550 vs. 355

The way he describes this "race" reminds me of Austin Powers #1 when Dr. Evil's son Scott is describing the gnarley time that they had at the bar and he's talking so fast and with such slang, Dr. Evil has no idea what the kid is trying to say.

 

allan, i love ur 355 too! haha. get some fresh pics or her for us and with hawaii as the background? omg!

 

I agree Allan.

 

Ferrari has always built different cars that meet different needs of their clients and I would not want to put any age restriction on any of them. They have done this since their inception almost 50+ years ago.

Most people who are not familiar with their real history simply think that Ferrari is all about excotics and sports cars, unfortunately that is only a limited view of what Ferrari is all about.

For example
CY2004
612 = 2+2 but could also be called a GT
360 = sports car
360 NGT and 575 GTC = race car
F1 = single seater
575 = GT car...to heavy for a real sports car IMHO
360 CS = sports car verging on race car
Enzo = exotic

CY1980's
412 = 2+2, again could be called a GT
308 = sports car
Mondial = 2+2 as well as mild sports car
Testarossa = GT
F1 = single seater
512 BB series = exotic

CY 1970's
365 GT = 2+2 again could be called a GT
246 GT series =sports car
308 = sports car
308GT4 = 2+2 as well as sports car
Daytona = GT
365BB and 512 exotic
F1 = single seater
Not to mention the few cars that are real racers based on the GT and sports cars such as the 365GTB4 racers, Daytona and 308 series racers

You can do this for every decade except the 40's.

All of these cars have slightly different advantages and disadvantages and different reasons on why people buy them and lover them.

Of course this is all just my opinion.

 

Now to add a little gas to the fire....When I go head to head with a friend of mine who has a 355 Spider w/Tubi, all be it straight line, my 456 GT six speed w/tubi, eats him alive.

He is a little quicker to 30 MPH, maybe half a car, but once the 442 ponies with all the torque kicks in it's bye bye

 

JPL, just out of curiosity, what criteria are you using to differentiate a GT from a sports car? Is it simply weight and/or size?

 

I guess a little bit of both. Once a car gets over 3200lbs it stops being tossable or in my opinion a sports car...of course that is just my opinion. Even my Miata is more of a sports car than my 308. Of course if you ask 100 people what a sports car is you will probably get 100 different answers.

I like to think of my Miata as my sports car and my 308 as my exotic.

It's not easy to find great sports cars anymore....most of them that are lablelled by the media as sports cars are much to heavy. Colin had it right.....don't add HP.....reduce the weight.

 

Hmmm magazines should now start including 0-100mph thru traffic stats!

 

Hmmm magazines should now start including 0-100mph thru traffic stats!

 

Are you Fuc*ing kidding me????

LMAO

They are both great cars but the diablo would make a 355 look stupid lol.

Lets see pictures of your 355 and your supercharged Z06 just for kicks.

and you said you were in South Florida racing a 550 red car. I have a friend with one in the area. Where were you?

 

Your "Avatar" says: (355now350soon) What is a 350?

 

I can drive my Diablo just as easily through traffic as i can my 355, actually even easier, since it has the power to barrel through gaps much quicker.

I cant believe you have resorted to argueing about traffic racing.

Ill give you the win on this, since thats something i dont do. Im not interested in wrecking my car, hurting myself or others.

 

Some of us actually do race, so speak for yourself. Congrats you beat someone weaving through traffic, your car has now been proven to be faster!

 

355now350soon - let us know when you grace the pages of wreckedexotics.com

Do you have even a hazy idea of Ferrari production vehicle history?

 

Don't feed the troll.

 

morning chatters,

found some Fiorano lap records:
1'34"00 was the tracktime for a F355 (1994).
3 years later the 550 Maranello reached exactly the same time (1'34"00).
Funny 1:0 for the F355 as the older car
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Here some other lap times:

0'55''999 F2004 (Febr. 2004, MS)
0'56''279 F2004 (Febr. 2004, MS)
0'56"33 F2003-GA (2003, MS)
0'57''476 F2002 (2003, MS
0'58"38 F2002 (2002, MS)
0'59"00 F1 310B (1997, MS)
1'00"31 F1 412T1 (1994, Alesi)
1'11''833 Maserati Corse Comp. (Febr. 4, 2004, testdriver Andrea Bertolini)
1'11"90 Ferrari 333SP (slicks)
1'12''247 Maserati Corse Comp. (Feb 3, 2004, testdriver Andrea Bertolini)
1'12''336 Maserati Corse Comp. (Jan ? 2004, testdriver Andrea Bertolini)
1'12''517 Maserati Corse Comp. (Feb 4, 2004, Babini)
1'14''496 Maserati Corse Comp. (Feb 3, 2004, Babini)
1'18"90 360 N-GT
1'22"30 Enzo (2003)
1'22"40 360 Challenge
1'23''848 Maserati Trofeo
1'25"40 355 Challenge (1997?, wing, slicks, Nicola Larini)
1'26"50 355 Challenge (1995, no wing, street tyres)
1'27"00 F50
1'28"00 F50 (1995)
1'28"00 360 Challenge Stradale
1'29"60 F40
1'30"00 F40 (1987)
1'30"00 360 Modena
1'31"50 360 Modena
1'31"50 F40 (Gerhard Berger)
1'31"51 575M Maranello
1'32"53 550 Maranello
1'33"00 348 Challenge
1'33"00 575M Maranello
1'33"00 F355 F1 (1997)
1'34"00 F355 (1994)
1'34"00 550 Maranello (1997)
1'35"00 F512M (1995)
1'35"00 512TR (1992)
1'35"00 456GT
1'35"00 Maserati 4200GT
1'36"00 Testarossa (1984)
1'37"00 348TB (1989)
1'37"00 288GTO (?)
1'40"00 456GT (1992)
low 1'50's 308 GTB US spec. (1980)
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The Fiorano track has got some modifications in 1992 and 1998 - the current lenght is 2,976 km.

forza

cinquevalvole

 

No way you really think that is or was Allan. Allan usually has very good grammar and is half-assed good at spelling for a forum board. That troll writes like a tard. While I admit he is fairly crude to some people, he usually will show a video of said ass whipping. I'm not swinging from his nuts or anything, but you should take off the darth helmet, the lenses are obscuring your vision....

 

The Diablo would win hands down, As for traffic racing I always back down to people like that. Its not worth causing an accident over if you want something like traffic racing. Go to a track it will give you even more joy then traffic racing.

 

Maybe, but the 550 has a 12 cylinder engine and looks so much better than the 355 that I would rather have one even if it were slower.

 

Hey, and welcome to Hotlanta!! Whereabouts are you. PM when you get the chance.

ciao, AL