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GenerationNexus
24-05-2003, 19:34
Driving behind a Ferrari 355 today at cruising speed, and all I can say is the sound it made was amazing. I cannot ever remember hearing any car sound so sexy. For those (including myself until today) who haven't heard one, I can only describe it as a cross between a wolf and a the sound track to Event Horizon ;) (scary noise anyway)
I always thought if money was no object I'd get a Skyline and run 1000bhp in it, but after hearing that I'm not so sure ....
I was in Crewe today and drove past one, I agree, lurrrvelly noise. :D
a fair few around here where i live (just outside southend)
couple of 355s
a red 360 i see quite regularlyparked around
neighbour has a 550 (and he gets it serviced at the local grease garage :eek: )
and a silver 348ts over the other side of town
the bad thing, of the ones i've see, 1 is owned by a woman, 2 are regularly parked suspiciously close to M&S and the 360 was almsot written off when the wife backed it out the driveway into the gate :mad:
i demand they give me their cars
shadowninja
24-05-2003, 20:20
hmm depends if it has a tubi exhaust ;)
normal ferrari engines sound a bit... rattly... like there's a bit of loose metal. nowt like a proper v8 by chevy... hear a marcos mantis GT racer RUM*fvking*BLE by and you'll know what i mean.
For me the sound is 50% of the car...
-Darren
Ive drove a 348 and although the noise was wicked, the drive really spoilt it all, there SOOOOOOOOO nasty to drive
Jeremy 200
24-05-2003, 20:34
I have the privelige of living in a road with not one but two 360 modena's!!-Deffo agree the noise is incredible, shame they only drive them about once a year:cry:
Jez
shadowninja
24-05-2003, 21:31
Originally posted by Nos
Ive drove a 348 and although the noise was wicked, the drive really spoilt it all, there SOOOOOOOOO nasty to drive
how nasty is nasty? i heard they're bad but bad for ferrari, but still pretty good compared to normal cars on the road?
Originally posted by shadowninja
how nasty is nasty? i heard they're bad but bad for ferrari, but still pretty good compared to normal cars on the road?
Well if i paid 100k for a car id want it to be a dream drive, and not something that was a chore. You need thighs like Bobby Carlos to press the clutch.
Originally posted by Nos
Well if i paid 100k for a car id want it to be a dream drive, and not something that was a chore. You need thighs like Bobby Carlos to press the clutch.
true of most high end sports cars of that era (348)
the rossa i drove had a rather heavy clutch too, but i forgave it because A. it was a ferrari B. it handled and shifted. Modern cars are a different kettle of fish, when i had my e28s people often complained the clutch was heavy :confused: it's a bloody 80s barge, what do you expect?
Modern ferraris are a bit different, the 355 is lighter (in both steering and clutch), the 360 is supposedly better (never tried it, anyone with one want to let me have a go?.......thought not) but i suppose this is one reason for tiptronic, nancy onwers who only bought the car to pose in cause it's a ferrari, not to experience an amazing machine.
The countach is a pig to drive, but i know someone who bought one purely because it was his dream car when he was a kid, never mind he can't handle it properly and dreads going into town (visibility is poor to say the least). He wanted it, he may hate it in town, but he seems to love it on motorways :D
The 80s/early 90s italian sports cars were meant to be at home on the track or some open road in europe, it was before CEOs started buying into the name to such a huge extent.
marty_t3
24-05-2003, 22:41
I spoke to one of the guys at a Scoobynet meet who has a 355 (as well as his STi7 and an R1.. git :D ). He doesn't like driving the 355... he hated the gated gear select and the steering... he was pretty disappointed with it really. His words were along the lines of "the STi is more fun to drive"
If i had the cash it's definitely be a big rumbling british V8 but i'd still be tempted to get an old 308GTS QV just coz they look and sound so damn good.
Boost Junkie
24-05-2003, 23:08
I agree with u Ferarris sound real nice, my boss has had a 355 and 360 Modena with nancy autospastic tiptronic but he now has a Vanquish, sounds better than any other car I have ever heard.
I said to him the otherday, "I'd pay a £1000.00 to have an exauhst that sounded like that!", he laughed and said "I paid £140,000 to have an exauhst that sounds like that", cheeky fecker.
LOL
KP
shadowninja
24-05-2003, 23:53
hehe class!
thing is, do you want a luxury car or a proper sports car? if that's the only fault of the 348 i might buy one. my TVR's clutch is heavy and has no PAS with quite wide front tyres. It's part of the experience. If i was 75 and needed something luxurious i'd have bought a xkr or something. I want something that makes me feel alive... this is why the elise is so popular. the other extreme would be something like the mitsubishi gto which has so many electronic gizmos to help the driver it's been compared to driving an arcade game :rolleyes:
still, each to their own :)
RichardB
25-05-2003, 01:07
The bloke I know with a 360 modena drives it all the time!
