I am at an age where the old joints and muscles arent so good anymore! I would have been very embarrassed had I had to visit the local ER/A&E to have my arms relocated in my shoulder joints with that 348! PAS is just fine with me, thanks!
Was that because you could not find 355 CF units? What ferrari did they come from, a 348?? Look fab by the way
the 355 is just fine...if thats what you like... hmmm did anyone ever use 348 parts on there 355..OOOOh you mean besides ferrari factory using 348 parts on the 355 i gotchya....LOL lets not forget without the 348 there would be NO 355! so "have a coke and a smile and shut the #&*k up" as eddie murphy would say... ROTFLMAO
a good point well made, we have 348 front wings, bonnet, cabin and doors almost identical with just some air intake covers different. again the rear is just a few cosmetic changes. engine may be a bit more different, suspension tweaked. but as you say, we wouldn't have 355s without the test bed 348!
Lol! Anyone else notice its always the 348 guys that get all pissed of in these threads Regarding the feeble and weak line, there would be no 355 with out the 348 bla bla. An artist will always always do a throw away draft before his work of art And according to the ferrari president, it seems someone put the throw away draft into production
just so you all know im just playing and having fun ribbing here: well id take an original first version of the mona lisa and be just fine hanging it on my wall... who cares what the president of ferrai said? when he said it or why? funny how that cruddy practice version lasted what 7 years??? hmmm how many years did they make the 355? oh wait from 96 to 99 aaaaahhhhh... curious so what you too cool for us 355 owners are saying is that if you wouldnt drive a meesly 348...well thats good to know....when one of u needs help from a lowly 348 guy to fix your 355 we will remember this FUN little thread.... and just remember us poor 348 owners cant all affor a 20K$ header repair bill...cuzz we are all just poor trash vermin
oh woe is me the poooor poor man who must drive a crappy 348 spider...life is just soooo awful i think i will just give my spyder away and drive a camry since i cant have a 355.... booo hoooo 355 spyder guy out on the town.... hey baby watch me push this button and make my top go up.....awww crap its stuck in the droopy downward position...ANYONE have a viagra.....for um errr my 355 spyder
For the record i to thought this thread was just about ribbing, there only cars after all Oh and just check who started this thread and what the thread title is called Dont get all defensive and moody when we send a salvo your way But by chance today in the UK motoring weekly, Autocar. There is a 5 page write up on the ferrari 458 v the F40 v the Enzo At the back of the magazine there is a one page write up on the Ferrari 348, the page is called. The cars that saved or SHAMED the company, they have a different car every week I wont bother telling you what the write up said, but it was the usual LOL!!
Seriously?!? bizarre comment from someone who claims to have owned both cars! 80% of these 2 cars are identical! A few redesigned body panels, 8 more valves, 1 more gear and power steering is a quantum leap??? lol The 355 has a laundry list of shortcomings and notorious issues too... some in common, some unique. I love the 348 & 355, some of the reasons are the same, some are different, but I have just as many beefs and eye-rolling issues about each car. Bottom line, only a true driver and "Ferrari guy" appreciates the 348, and if the 348 had never been designed and built... the 355 wouldn't exist!
i have a 348 and would love to have a 355.......who wouldn't? disconnect the power steering if you don't like it..... from a 348 owner who will keep it and add a 355 because of todays market!
Well things got a little spicy Hoo Aah thats better lol Let me calm things down with some X-mas cheer Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Not bizarre at all! Only this, only that, more poblems, different problems etc etc etc... The bottom line is a 355 drives better, handles better, gearbox is better, the windows go up and down properly, I can park it in tight spaces, it performs better, it sounds better! Thats why it is 10 times better than a 348. Its a proper car not an animal. The owner of an independent Ferrari repairer put it perfectly "Great if you are Michael Scumacher driving a 348 on the track" No good for me for two reasons - but then I am not a true driver or a "Ferrari Guy" so what do I know?? Oh BTW I dont claim to have owned both cars - I have owned both cars!
on its T bar...that must mean its the dogs danglies... mind you these 348 pics are showing what a fantastic looking machine it is indeed the santa pics above arent too shabby either! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Not at all. I LOVE the 458, and my 348 aint going anywhere. Correct. That makes two of us. Would wanna be "better". It came 5 yrs after the first 348. 360 is "better" than the 355. The 430 is "better" than the 360 etc..etc. Both 348 and 355 are great cars in their own right.
We could go on forever but my own personal view is that the 348 is not a great car in its own right. The agricultural gearbox, for instance, is a design fault IMHO. I had a 308GT4 many moons ago and I remember that to have distinct advantages over a later 348 - the gearbox/shift mechanism being one! Many 348 owners will have driven 355s. They can be objective but those 348 owners who have not can't possibly know how good a 355 merely from looking at the spec' of car and comparing 5 valves for 4, an extra gear etc etc.
Each to their own I guess. I love em both, just love the look and the non p/steering of the 348! I like cars that are "hard" to drive. The agricultural gearbox, hard accel pedal, heavy steering etc..etc. As said, each to their own.
Absolutely!! I am just miffed by someone telling me I am not a true driver and a "Ferrari guy" just because I didn't like one of the cars that I owned (for good reason IMHO). Ive driven umpteen cars in various modes (including 3 seasons of Formula Ford 1600) over the 46 years I've had a licence. Not a true driver - a little harsh?
