430 Mile Drive

Ata boy.
They were built to be driven.

 

Im so spoiled / lazy from all my others cars, that the lack of cruise control bothers me on long highway drives.

 

Nice trip

 

Meh.

Old school it.

Wedge your foot between the loud peddle and the center console.

 

Great that you are driving the car on longer trips. But on what car club website would people celebrate driving 430 miles without a problem? I don't mean to pick on you for your post and your post might just posting your trip experience, but it seems when people drive 200 miles or more without taking their complete tool box with them and the car does not break down, we all celebrate. Could this be one reason F355s have a reliability image problem?

 

My thoughts precisely....
Every weekend I typically drive 300/400 miles on my Porsche. I would be going crazy if I had to keep thinking if something would go wrong..



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I'm grateful for your post. Reinforcement of 355 built quality and reliability (after 20+ yrs) can't be a bad thing.

 

As strange as it sounds, that trip was better than any tune up you could have done. These cars just work better when you drive them, the harder the better.

 

OK guys so OP has a few punctuation errors in his post that’s why it’s hard to read. I went ahead and filled them in. Below is the version OP intended .

Took my 355 Spyder from Houston to Austin and back this weekend. Cruised all the way in 6th gear. Tach at 5000 rpm. Too bad I didn’t see another Ferrari on the road. We had stop and go traffic on I-10 for 45 minutes on the way back followed by a torrential downpour for the next 30 minutes. It rained so hard other motorists pulled their cars to the shoulder and parked. Mine took it all in stride and trekked effortlessly through a layer of water on the ground at 70 mph. There was a slight noise from rain droplets pounding on the hood but wasn’t enough to drown out the amazing sound coming from the engine. This car is amazing. She is a beauty like my girlfriend. Never gonna sell it for any price. Maybe for $500k when I get too old to drive.

 

My Triumph Website?

 

I used to have a TR6. Not a great endorsement for reliability.

 

I would hope that driving for a tank and a half of gas wouldn't result in any issues.

 

I for one enjoy these posts simply becasue they happen all the time but all we see is the issues.
If more would post these trips less people would think that the cars all ways have problems.