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  1. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #1 notbostrom, Aug 25, 2006
    just got home after a 19hr drive home in the 348. I'm so tired I can't see.. much thanks to Daniel, Lolaman, and No Doubt for each answering a bunch of newbie questions as I was driving down the highway..

    More info after some sleep, will wash her and post pics in the AM


    Ben
     
  2. No Doubt

    No Doubt Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #2 No Doubt, Aug 25, 2006
    Congrats on your purchase and successful "shakedown" cruise home!

    These cars are meant to be driven!
     
  3. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #3 notbostrom, Aug 25, 2006

    The harder I drove it the less problems I had
     
  4. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    #4 PAP 348, Aug 25, 2006
    Welcome to the brotherhood mate. Cant wait to see pics. :D:D
     
  5. Kevallino

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    #5 Kevallino, Aug 26, 2006
    you are obviously a person of impeccable taste and above average intelligence.

    Congratulations.

    Kevin
     
  6. TexFerrari

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    #6 TexFerrari, Aug 26, 2006
    LoL, I agree with the above. Many new owners this month it seems?
     
  7. henkie

    henkie La Passione...
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    #7 henkie, Aug 26, 2006
    Welcome to the brotherhood. You won't believe all the help I got here.
     
  8. plugzit

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    #8 plugzit, Aug 26, 2006
    You're gonna love it!!!!!!
    Drive it like ya stole it!
     
  9. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #9 notbostrom, Aug 26, 2006
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  10. ernie

    ernie Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #10 ernie, Aug 26, 2006
    Welcome to the brotherhood.
     
  11. stuckinkuwait

    stuckinkuwait Formula Junior

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    #11 stuckinkuwait, Aug 26, 2006
    Good luck. We needs pics!!
     
  12. Ingenere

    Ingenere F1 Veteran
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    #12 Ingenere, Aug 26, 2006
    Welcome and its great to see that you drove it home, rather than truck it.

    I picked up and drove to AZ:

    TR from MI, a Mondial t cab from Rochester NY, an F40 from LA

    There is nothing like a cross country drive in a rolling conversation piece! It makes one realize what a great country we live in.

    Welcome and good luck!
     
  13. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #13 notbostrom, Aug 27, 2006
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    here's some pics,

    I washed it in the rain.... then pulled in the garage and dried it. The sun broke just long enough for a couple pics..
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  14. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #14 notbostrom, Aug 27, 2006
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  15. VTChris

    VTChris F1 World Champ

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    #15 VTChris, Aug 27, 2006
    Congratulations! Enjoy it in good health.

    Glad to see that this board was helpful ;)
     
  16. vinnycar

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    #16 vinnycar, Aug 27, 2006
    Good luck and welcome to what is a rather small club. A great looking car and a nice example. There are probably no more than a couple of hundred low mileage and clean 348 Spider's left in the country and they are starting to appreciate at about 5% per year (incidentally, 360s are depreciating at about 7 % a year to the 348 and 360 prices are approaching each other at over 10% a year though, of course, they will probably never actually meet.
     
  17. No Doubt

    No Doubt Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #17 No Doubt, Aug 27, 2006

    Sweet! I see that you've got the black front lower-lip spoiler of the Series Specials. That's a great look.

    Your 348 also seems to have some sort of black seal/frame around the front grill that I don't recall seeing anywhere else. You may start a new trend, though, because it looks good.

    Now it's time to pull your A/F ECU codes to see what was nagging at you.
     
  18. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #18 notbostrom, Aug 27, 2006
    I'll shoot you a PM latter but it may have been my own fault. I was trying to be to careful and never reved the car above 3500rpms. After a fuel stop I ran it through the gears up to 6k gears 2-4 merging onto the highway. Light never came back after that..
     
  19. notbostrom

    notbostrom Formula Junior

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    #19 notbostrom, Aug 27, 2006
    I don't see anything diff on my grill, what part?
     
  20. VTChris

    VTChris F1 World Champ

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    #20 VTChris, Aug 27, 2006
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    The border around the front grill has a blk piece over it. usually it is just uncovered and is the color of the car
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  21. Lagerlout

    Lagerlout Formula Junior

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    #21 Lagerlout, Aug 27, 2006
    My GTC has a grille the same as the Spider shown. It's a 94.
     
  22. No Doubt

    No Doubt Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #22 No Doubt, Aug 27, 2006
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    Thanks. I looked it up. It's part #25 in this diagram (below). That's a $750 grill frame/border!

    Who knew?! It's just not on many 348 models.
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  23. No Doubt

    No Doubt Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #23 No Doubt, Aug 27, 2006

    Ben, don't get your hopes up too high, but you **appear** to have parts 25, 26, and 27 from the 348 Competizione race model...which *might* mean that you have the highly desired light-weight Kevlar 348 front bumper (part #1 in the diagram above).

    So be sure to not let FatBillyBob too close to your car, as he's on a quest to get a light-weight 348 bumper!
     
  24. Lagerlout

    Lagerlout Formula Junior

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    #24 Lagerlout, Aug 27, 2006
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  25. Lagerlout

    Lagerlout Formula Junior

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    #25 Lagerlout, Aug 27, 2006
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