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Car Forum / Ferrari Cars / May 2005Good god(s) this group really is quiet...
...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one in Hampshire, at that. We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest. Very pleasant. Saw a 348 and a 308GT4... I think they're cool (yes, yes, yes, I know). Other cars spotted out on the road (total journey approx 100 miles): (and BTW, this is a typical list for a sunny English bank holiday) MGB (chrome bumpers) MG Midget Austin Healey 3000 Triumph TR5 Ancient Bentley - possibly a Speed 6 (it was a fair way off) AC Cobra (although admitedly too far away to see if it was genuine) Fiat X19 Maserati Bora (OK, that one was in a garage, not actually on the road) Ferrari 308GT4 Ferrari 348ts (also god knows how many modern 911s, but who cares?) -Paul  SignatureHttp://www.redmist.freeserve.co.uk (Now featuring the a.a.f. directory) you boring c.nt. > ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one > in Hampshire, at that. We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -Paul > you boring c.nt. Same bt-internet account I see... Your life really is empty isn't it? > you boring c.nt. Still bitter about this? http://www.wreckedexotics.com/308/308_20041103_003.jpg > ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one > in Hampshire, at that. We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -Paul In the past couple weeks I've spotted a couple 348s, one an older red tb and the other a newer black ts. From some angles I like the 348, but others look very dated, and not in a "classic" way. I like the 308GT4 too, but then I can understand why most people (myself included) prefer the more flowing curves of Pininfarina over the blocky edginess of Bertone. Still, I bet they're a fun drive what with the webers behind your head and all. Shame it's so hard to find a good one anymore. As for the Bora, I'm still in love with that car (front engined), especially in black. The creases and the taut lines just do it for me. That and the growl of the exhaust note. The later mid-engined car was cool, but I'll take the 60's model first. There's my $.02... -Matt- "..." >In the past couple weeks I've spotted a couple 348s, one an older >red tb and the other a newer black ts. From some angles I like the >348, but others look very dated, and not in a "classic" way. The taillights and strakes look like a rolled-sleeve linen jacket over a pastel t-shirt at a white-tie and tails reception. >I like the 308GT4 too, but then I can understand why most people >(myself included) prefer the more flowing curves of Pininfarina over >the blocky edginess of Bertone. Still, I bet they're a fun drive what >with the webers behind your head and all. Shame it's so hard to find >a good one anymore. I've always found Bertone's Paisano origami to have very flowing curves, within its idiom. >As for the Bora, I'm still in love with that car (front engined), especially >in black. The creases and the taut lines just do it for me. That and the >growl of the exhaust note. The later mid-engined car was cool, but I'll >take the 60's model first. ??? ..."Ghibli"? > >In the past couple weeks I've spotted a couple 348s, one an older > >red tb and the other a newer black ts. From some angles I like the > >348, but others look very dated, and not in a "classic" way. > > The taillights and strakes look like a rolled-sleeve linen jacket over > a pastel t-shirt at a white-tie and tails reception. Exactly. > >As for the Bora, I'm still in love with that car (front engined), especially > >in black. The creases and the taut lines just do it for me. That and the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > ..."Ghibli"? Ghibli! Dammit! Ghibli best, then Bora... Been a long week... As punishment I'll have to drive a "Chrysler TC by Maserati" for a week, followed by a rusted out Biturbo. Yeesh, I need some Bacardi. -Matt- ".." << ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one in Hampshire, at that. >> Braggart! <<We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest.>> Rubbing it in now, are you? <<Other cars spotted out on the road (total journey approx 100 miles): (and BTW, this is a typical list for a sunny English bank holiday)>> I was rather surprised at how many really nice, high end cars there were laying about in England while we were there. Easily twice as many as you would see in a typical trip to New York City, Los Angeles or Paris. It was fun spotting the obscure ones. On the flip side, we did see one London Taxi the last time we were in Las Vegas. C. >I was rather surprised at how many really nice, high end cars there >were laying about in England while we were there. Easily twice as many >as you would see in a typical trip to New York City, Los Angeles or >Paris. LOL ..."Bloody peasants". > <<Other cars spotted out on the road (total journey approx 100 miles): > (and BTW, this is a typical list for a sunny English bank holiday)>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > as you would see in a typical trip to New York City, Los Angeles or > Paris. True for Paris. We do not see that many Ferraris here, except for that silly experience I had a couple of weeks ago: I went for a ride in the F355 with a friend who had been asking for it for long. As it was the first time she sat in a Ferrari, she asked, at the end of the journey, to drive up and down the Champs Elysées (our most famous and crowded avenue), just for the show. Just as we entered the avenue - and as my