Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 355 Visibility

[Charles G. Perry IV (charles]

My 355 is a spider, and generally if it's not great top-down weather I take 
the TR or the Diablo, so visibility is usually not an issue. With the top 
down, obviously the visibility is as good as it can get in any direction. 
When I've occasionally had to drive it with the top up, the visibility sucks 
due to very thick "c-pillars" and a rear window which is plastic rather than 
glass. In this regard I think the spider is worse than a GTB/GTS. Even with 
the flying buttresses on the closed cars, the C-pillar on the spider is much 
wider.

The Diablo, which took a lot of crap in the press for visibility, I actually 
find quite good. I have never had to learn the 'perch on the door sill to 
reverse' thing that you see all the time. The mirrors are well placed and 
the flying buttresses on that car are no worse for rear quarter views than 
the TR. The wing does take up a bunch of real estate in the view behind you, 
but not so much that you can't get out of a parking space or see who is 
behind you. In fact, Susie took a really cool photo at our last mountain 
drive (thank you Ricambi America) of a Ford GT that was behind us, neatly 
bordered by the wing and the vented engine cover of the Diablo.

-- charles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
To: "Charles G. Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 355 maniflod & valve issues,any 360 issues?


> Thanks Charles - Good points - good points.
> What about 355 blind spots?
> DOUG