Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Road tested '98 328iS 5 speed today

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Afterthought...Oh, and Rodney, I'm not just going by published numbers.  I
don't know what the published numbers are for the '98 328iS, for example,
but I know that it "felt" fast enough, but also too big and (in my view)
unnecessarily heavy/cumbersome.  If I were making $70k or so per year I
could probably "afford" to get a Ferrari again and not have to worry about
maintenance expenses, etc. (although there's ALWAYS some kind of "budget" to
consider) but that's my problem...suffice it to say that I go a lot by seat
of the pants feel, I'm just trying to use numbers to get qualfiying cars for
the "short list".
Regards,
Tom
Tulsa, OK
P.S.  If I had one car to choose from, it would probably either be a '93 or
'94 RS America or a 365GTC/4.  Or a 365GTC.
:)
----- Original Message ----- 
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To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Road tested '98 328iS 5 speed today


>
> Jeez, sounds like the only cars left to chose from in the budget are a
> hopped up Miata, an M Z3 or a an S 2000.
>
> I don't think I have to describe the performance characteristics of  any
of
> these vehicles on this list.  For those going only by "published"
numbers,
> what the heck are you doing on a Ferrari list?
>
> Rodney
>
> In a message dated 11/23/2006 5:18:40 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:
>
> Message:  5
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:03:06 -0600
> From: "Tom Reynolds"  <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Road tested '98 328iS 5 speed  today
> To: <mercedes [at] mercedeslist.com>
> Cc:  ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
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> Yuk.  Power was  sufficient, car too heavy though, shift from 2nd to 3rd
not
> loaded enough,  ended up easily shifting into 5th numerous times. Arm rest
> interfered wth  shifting action (the guy's arm was ON the armrest,
otherwise I
> would have  moved it), just waaay too luxurious for my version of a
performance
> car.   I've also driven an E36 M3 and felt that it felt (to me) too large
and
> luxurious as well.  Power? Yeah, but felt too "moosey".  I want  something
> more visceral, yet dependable, relatively fast, and of course within  the
> budget. And something that won't break the budget on service/parts  costs.
Did I
> mention RWD or AWD and preferably non turbo?   Hmmm.
> Tom (scratch one off the list) Reynolds
> Tulsa,  OK
>
>
>
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