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  1. Aircon

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    #101 Aircon, Dec 21, 2011
    exactly the point I was trying to make!!! Easy peasy.

    oh...and FO x 308
     
  2. moretti

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    #102 moretti, Dec 21, 2011
    gee, he's fitted in well :p
     
  3. Arvin Grajau

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    #103 Arvin Grajau, Dec 21, 2011
    Stupid comment ,ever been to Coventry,I 1st went there in 1970,25 years before that the Nazi had flattened it,within 6 years Jaguar drove there race cars to Le-Mans and won then drove them home.thats passion.
    Passion is when a fitter eats his lunch in the cockpit of half built E-type lwt.
     
  4. Arvin Grajau

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    #104 Arvin Grajau, Dec 21, 2011
    Hey my BB was not neglected ,bald tyres sure,hey I like drive it hard.
     
  5. Aircon

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    #105 Aircon, Dec 21, 2011
    *cough*
     
  6. Arvin Grajau

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    #106 Arvin Grajau, Dec 21, 2011
    shut up flipper.
     
  7. tdc911

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    #107 tdc911, Dec 21, 2011
    I'm not going to get into a Ferrari vs Porsche argument, especially not on a Ferrari forum but I agree with you. To say that Porsche (or Jaguar) had/have no passion is a load of crap. I could argue that Porsche had not only more passion than Ferrari, but more soul.
     
  8. MrGrigio

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    #108 MrGrigio, Dec 21, 2011
    Without doubt, I'm the lamest driver here, having spent the last decade in HK and Japan and not driving. The last car I owned was a 3.2 Carrera and when I compare it to the 308, the clutch and gearbox is so much easier to use on the 308. I was shocked by how easy it was to drive the 308, except for the slightly heavy steering and wooden brake feel (a feature that seems unique to my car at least).If the 308 is easy, then I can only imagine what a 458 is like.....
     
  9. moretti

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    #109 moretti, Dec 21, 2011
    porsche are just more meticulous and Teutonic, the fact they don't smile is because the fatherland has a 2-0 scoreline :)

    the way they went about attacking Le Mans is the PRIME example, they collated huge amounts of data and applied it to the next generation of Le Mans warrior, the Italians would wake up after a siesta and realise they needed to put an extra engine in the back of an ALFA to keep up in F1 and put some more sheet metal on an F1 car for Le Mans
     
  10. MrGrigio

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    #110 MrGrigio, Dec 21, 2011
    oh...and FO x 308[/QUOTE]

    FO x 308? Does it mean **** off x 308?

    pardon my ignorance:)
     
  11. Aircon

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    #111 Aircon, Dec 21, 2011
    yes....and you can make the number anything you feel is relevant.
     
  12. creafield

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    #112 creafield, Dec 21, 2011
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    One of the interesting things about Ferraris is the difference between 'loving' a car in a photo and then seeing it in real life. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good!!

    Fitzgerald & Merritt(1976) .. my bible in the early days, had a 250 designed by Bertone on pages 149& 154. One was Silver (a colour plate) and the other was a dark colour (a BW photo). This was my FAVOURITE car .. I couldn't (and still can't) think what was wrong with the shape.

    Secondly in Cavallino many years ago was advertised for sale was a 250 Lusso that had a 250 GTO type nose. The photos in that magazine were absolutely gorgeous, the price must have been reasonable as I seriously entertained buying the car. I can't remember whether it was a moggy or not, as these were before the internet and so on.

    In 2004 I met #3269 at Quail lodge, the picture on post 29, and was absolutely stunned at how beautiful the car was in the flesh. I must have entertained the minder at the time with my drooling as he gave me a drive from the lodge to Highway 1 .. as a passenger :(. I was NOT disappointed. even though I was surprised how little get up and go it had .. it MADE the right noises.

    I was convinced there was a silver one around somewhere as per Fitzgerald & Merritt .. unfortunately only one and nowadays I would suspect a multi million dollar car.

    By coincidence I post occasionally on the 550/575 forum and a regular poster there (WBKlink) actually owned #3269 many years ago and parked it on the street (eeek!!!). Of course, you guessed it, he was a musician

    In 2007 I met the Lusso special at Monterey ... MOST disappointing compared to the Cavallino photos and NO desire to own. I couldn't even get a flattering photo!!!

    Dave456 gets the cigar ... of course #3269 was designed by Bertone.
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  13. F40LMGTC

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    #113 F40LMGTC, Dec 21, 2011
    here's the deal. Driving a 355 F1 spider:- you can answer your phone. You can text.
    you can have your arm out of the car.
    It basically drives you.

    Driving a 512 BOXER:- you don't answer your phone.
    you don't text
    you have to DRIVE this car or else.

    Driving and F40:- same as above
     
  14. F40LMGTC

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    #114 F40LMGTC, Dec 21, 2011
    oh dear......NO F40
     
  15. SPEEDCORE

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    #115 SPEEDCORE, Dec 21, 2011
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    #116 F40LMGTC, Dec 21, 2011
    stupid is it. Italians have an inbred passion for clothes, food,cars and lots of other things.
    I find it hard to explain my passion for Ferrari's, except to say that driving a BB or an F40, gives me a feeling that I'm driving something very special. That has a long history with F1 etc. etc.
    I look at a 250 GTO or a 330 P4 and of course and F40 and I feel that I am looking at cars that are pieces of ART. As well as being cars.

    I just don't get that feeling with looking a JAg's OR BMW OR Porsche or any other car.

    It's an honour to own an F40. Let alone one of 4 LM's (gtc) in the world.
    If you don't understand this, then I can't explain it to you.
    It's called PASSION.
     
  17. moretti

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    #117 moretti, Dec 21, 2011
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    we all knew it was a Bertone design Phil :)

    I have your book as well but consider my Hans Tanner's version to be the bible

    BTW the picture of the Bertone bodied car is on 148 :)
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  18. F40LMGTC

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    #118 F40LMGTC, Dec 21, 2011
    sorry missed that. What a sight. How anyone could be thinking Porsche or Jag with a sight like that...........I don't get it
     
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    #120 F40LMGTC, Dec 21, 2011
    what a piece of ART. The attention to detail on that car by michelotta, was just amazing.
    Only 4 of them in the world. How can any of you talk to me about e-types (saw 25 at RACV awhile back) Porsche........see hairdresses driving them everyday and I just laugh.
    That LM is awesome.
     
  21. RMV

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    #121 RMV, Dec 21, 2011
    Have a nice day.
     
  22. moretti

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    #122 moretti, Dec 21, 2011
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    #123 tdc911, Dec 21, 2011
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    Passion you say...
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  24. Aircon

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    #124 Aircon, Dec 21, 2011
    fixed
     
  25. moretti

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    #125 moretti, Dec 21, 2011
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