you idiot. I've plenty of Alfa's,still love the Bertone GTV's but would never own one again. As ya get older,ya eyes go,ya friends go and ya buy grunt cars to blow of the RMW's of this world.
meh, a slightly better looking GPX. id liken it to slapping 17" rims on a commo exec...still a commuter! because for the 15 months of restrictions, id rather be riding than not
you must be too concentrated on my rental!! when we drop pass the tunnel onto city rd, there was a group of school girls on the right, i was trying to work out his nav system and i heard the scream, it was so loud!! I'm sure MHH heard it too!
WOW... is the electronics problem a defect on the model or only on selected cars? i guess as long as they can fix the problem once and for all, the car is a gem
What the Lambo following me. Was it really MHH or was it a set up. I will only find out if I do either a). the tassie trip next year, or b). fly to SA for a steak night. On that night, how close was I to having a prang in the foyer of the Como. Now that wouldn't have been good. LOL
yeah and as i recall, you were looking at the rear view mirror when that happened, CONCENTRATING ON MY RENTAL??!!
LOL. I was reversing if you recall..... I was looking at the left mirror to try and get close to the wall... BTW, hows the rental going. Extended it or traded it for a newer model.
My bike sequence went something like: see sexy 916SP in magazines, put deposit on first available, remember that I didn't have a bike license, find out the SP model wasn't ADR compliant; but buy it anyway, put it through ADR's privately with some other like minded nutters, ride it for a bit....................then decide that I really SHOULD do the bike test. Fortunately I was too busy working to spend much time riding it. This was back in 1994, you would be mad to try it today.
Predictably I am told all the other cars sold have been fabulously reliable. Shame really, as it is a GREAT daily driver which is the role that I bought it for. Sports car it ain't though, no matter what engine/gearbox you put in the 2 ton sucker.
well my ducati is back at the dealer again have the gearbox fixed again ...............it got stuck in second gear this time ...........go to love italian bikes hey...........i feel you pain 360................................wish they would use the good parts to begin with
why the hell not, thats commendable! i have ridden trail/motocross since i was 5, thought it was high time i gave roadbikes a go. its a very occasional fine weather activity. i wouldnt dream of commuting.
I sold my 916 SP with something like 1500km's on it when my new 996 SPS turned up. Sadly for the dealer, the 916 engine blew up within a week of the next owner taking delivery. Full engine rebuild required My 996 SPS has had lots of problems; but I can't really blame Ducati since the engine is highly modified and not far off the spec of my 955 Corsa race bike. I also had a Bimota SB6 (which Aircon loved) which was initially very unreliable. VERY fast and reasonably comfortable bike that was a real work of art to behold. Traded it on a 996 Porsche and the next owner sent the Bimota to God at Phillip Island in a high speed off at the hayshed. I have a Desmosedici coming late in the year and I expect it will be an unreliable POS like every other bit of Italian machinery that I have ever owned
I rode enduro and motocross bikes for many years as a kid so I guess I felt that I had the skills required to ride a road bike in reasonable safety. Passed the test easily, so I guess that was true. I would NOT recommend my course of action to anybody these days.
the test is a joke. these 2 guys passed the day i was there...lets just say i hope to never be near them on a road be they a rider of a bike, driver of a car...or even a pedestrian ive never been concerned about my skills, my concern lies with the potential for factors out of your control to turn everything pear shaped
That doesn't sound like the test that I did way back when. Plenty of people at HART on the day and a number failed. Test is probably quite different these days, who knows.
