Just bought a 1990 348TT DFW area

Anybody know how many 348's there are in the DFW metroplex? Have not seen nor heard of many. Had to go out of state to find mine. Beautiful, very nice vehicle and the maintenance is impeccable with records. [15,300 miles] I like it!! See you guys around the DFW metroplex campus.
MM

 

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Great car. Plus Richard's inmaculate maintenance records were indeed impressive. I flew out to LAX early morning. The compression test and PBI was superb and the general condition and the low mileage sold me on it on the spot. Since all the maintenance specs were up to the world class levels, I did not test drive it for I had a some surgery that precluded me actuacting the clutch very well and I did not want to ding it accidentally, lest Richard have a heart attack on the spot and he is a very nice fellow. I figured I drives just like the 308 I had some years ago except better, being a more powerful machine will make it that much more fun to drive. If there are any idosyncrasies to it that you can pass on, in addition to the great briefings I had from RDS I will appreciate it.
M.
ps where are you located Husker?

 

Hi Husker:
Thanks for the feed back. However, Richard'a car has only 15,300 certifiable miles miles on it.
He just put about 10g's of maintenance with all verifiable records and I like I said earlier the engine checked out super. I assume that is what you mean by the 30k required maintenance. All the maileage in his car checked out with the CA DMV since he bought the vehicle in 1996.
BR, thanks for the tips. Definitely a warm engine for anything.
I plan to drive the hell out of it except I will probably end up going always on third gear at 70 mph. Hell If I can not do 575 knots then doing 100+ is not on my program except to enjoy the beast. I do want to know what you all think about the front end black lower spoiler that sits really low and in variable degrees of up slope and down slope it can drag and scrape it a bit. Is there any mod to get the the front spoiler clearance reduced or can I install a shorter one if there is such a mod to prevent spoiler scraping. I am going to guess that it is one of those things that the Italians did not think about and I will have to live with the scrapes. Looking forward to meet all of you in the not too distant future. Thanks again for all the info.
mm

 

Hi guys:
My report on my 348 TS bought in Santa Monica a couple of three weeks weeks ago.[typing error when I reported TT]
What a fabulous machine!! Richard's inmaculate maintenance paid off and the
vehicle is indeed awesome. Thoroughly checked out at Norwood. Have already driven it nearly 500+ miles from the west side of airport east and west on LBJ and up and down the Tollway many times shaking it down. I bought it to drive the hell out of it!! What a great machine. I forgot who said the sound of this engine is indeed beautiful. Right on the money. I was under an underpass entering the tollway at LBJ going North around 5-6000 rpm accelerating and the noise was magnificent echoing off the concrete. If anyone has flown an aircraft with afterburners, and then a 348, I think you would have to agree this is the closest thing to having afterburners on the ground. The same feel when putting on the smash.
Someone also stated this vehicle would be superior to my old 308 and they were right on the money. No comparison. I was going to buy a 328 but I am glad I went with the 348. You all were correct and I appreciated your comments.

The handling of this car is also really surprising to me. Superior to what I was expecting since it had been a few years since I strapped one on.
Final note. I was going up the ramp at Glade Road and 121 going North in the direction of the DFW airport and as i approached the top of the ramp
at 70+, I could not believe there was a Testarossa on the lane adjacent to me going North. Seemed like a nice fellow just out for a nice drive. Both of us had our kids in the right seat and drove down in formation for a while. The back end of the Testarossa reminded me of an Abrams M1A tank. God Bless Enzo!
He did not have a personalized plate and I could not write down his Texas plate. Anyone from Southlake or around this neck of the woods?
I look forward to meeting all of you in the near future.
I had forgotten what is like to strap one of these fabulous machines on!
How magnificently rejuvenating!! And I am still just a kid!!
The state approved my personalized plate and I think you all will enjoy it when it arrives.
See you all around campus.
Manny Montes
Semi Rookie.
ps
The guys at Norwood's have been terrific and most professional as well.

By the way you spotters. Saw some awesome Black Ferrari at the Grapevine Tinsel Town 17 movie house. I could not tell what it was but I guess maybe a Modena? I had parked way out in Centerfield and he had parked behind the building on a corner.