How to enjoy Ferrrari ownership without speeding?

You can't.

One of the reasons why people are shifting to cars with less hp and more contact with the road because you can feel like you are going very fast at lower speeds.

With a modern exotic you need to be doing 150mph+ to 'feel it'.

Yea the cars have gotten better but the infrastructure they drive on sure hasn't, at least in US.

 

Just do it when the road is clear and the fuzz aren't around

 

It is pretty clear you have no idea what exponentially means.

Drive it like an Adult, wait to do your fast stuff far from constabulatory vision, and where you won't hurt anyone but yourself. That is on roads where you pass less than 1 car per minute including both directions.

Ferrari finally have enough performance to kill the occupant at a whim. So, Ferrari had to place hundreds of little nannies to keep customers from doing exactly that. Which takes a lot of the fun out of the car.

 

This is one reason why the gated cars are sought after IMO. It's so enjoyable to just manage the gearbox and use your entire body to drive!

 

Take it to the track

 

Or an open-air car. Sounds better that way, too.

 

Same way Car and Driver does it, on the hwy in the middle of the night.

 

+1 but most modern performance cars today are just too fast for the street. No way to get around it really unless you go for an older and/or slower car...

 

Ferrari still looks good and fast for your friends just sitting in the garage,

 

It is more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow. Take a little under powered 4 cyl.
stick car and wring its neck without really going fast.

 

Get out on some back roads made for a horse and buggy and try to average the local speed limit all driver aids turned off. Watch out for Amish and Menomites that still use this mode of travel. Gts Bruce

 

In MA, I used to have fun playing with the speeders.

They'd zip away from me in the straights, shattering the limits.
And the next time the road curved, I'd catch up, without ever exceeding posted speed.

Guys who are lead-feet in a Viper tend to crawl around curves.

Although that exercise worked better in spring and fall, when there was no foliage limiting visibility.

Blind corners were always problematic in suburban MA.
In the US, they drive on the right; in England, they drive on the left; and in New England, they drive on both.
I was always amazed that people who could imagine that the sky was full of invisible UFOs couldn't imagine that another car might be coming the other way around that curve.

 

"The fuzz". Oh gosh, I haven't heard that since the seventies. You made me laugh, thank you.

 

This... but to enjoy Ferrari ownership, substitute a 308 for 4 cyl. Genuine Ferrari character, feel, mystique, real driving skills required, but less power than the average SUV or minivan these days. You can drive it fairly and not be that conspicuous.

 

Location, location, location.

 

308 up a twisty mountain road that has few access points and life is good!

 

Driving the TR sometimes is like holding back on he horses reins.

 

Back roads with lots of turns followed or preceded by straights.. agree with the underpowered car fun.

My old 924 couldn't get out of its own way. Once had a Thunderbird blow past me in the straight, but in the corner I was on his rear.

 

Enjoyed my 575 SA much more then F12, 599 or 458.
Scuderia though, was incredible too.

 

This is certainly not a problem limited to Ferrari ownership, however. A "grocery getter" sedan/wagon can have 600+bhp these days.

Our first "supercar" was a 930, which had in the mid-to-high 200's. Probably capable of close to 170mph. What's the difference, other than bragging rights, if I can break the magic 200mph mark? And, when, if ever, and where can that be achieved?

The technical accomplishments of what's being squeezed out of these motors aside, at what point does this all become ridiculous? Is more better? Always? The average driver of even an AMG probably has little to no experience on track.

I'd like to see a return to the "purity" of the simplistic designs (lighter weight, lower power), but it's unlikely with all the safety mandates and bells and whistles that add weight yet drivers demand.

But, then, I'd like to see more focus by drivers on the actual driving, as opposed to the endless fiddling with radios, cupholders and phones.

CW

 

There's more to the "Ferrari experience" than just going fast, which is always dangerous in some way on public roads. Enjoy the "experience" by watching how those around you are surprised and energized by seeing a Ferrari on the road. Have you ever noticed how many people smile when they see you ? How many cell phone pics are taken by other motorists when you are out on a drive ? Drive responsibly, and if you are letting people pass you, you are NOT a timid dork. You are doing a public service by letting others enjoy the sight and sound of a Ferrari underway. For more fun, pull into a gas station, store parking lo or somewhere and make some kid's day by letting him come close to look at your car or even sit in it.

 

Not problem with the older Ferraris - their speedometers are always a bit too optimistic.

 

miata.net forum once had some choice words posted by a member:

"It's more fun to go fast in a slow car, then slow in a fast car"

Now personally I'm quite happy even when going slow in my Modena since there's a sweet spot at a certain gear when the exhaust makes a very beautiful sound

 

Move LOL.

I have no problem finding open stretches of road to exercise the 355. Heck I have a 700 hp Hellcat and have no problem finding places to hammer that puppy too.

As others have said 2 lane twisty roads are fun and you don't have to be going that fast.