The noise was amazing when I went for a 165mph spin in it! The engine behind you sounds weird at first, but the exhaust note is like no other cars, makes a noise similar to an F1 car I though, loud but high pitched sort of thing. My mate could hear us go down the dual carriageway 3 miles and back :D
Cheers,
Richard
tim rome
25-05-2003, 01:32
nicest sounding car ive ever been in was an alfa romeo montreal, jeez did that thing shift:D :D i dont know what mods it had cos it was a long time ago but it was owned by an italian who treated it better than his wife and kids:D :D
owned by an italian who treated it better than his wife and kids:D :D
What you mean you dont do this :rolleyes: i thought we all treat our cars better than the wife n kids :D
tim rome
25-05-2003, 08:53
Originally posted by Nos
What you mean you dont do this :rolleyes: i thought we all treat our cars better than the wife n kids :D
lol:D
Originally posted by Boost Junkie
I said to him the otherday, "I'd pay a £1000.00 to have an exauhst that sounded like that!", he laughed and said "I paid £140,000 to have an exauhst that sounds like that, and i do actully have a miniscule pecker"
OK, a tad harsh, but that's the sorta comment that REALLY makes me MAD
Duff Man
25-05-2003, 18:50
Originally posted by Starionman
OK, a tad harsh, but that's the sorta comment that REALLY makes me MAD
Just mention depreciation and watch his eyes water :cry:
LOL
Ferrari's sound to gay, just not gruff and balls enough, now a race tuned chevy on full song, now thats a completely different kettle of 'fish', watching him pull out at least 5 car lengths on you every second, is something to behold!!!!!
Boost Junkie
25-05-2003, 22:07
Starionman,
That's Fu**ing harsh, he is a top bloke who has helped me out alot!. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't even have a 200. He started his business on his own and worked his arse off for every penny he has, he is not up himself, arogant or condasending. Coments like you make are not called for. What was said by me was in a joking sort of manner, he is that down to earth that he doesn't even like people talking about his car for just that reason.
I hope I can achieve a lot and own a supercar and a 40 million buiness when I am 36 and still not have my head stuck up my arse like some small minded people.
Kp:tosser:
A chap in his 50s up my road has just put his life savings into a 355.
I feel honoured just hearing it drive by on sunny Sundays when he goes for a blast. Truly superb :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :thumbs:
hm try and follow a mclaren f1 up the a31 surrey like i did last week. make a ferrari sound like a mini :tosser:
Iain s14
26-05-2003, 20:59
I like the sound of the dodge viper, you cant beat the sound of a good V block :notworthy Where I work is near some rich estates, I often see a a lambo countash (?spelling?) ferrari 360, 348, 355, 328 and 308, carrera's, DB7, vanquish and some others. I'm in the wrong job :cry:
Duff Man
26-05-2003, 21:02
Im rather fond of the metallic sounding air cooled boxer 6 in the 993's, yum! 993 turbo is my dream car - RUF tweaked of course :D :D :D :D :D
AshT_200
27-05-2003, 13:56
Best Sounding cars I've had the priviledge of hearing.
Michael Schumachers 1990 F1 car.
Aston Martin Virage Vantage (From the Driver's seat)
Ferrari 355 from the Drivers seat.
My 200 at ***mph in the Rotherhithe tunnel. :D
MG X Power Touring car (at Thruxton in passenger seat - the sound of that straight cut gear box)
McLaren F1 (From Drivers seat :p)
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona in full race trim with side exit exhaust.
The clutch on the Ferrari isn't that bad, it's the gate on the gearbox that is crap for low speed driving........
.... but get it on a track and it's completely different:notworthy
how were you able to drive all those you luck g1t?:cry: :notworthy
cheers,
Andy
AshT_200
27-05-2003, 14:28
Originally posted by brucy
how were you able to drive all those you luck g1t?:cry: :notworthy
cheers,
Andy
Nah,
The only ones I have driven were the 355 at Thruxton, an ex colleagues Aston and the F1 was at their Woking Place (I went there for a job interview supporting the laptops blah blah blah. Needless to say, I didn't get the job, but I did see an F1 car "Boot Up" it was pretty cool. :D):notworthy
P.S. I didn't actually drive the F1, just sat in it when they fired up the engine. :D:thumbs:
AshT_200
27-05-2003, 14:29
And did you really think I had driven Schumachers F1 Car :D ;)
I hear it at Brands Hatch. :D:notworthy
i realised how i had phrased it after, but i couldn't be bothered to change it, still a g1t tho :thumbs: :notworthy
cheers,
Andy
Just out of interest how easy is it to manouver (spelling) into the seat in the F1 with it being in between the other two?
cheers,
Andy
AshT_200
27-05-2003, 14:39
Originally posted by brucy
Just out of interest how easy is it to manouver (spelling) into the seat in the F1 with it being in between the other two?
cheers,
Andy
Not that easy,
It'd be easier if you had 2 luverly ladies on either side tho :D
Originally posted by AshT_200
And did you really think I had driven Schumachers F1 Car :D ;)
My mate has ............... :eek: :eek:
He sprayed the benetton he won his first title in, and obviously someone had to steer while they pushed it about. My mate Bind was the only bloke thin enough to get in it :D :D
They offered to start the engine and let him rip it around the car park, but he politely declined :D :rolleyes: :D
Originally posted by docwra
They offered to start the engine and let him rip it around the car park, but he politely declined :D :rolleyes: :D
guess they wouldn't have been 2 impressed if he had crashed :D :D
cheers,
Andy
Originally posted by Kanes
The countach is a pig to drive, but i know someone who bought one purely because it was his dream car when he was a kid, never mind he can't handle it properly and dreads going into town (visibility is poor to say the least). He wanted it, he may hate it in town, but he seems to love it on motorways :D
I have a 200Sx and a 300ZX - I find the 300ZX feels better on motorways, while the 200 is great around town and on motorways. IF a car is made for top speed as a priority, it tends to limit it's abilities/driving experience at normal speeds IMHO.
That's why a 200SX is a great car.:thumbs:
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