friend prepared to enjoy showing off-, another F355 did the same thing, and we drove down the whole Champs Elysees side by side. The disappointment of my friend about being stolen the show made my day ;-) SignatureJ.C. <<the Champs Elysées (our most famous and crowded avenue)>> *Crowded* is only half the problem. Somebody needs to paint lanes down the damn thing! I'm sure it was incredibly impressive when a single chariot was being driven down the middle, but these days, it's just downright frightening. <<Just as we entered the avenue - and as my friend prepared to enjoy showing off-, another F355 did the same thing, and we drove down the whole Champs Elysees side by side. The disappointment of my friend about being stolen the show made my day>> Heh. I would have thought that two Ferraris were even more of a spectacle together than each would be on its own. 1+1 equaling 3 or so. C. > <<the Champs Elysées (our most famous and crowded avenue)>> > > *Crowded* is only half the problem. Somebody needs to paint lanes down > the damn thing! I'm sure it was incredibly impressive when a single > chariot was being driven down the middle, but these days, it's just > downright frightening. The *real* frightening thing is the place at the end ('round the Arc de Triomphe). After 20 years of driving in Paris, I still feel a little anxious before entering it. > Heh. I would have thought that two Ferraris were even more of a > spectacle together than each would be on its own. 1+1 equaling 3 or so. Good point indeed. But some people don't like to share. SignatureJ.C. <<some people don't like to share.>> Now that I can understand. I'm stuck in my Terrible Twos when it comes to sharing. The only reason I'll even share my Ferrari with my Crew Chief is that it doesn't currently have hand controls in it. I'm hoping to remedy that by next year. C. > ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one > in Hampshire, at that. We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > (also god knows how many modern 911s, but who cares?) We probably should have got our backsides to AutoItalia at Brooklands yesterday - then you'd have seen a positively huge collection of mouth watering automobilia. As it turned out I couldn't have made it there anyway owing to necessary visit to the Osteopath (see below) and a Ferrari with no wheels on!! Oh, and it was Mrs M's B'day so I'd actually ruled it out some months ago! However, I too was out & about in my red car today - though only doing "test laps" locally having finally got it down of the jack stands. I took it upon myself to replace all the flexible brake hoses, clean up the calipers & change the brake fluid. Not that difficult & no major snags except for them initially sending me hoses for a non ABS 328 (which are shorter for the rear brakes). I also got around to cleaning up the wheels properly inside & out which I've been meaning to do for like 3 years. Large amounts of Dinol underbody sealant on the inside of the rims from when it was treated just before I bought the car. Seems they were a bit careless with where it went! Job got interupted for a few days owing to me having a very stiff neck thanks to some moron running straight into the back of my VW on Thursday when I was sat stationary waiting for oncoming traffic before turning off the road into my own driveway!! Fortunatly a lightweight Peugeot thing - destroyed the front end of it & serves him right! He probably hit me at somewhere around 15-20mph - another 5mph & a bit heavier car & it could have been v. nasty. Poor Mr VW has about £2500 worth of dented backside - fortunately matey was actually insured. I am now currently sporting a very fine 1 litre Nissan Micra (in Rosso bleedin' Corsa!) as everyday transport! Other than that, spent the day doing odd jobs round my car just sorting a few things out I've been meaning to fix for ages. Cleaned the leather & gave it a good wash. I'm sure it feels better - went like the clappers on its "drying out" run afterwards. Oh and my sqeaky brakes that no-one else has been able to fix are gone :-) Not a bad weekend all in! I. >> ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK - a bright and sunny one >> in Hampshire, at that. We took the 308 out. Picnic in the New Forest. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > yesterday - then you'd have seen a positively huge collection of mouth > watering automobilia... I went to AutoItalia at Brooklands a few years ago and loved it. Its a an Italian car fans heaven! Met a great guy who had brought his Dino 246 to show which was quite 'weathered' shall we say and had quite a few scratches and dings on it. Most people seemed to wonder why he wasn't ashamed to show it but it was great to see an 'earnest' Ferrari! He'd had the car from new and used it as his daily driver for over twenty years, hence its condition. He said he'd once driven it to Maranello on a 'pilgrimage' and had parked it near the Cavallino restaurant. Enzo himself was on his way to lunch, saw it and was intrigued by it! Apparently he had a beaming smile on his face and congratulated him on driving one of his cars the way they should be, like a Romany whore! SN > ...so anyway. Today was a bank holiday in the UK [...] Oh, that made me feel so homesick... (Oxford)... For those in the USA, there is a little circuit in Western Wisconsin that attracts a lot of sunny Sunday sportscar drivers; Highway 35 around Stockton but is impoverished compared to your account. |
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