie
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    Jun 9, 2004
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    Kevin
    Ain't that the truth, I maxed my Maser out in TX
     
  14. ChalStrad

    ChalStrad Formula 3

    Jan 22, 2004
    2,249
    Lausanne Switzerland
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    Peter Mann
    310 km/h in CS

    320 km/h in 512 TR

    278 km/h in 348 (rev limiter and Italian Police)

    265 km/h in 328
     
  15. cheetah360

    cheetah360 Rookie

    Feb 16, 2004
    32
    195MPH (320kmh) on the dashboard of my 360 yesterday on the Autobahn.
    My TomTom GPS was showing 297kmh. I don't know which one is right, maybe the truth is in between.
     
  16. sobe

    sobe Formula Junior

    Sep 24, 2005
    313
    LA/Miami
    Wow to live in Germany where you can really enjoy the car .... nice !
     
  17. TimsBlack16M

    TimsBlack16M Formula 3

    Jan 27, 2005
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    Agoura Hills, CA
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    Tim
    160 MPH in my 99' 355 F1 spider (on several occasions). No handling issues at that speed. Tim
     
  18. 355GTB

    355GTB Rookie

    Nov 23, 2004
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    Jason Arnold
    Nice to see some high speed lovers coming out in more recent posts!!! I've been to governor cutoff in my BMW 330CI - somewhere around 138mph - a bunch of times, no problem, and 145mph in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT - this on the other hand, is not recommended :)...Ferraris on the other hand are are made for high speeds, so you owners with love of speed and cojones rock!!
     
  19. JamesSimpson

    JamesSimpson F1 Rookie

    Jun 29, 2005
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    Toronto,CANADA
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    James Simpson
    two weeks ago highway 410 287 km/h 97 355 spider straight pipes
     

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