Who's thrashing this 288?

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/288gto-f40-f50-enzo-laferrari/428389-taxtherich-288-gto.html

 

This is John Hunt's (ex 50's/60's Ferrari Collector turned 80's/90's Supercar collector) son who is a talented rally driver.

See youtube for the same job in XJ220 and Enzo!

 

And the duelling f50's video was also done by the taxtherich guys.

 

excellent driver!

 

stupid video,great car

 

what happend to the F40 in video???

 

can you elaborate?

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/142780181-post569.html

I don't think any elaboration is needed, the video speaks for itself.

 

Fair enough. But he's not selling vids, just sharing. Amd clearly having a blast. And driving pretty hard.

We have track vids. We have road vids. These are different.

I guess I'm just surprised that so many people are critical.

There must be some perfect balance between garage queen and track rat that f-chat deems appropriate use.

I don't necessarily like all his videos but I sure like that I get to see them.

 

As depicted in the videos they release, their cars are neither. Their cars appear to simply be being abused, simply because they can, in what seems like a pointless exercise that gets boring after you've seen just 2 of their videos. The videos appear to be nothing more than an automotive up yours, to those who use these cars with care & consideration. IMO they are not being used for the purpose for which they were built, on road or track.

Bear in mind, these cars represent a lifelong dream for many people, few of whom succeed after much hard work, and as such, aren't too impressed seeing someone use them this way!

Lastly, anyone who publishes a work should accept that some may applaud, and others may not. Accordingly these videos are subject to both praise & criticism as different people see fit.

 

I disagree. First off, they are doing a lot of driving on soft grass, maybe a bit bumpy but very easy on the drivetrain components. Doesn't take a lot of stress or power to drift a car on soft grass

Second, the doughnuts in the barn for example, that floor looks very smooth and even. Again it doesn't take much for a car to do doughnuts on that surface at all.

Looking at the surfaces they are driving on, and knowing what little effort it would take to get any car to do the things they are doing with the exotics, I think the "abuse" is not what it seems.

If they tools these cars on the street and did this stuff over speed bumps, hitting potholes, driving over curbs etc..that would be abuse.

 

You need to see the videos they did with the F50 and especially the Enzo. Driving at high speed on a gravel road across farmlands going through potholes - clear to see: abuse to most people, and I think if I did that to your hard-earned Enzo, you might feel the same. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4v4I7Gzk0[/ame]

At any rate, as I said: these videos are subject to both praise & criticism as different people see fit.

 

Not abuse, just good old fun.

 

Hmmmm not sure the next potential owners would be too impressed, but their cars at the mo so who are we to criticise I guess.

I imagine lots are treated worse but the next owner would never know

 

Those that park and polish do far more abuse than these guys. These cars are toys, and these guys are treating them as such. A far more proper use than the garage queen that sees the occasional cars and coffee .

 

that's the discussion I was asking about… better than "stupid video." Thanks, Joe. Of course it's open to criticism.

I have no problem with pro or con opinions on them… but clearly the videos don't just speak for themselves as there's lots of disagreement about them.

I also have no problem if an owner wants to hang one on his wall and just look at it. I have the choice to not buy this guy's cars if he sells based on what he does with them.

 

I agree with this whole heartedly. I'd much rather see a 288 GTO, F50, and Enzo driven hard like this than see them sitting at cars & coffee and driven home below 3,500 RPM.

 

My only issue: Why the FRAM oil filter!?

 

Who cares? Simply just cars when you boil it down. Life's short

 

I agree with sburke.

 

No worries, we know the chassis numbers

 

+1.

 

Some do work very hard to achive a car like the ones in the videos. But for others, its simply pocket change, they will buy another with just the monthly interest.

 

Awesome! How fortunate they are to be willing and able to enjoy such rare cars in this way!! Much better than letting such a fine piece sit motionless in a garage, only leaving for the occasional car show or even more pointless parking lot meetup. That is not in keeping with the spirit of Ferrari.