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Lump said:
You a member on Pistonheads Nosevi?
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I am but normally 'frequent' Club Scuderia (same username)

Pin-seeker said:
She really is a looker,proper drivers car aswell.
Modern sports cars pretty much drive themselves with all the technology.
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Got to agree. The 348 was the last car developed under Enzo and he had very different ideas to the modern 'management'. The car was actually designed by the guy who designed the Ferrari Daytona, Berlinetta Boxer, 246 Dino, 308 GTB, 288 GTO and F40 - the 348 was his last car. Then when Luca dM came in to Ferrari he utterly slated the car in an attempt to prove why he was needed. From that point on the guy who designed all those great, raw Ferraris was no longer used (he went his own way) and the cars were far more easy to live with, something Enzo didn't really care about it seems. It's taken a while for the 348 to recover from the bashing Luca gave it but these days they're seen a bit more as a classic Ferrari in the mould of the earlier cars.

richart said:
Now that is a proper shiney.:thup: Very nice, now where do you live, and when are you next on holiday ?:whistle:
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Lol. Garage is alarmed, doors independently, as well as motion/heat sensors inside. Car is tracked, cat 1 immobilised and even the glass is etched with the chassis number. Added to which there are only something like 200 RHD 348 TSs world wide and everyone knows each other. That car goes missing and it couldn't be sold anywhere. Easier to nick my mates new Merc I'd suggest.
 
Nosevi said:
I am but normally 'frequent' Club Scuderia (same username)



Got to agree. The 348 was the last car developed under Enzo and he had very different ideas to the modern 'management'. The car was actually designed by the guy who designed the Ferrari Daytona, Berlinetta Boxer, 246 Dino, 308 GTB, 288 GTO and F40 - the 348 was his last car. Then when Luca dM came in to Ferrari he utterly slated the car in an attempt to prove why he was needed. From that point on the guy who designed all those great, raw Ferraris was no longer used (he went his own way) and the cars were far more easy to live with, something Enzo didn't really care about it seems. It's taken a while for the 348 to recover from the bashing Luca gave it but these days they're seen a bit more as a classic Ferrari in the mould of the earlier cars.



Lol. Garage is alarmed, doors independently, as well as motion/heat sensors inside. Car is tracked, cat 1 immobilised and even the glass is etched with the chassis number. Added to which there are only something like 200 RHD 348 TSs world wide and everyone knows each other. That car goes missing and it couldn't be sold anywhere. Easier to nick my mates new Merc I'd suggest.
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If I knew how to post pictures I would put one up of my new car under its cover. Not as rare as yours, but I have only seen one other one on the road.
 
Stuart_C said:
Wow, that's 70 secs of my life I'll never get back after watching that:whistle:
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You didn't have to. After the first 5 seconds, and given my post saying it was a video about what the car sounded like, I'd say it was pretty obvious what the vid was of. Maybe not. I'll try to give a warning before any other dull vids if I can :)
 
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richart said:
If I knew how to post pictures I would put one up of my new car under its cover. Not as rare as yours, but I have only seen one other one on the road.
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is that just before the owner went in the hairdressers :D
 
Pin-seeker said:
She really is a looker,proper drivers car aswell.
Modern sports cars pretty much drive themselves with all the technology.
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If you hit 'reply' then look in the bar at the top there's some icons - 3 from the right looks like a picture of a tree, hit it. A box pops up saying 'insert image', it has 2 tabs, the left one says 'from computer' - hit that. At the bottom is a tab saying 'select files' - hit that. Now search for the file on your computer, select it and hit 'open', it'll appear in a list. Hit 'upload files' then hit 'post quick reply at the bottom of the message as normal.
 
Nosevi said:
Nice try at getting a bite :) but a 348?!?! No power steering, no traction control, everything direct and quite a fair bit of punch if you use the revs.
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A Ferrari is definitely more likely to be a 'She' than a 'He', even when named 'Dino', for all the reasons given earlier - plus a real 'bitch' on the pocket (apparently!). Almost every service is an 'engine out', specially certain models.

Things like power steering, traction control etc weren't in there for a couple of reasons, not just the macho ones! Weight and space were definitely considerations, but knockers also reckon that the Italians couldn't make such things reliable!

Remember that Ferrari was/is part of the same group (Fiat) that made Lancia (remember the Beta :rolleyes:) and Alfa (always interesting to see what was going to go wrong/not work today)!

Mum worked for a while as book-keeper for a mob that sold/serviced Italian cars. I actually got to drive the owners Ferrari, but it wasn't the most thrilling experience - it was a 400 Automatic, Blue of course! Very elegant though!
 
Foxholer said:
A Ferrari is definitely more likely to be a 'She' than a 'He', even when named 'Dino', for all the reasons given earlier - plus a real 'bitch' on the pocket (apparently!). Almost every service is an 'engine out', specially certain models.

