Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 355 exhaust manifolds or thoughts on buying one...

[clyde (clyderomero]

Great work Dennis
Clyde
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:33:35 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 355 exhaust manifolds or thoughts on buying one...

Man Dennis, that was an awesome analogy, AND succinct and to the point.  
Bravo!

=)

BEB


Dennis Liu wrote:

>Yeah, what he said.  :-)
>
>Britt, I've had both.  I think the 348 is a great bargain in the Ferrari
>world, and the 355 is rapidly becoming a great bargain as well.  As always,
>I compare it to the Porsche market:  the 328 is equivalent to the 911 3.2
>Carrera; lots of people LOVE them, they are mid-80's tech at best, but dead
>solid reliable and decently quick.  The 348 = 964, a brand new car that
>ushered in a LOT of new tech, but with also some flaws, and was never really
>taken to heart by the traditionalist.  A LOT faster, though, and a great
>bargain.  The 355 = 993, very similar to their forebears, but fixed a lot of
>problems, and considered to be the "best of the last", before Maranello and
>Stuttgart went to the 996 and 360, which are fantastically better CARS, but
>not necessarily better FERRARIS/PORSCHES.
>
>Try both.  I would spend the extra money on the 355, if nothing else than
>IT'S A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE, especially if you're any bigger than, say,
>Lashdeep.  The 348 seats SUCK for anyone with a waist bigger than, say, 32",
>and the 355 has more legroom for people over, say, 5'9 (no center console
>means you can swing a leg into that space, makes a huge difference.  That
>alone means I'd never go back to a 348.
>
>Vty,
>
>--Dennis
>  
>

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