Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Change of taste in the V8/Flat 12 lineup...

[LS (lashdeep]

My new sig line:

"First time I drove a NSX...JUST LIKE MY Prelude!" (J. Shadow 2007)

--- jim <jimshadow [at] verizon.net> wrote:

> First time I drove a NSX, the MD that I worked for tossed me the keys.  
> I
> was so excited I could hardly stand it. 
> Got in, started it up.....just like my Prelude
> Took off....quick....just like my Prelude but faster
> Chassis....  Very stiff laterally, but rode, JUST LIKE MY Prelude!
> Had fun in the car, but felt let down afterward.
> 
> JIM
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] 
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:04 PM
> To: JIM
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Change of taste in the V8/Flat 12 lineup...
> 
> The first NSX I saw was on the 101 Freeway in Thousand Oaks - Ohhhhh, 
> coooool.  I roll down the window and pull up behind it to listen and I
> hear 
> Yeah, Nuthin.  From then on, it was a neat look wanna be.  Might as well
> 
> have been one of those tin colored things from a few years ago.
> 
> Alas
> 
> DOUG
> Our little 1971 911T Porsche is a light, nimble, point and shooter.  The
> 
> 1982 911SC is a cruiser.  The 78GTS is in-between.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Change of taste in the V8/Flat 12 lineup...
> 
> 
> > Could it be that the driving experience of the older cars is more
> unique?
> >
> > Nowadays, a 360 can feel (not sound) like any number of modern cars
> with
> > the same interior materials, steering feel and shift action due to
> cost
> > metering capitalism and basic business economics.
> >
> > In the old days, a Ferrari, Aston, Porsche and Lambo all felt very,
> very
> > different. This isn't the case as much nowadays.
> >
> > Did the NSX officially and secretly kill the "cool exotic car"?
> >
> > LS
> >
> > --- Steve Jenkins <steve [at] stevejenkins.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know if my tastes have "changed" per se, but I will say that
> my
> >> appreciation for how things "used to be" has increased. It's hard to
> >> argue
> >> with the performance numbers of the newer cars. They are amazing. But
> as
> >> far
> >> as looks go, I still love the 80s and 90s. I was a high school kid in
> >> the
> >> 80s, so maybe that's why.
> >>
> >> SteveJ
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:14 PM
> >> To: Steve Jenkins
> >> Cc: The FerrariList
> >> Subject: [Ferrari] Change of taste in the V8/Flat 12 lineup...
> >>
> >>
> >> I address this question to the entire list, and Jenkins in particular
> >> since
> >> he owns a majority of the V8 lineup...
> >>
> >> How have you found your tastes change over the years with the
> particular
> >> F
> >> cars that you have owned or actively followed as an enthusiast?
> >>
> >> For example, back in '98 if you were to ask me my favorite V8s I
> would
> >> have
> >> said.....308, 328, 355....I shared critical disdain for the 348. My
> >> favorite
> >> 12s were Testarossa and 512M. The 512 TR looked a little funny to me
> >> back
> >> then compared to the other TRs...
> >>
> >> Now if I had to pick V8 and Flat-12 (modern) it'd most likely be 348
> and
> >> 512
> >> TR, and not just for the driving experiences, but for looks too, lol.
> >> Granted it could be because I've driven them....but over the years
> you
> >> begin
> >> to learn the ins and outs of these cars and there are certain
> subtleties
> >> in
> >> certain models that appeal to us more than others.
> >>
> >> The 355 has a wonderful, timeless look, and perhaps the best sounding
> >> n/a V8
> >> from Maranello.....but is it as "soft" as some people say it is? (the
> >> optimist in me knows somewhere out there are a few examples with the
> >> power
> >> steering delete ;-)
> >>
> >> This thread has the potential to cause a riot and useless garbage if
> >> posted
> >> on the typical boards...but I know I can expect QUALITY from "THE
> LIST".
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> FG
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