Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My almost perfect day

[LarryT (l02turner]

Gee Dave, tell us how you *really* feel <LOL>
;-)  Sounds like a Perfect Ferrari day - I'm also crazy about the 360 - 
perfect proportions and the sound I hear on TV sounds like it was tuned by 
an orchestra leader in a sound room.

   European Car Magazine has an article about driving a musical car thru 
the words longest tunnel - thru a mountain in Norway - and  they ran a V8 
AstonMartin.  No offense to the Am but I would have thought the 360 or 550 - 
any Ferrari for that matter - would have topped the list of *Perfect* tunnel 
cars.  But I'm sure the AM was something special.  Not 360 special but 
special just the same -

I changed my 911 from Webers to EFI recently and the only downside is losing 
the beautiful sound of those 6 webers without the air cleaner making it way 
toward redline in all 5 gears.  Awesome.

Thanks for relating the story of your day - enjoyed it ;-)

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Craig" <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My almost perfect day


> [Resending without the picture.]
>
>
>
> I have to share this story.
>
>
>
> Ok, so last night I get a call from a friend of mine that has some other
> well off friends.  Anyway, one of these friends is having a photo shoot 
> done
> with some of his cars and he is looking for some trust worthy drivers to
> move the cars around from location to location.  One of the cars that 
> needs
> to be driven is a 2003 Ferrari 360 Spider.  I met the guy that owns these
> cars a year or so ago and he knew that I also owned a Ferrari, so I got 
> the
> Ferrari and my buddy got to drive a 2005 Ford GT all day.  We left Jenks 
> (a
> south Tulsa suburb) and had to drive to Skiatook lake (way North West of
> Tulsa) and then into Collinsville (way North of Tulsa) and back to Jenks.
> So, somewhere just over 100 miles total driving.  WOW!  After the first  4
> miles or so I found sport mode and then I could step out the back end on
> demand.  We were running late for the shoot, at one point I was following
> the GT and I was running 145mph on a two lane headed out to the lake. 
> WOW,
> WOW, WOW!  I am so in love with this car!  I now have a bad case of the
> gotta haves.  One mistake was that they told me that it goes in for new
> tires next week, so feel free to use them up some more.  Oh, my God, was
> this so much fun!  Stepping out the back end on demand and having a blast.
> What a day.  However, we did get busted in the park at the lake for doing
> 25mph in a 15mph zone.  I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.  The old
> fart park ranger finally just got mad and walked off without writing us a
> ticket or anything.  It was great!  I was handed the keys around 8:30 this
> morning and finally parked it around 2:00 this afternoon.
>
>
>
> I have attached a picture of the two cars and I hope it comes through.
>
>
>
> The only negatives I had were: the heater didn't work at all (it was 50
> degrees when we started this morning).   It is a 6 speed manual car (not 
> F1)
> and the shifting was actually kinda sloppy.  Is this a trait of the modern
> manual cars?  I swear that my Mondial will shift faster and more positive
> than that 360 does.   And the passenger's side window rattled up against 
> the
> top somehow.  But, when the top was down and the windows were down, there
> was no noise.
>
>
>
> But oh my, I love the power, the balance, the breaking, the overall
> drivability, and the looks.  Oh my what a day.  The only way it could have
> been better is if I could have driven it home and parked it in my garage.
> Someday!
>
>
>
> Daddy so wants!
>
>
>
> Dave
>
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