I could have killed a 355!

I must compliment you on your self control, Dave.

Had you struck down that 355, your journey to the dark side would be complete!

Totally awesome!
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Hahahaaa that's funny.

 

welcome, dave....
i even have a perfect one in mind for ya
let me know when you are ready to leap

 

LOL.....
that's da least i can do to reciprocate your saving my arse....more than once.

 

Over-exerting yourself by brazenly swinging dead weight through the air with brutal force while the butterfly gracefully floats around you, deftly avoiding your attempted straight line assassination...?

 

I'm glad you enjoyed the car, Darth.
The 355 you are talking about could probably be killed only by looking at it from a Murcie, come on..be nice.
I hope the ride yesterday will be instrumental in your decision about your next car, both Murcie and the Gallardo are excellent cars and it's a matter of personal preference to decide between them.

 

No witty response...? Butterfly got your tongue...?

 

I've never been in a Gallardo, but I think the D-man is all about a black on black Murcielago...

 

lol!!

 

Hey Darth,

Was your friend's Murci pearl yellow 6-speed coupe with a Platinum Motorsports exhaust and were you at the car place that makes 356 and 550 replicas? If you were, I was the younger guy standing outside this place and talking with your friend Joe (i think that's his name).

My dad and I test drove the 550 Spyder replica.

If this was you, I got a weird feeling that it was you from several pics you have posted in this forum. Forgot to ask you.

 

Darth, I came down to the garage one morning during the rampage and there was a black on black murcie parked next to my car. It was stunningly sinister and just plain gorgous. Its a car I will own one day if we don't run out of gas first!

 

Darth, its you baby! Its you!!

Together, we can rule Wilshire as owner and detailer.

 

Darth.. there's something different about you....

C.
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Darth
IMO an M is a lot of car for the $. Esp. a used one. I'd go for a E shift as for me the feel of the clutch in the 6 sp. is lacking. The only thing I don't like about M's is lack of interior storage space. There is a big difference between a mid and front engined car. I like midengined much better.

As for being light weight there is something to that. At the recent Historic Targa I was able to put 20 minutes in the mountain stage on a 288 GTO in my 1947 166s as the roads were so narrow and twisty and there were things I could squeeze past and he couldn't. 8000 turns in 1100 kms.

When we got to the race track I brought out something a bit more modern...

Video

http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=371S5G40MMTRY2QI09ODK4NVAJ

http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FYV69BCIRIPW0NH22N5GUD8PB

Best to You and Joe
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You rule !

 

Your Journey to the darkside is almost complete.
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So they actualy sell the replicas?
The 550 was the reason why we came over to that place, I wanted to take a look at it and Darth didn't mind.
When you and your dad drove past the Coffee Bean in that 550 I was kind of disapointed with the way it sounds, something like the VW beetle. Does it have the VW engine ? I hope not because it sounded like crap.
OK, no more hijacking of the tread.

Darth, a reminder...
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Whats up Joe,

Yes, the 550 spyder has a VW engine (i think 2.1 L with about 200 HP) but it is pretty fast. It also has a VW chassis. A lot of the parts are VW. But one of the big pros of this is that, for insurance purposes, it's registered as a VW b/c of its chassis so the insurance cost is very low. One of the guys at the place said it was about $500-$600 per year.

Personally, I didn't think the sound was that bad. But it is not a comfortable car to drive. It's really small, especially for someone as tall as you. And the clutch is like a rock. The hardest clutch I've ever experienced. I guess the car is just the way the original one was - hard to drive like all classic sports cars of the past.

But you have to admit the car is one of the best looking cars ever made. And around $28K isn't that bad of a price.

Again, nice Murci. It sounds sick.

Joe and Darth: Na'im Me'ode. Nice meeting you guys.

 

How are you budy!

I realy like the Spyder550 and was thinking of getting one or at least test drive one, I didn't know they have them for sale at that joint.
With 200hp it must be flying, it's probably very light.
I took some pictures of it.
Are you gona buy it ?
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My dad was very interested in buying one. I have a poster in my room of James Dean posing by his 550 Spyder with the "Little Bastard" sticker on it at the gas station that he supposedly filled up at before getting into his accident. Every time my dad comes into my room he looks at it and tells me how he has to get one of those.

He wanted a silver/red one just like Dean's BUT after test driving the car last Sunday he's changed his mind. He thinks it's too small, unsafe, and kind of cheaply made. He hates the fact that it's made out of fiberglass. My dad really has a thing about fiberglass cars. He also thinks that the car is too uncomfortable (no power steering etc) and this coming from a guy who has almost every old sports car except a Corvette (fiberglass) and a Ferrari for about 30 yrs.

Now, we might search for a clean, restored 356 Speedster.

I honestly think that you'd barely fit in the car. Your head will be considerably above the windshield. But maybe you should check it out.

BTW, that place does sell them.