Things like power steering, traction control etc weren't in there for a couple of reasons, not just the macho ones! Weight and space were definitely considerations, but knockers also reckon that the Italians couldn't make such things reliable!

Remember that Ferrari was/is part of the same group (Fiat) that made Lancia (remember the Beta :rolleyes:) and Alfa (always interesting to see what was going to go wrong/not work today)!

Mum worked for a while as book-keeper for a mob that sold/serviced Italian cars. I actually got to drive the owners Ferrari, but it wasn't the most thrilling experience - it was a 400 Automatic, Blue of course! Very elegant though!
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Yep, my car's major is an engine out job - whole engine, gearbox, rear suspension comes out. Not quite as bad as it sounds as the whole lot sits in a 'cradle' and comes out in one piece. Not great though and later cars did the same service without the engine coming out. Power steering and electronic suspension etc were in by the time my car was built but not for the mid engined V8s which were more closely aligned to the track than the GTs or Mondials. But yep, fair cop, they are to an extent electric - never an Italian car's strong suit.

Regarding the Lancia / Alfa deal - makes sense as the engines for the higher spec models (rally cars etc) were often made by Ferrari and they really did push the boundary performance wise at the time.

400/412s are coming back into their own a tad these days. Obviously cars of the 70s, very angular and not really my thing, but any front engined V12 Ferrari is beginning to go up in value at the moment. In my mind it has to be a mid engined V8 with open gated gear shift though - very engaging drive.

As it happens the 348 (oddly) won 'car of the year' for ECR in the States a year back (between all the cars they test drove that year) beating the new Lambos, Ferrari 458, newest AMG, newest Porker etc and when Evo tested every Ferrari V8 from 308 to 458 recently they said the highlight of the whole test was the steering feedback of the 348. They are just great fun to drive and really are a bit like a high powered gokart - you feel everything. Prices climbing now but when I picked mine up, due partly to Luca's kind comments, they were not expensive at all for what you got.
 
Nosevi said:
Nice try at getting a bite :) but a 348?!?! No power steering, no traction control, everything direct and quite a fair bit of punch if you use the revs. Does she sound girlie to you ? (You'll need headphones on the second half to pick up the base)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSO5tsq8R8U
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My car has skinny wire wheels, no power steering, no servo brakes, no ABS, and no fuel injection. Just a five litre V8 producing 300 bhp and 350 lb/ft torque. The engine is in the right place (under the bonnet) and it powers the rear wheels which I can spin at 70 mph in fourth gear if I'm not careful! Oh and by the way at full chat the exhaust is over 100 db. :D

Now that is a real man's car!!! :p :rolleyes:
 
CliveW said:
My car has skinny wire wheels, no power steering, no servo brakes, no ABS, and no fuel injection. Just a five litre V8 producing 300 bhp and 350 lb/ft torque. The engine is in the right place (under the bonnet) and it powers the rear wheels which I can spin at 70 mph in fourth gear if I'm not careful! Oh and by the way at full chat the exhaust is over 100 db. :D

Now that is a real man's car!!! :p :rolleyes:
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So big, loud, lazy, dangerous, gas-guzzler! :rolleyes:
 
CliveW said:
My car has skinny wire wheels, no power steering, no servo brakes, no ABS, and no fuel injection. Just a five litre V8 producing 300 bhp and 350 lb/ft torque. The engine is in the right place (under the bonnet) and it powers the rear wheels which I can spin at 70 mph in fourth gear if I'm not careful! Oh and by the way at full chat the exhaust is over 100 db. :D

Now that is a real man's car!!! :p :rolleyes:
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So a little less power than mine and a whole heap quieter - sensible car then :) Joking aside - Cobra replica? Actually 'replica' isn't quite right for some of the Cobras, more a continuation model and certainly not a kit car which "replica" seems to imply. If so hats off to you - absolutely fantastic motors IMO.

Lump said:
Sorry boys, the F40 wins. That's a proper motor!
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Indeed, always been my dream car. Why I'm chuffed I'm off out in one in the spring. The likes of the LaFerrari are fantastic and I'm looking forward to it but there's just something about the F40.......
 
Nosevi said:
So a little less power than mine and a whole heap quieter - sensible car then :) Joking aside - Cobra replica? Actually 'replica' isn't quite right for some of the Cobras, more a continuation model and certainly not a kit car which "replica" seems to imply. If so hats off to you - absolutely fantastic motors IMO.
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Just dug this out. I thought you might like it! :thup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbzU4E8ugs
 
CliveW said:
Just dug this out. I thought you might like it! :thup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbzU4E8ugs
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Very nice. Any shots of your motor kicking about? A guy round the corner from me has a Dax Cobra - very nice looking car. Is yours an old AC Cobra or one of the 'continuation' models? I thought all AC Cobras were 4.3, 4.7 or 7.0 litre models but could be wrong on that one. Whichever it is, personally I'm a big fan of all of them. :thup:
 
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