Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My almost perfect day

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The only Ford GT I have driven was one back in 1967 or in Hawthorne 
California.  Miserable beast.  289 with 30 or so Webers and nearly open 
exhaust, and a sorry excuse for clutch which was more of an in & out box as 
used in midget racing.  Right hand drive.  The car was so bloody hot inside 
with NO ventilation at street speeds.  BUT then we were so scared of: 
Getting hit - no one can see a 40 inch high car, Getting pinched for noise 
and getting stalled.  Other than that - my heart couldn't take it now - I 
bet it was hitting 180 most of the ride - BUWHAhahahahahahah

DOUG

Pictures on request

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Handa" <dave [at] davehanda.com>

To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>

Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:02 AM

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My almost perfect day
A friend of mine let me drive his Ford GT for a couple 30 minute stretches.

It is an amazing brute, with tons of torque everywhere, and lot's of grip 
as

well.  His comment while I was driving it; "not bad for Ford, eh?" 
Indeed!

But I will also say it ain't no Ferrari.  ;-)  I believe it is still in 
his

collection....but the car he takes out whenever we go for a drive.... his

F430 Spider!

Dave
F355 Spider  (btw, I turned over 46,000 miles yesterday!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 7:04 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My almost perfect day
Dave,
How did your friend like the Ford GT?
To those in the know, THAT is the car to drive.
:)
FG

On 10/27/07, Richard Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

...and this is the way it all starts.  Candy little girl?  :-)
rick
-----Original Message-----
From: "Dave Craig" <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: 10/27/2007 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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Re: My almost perfect day	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Doug and Terri Anderson (dntdock.net)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:58:42 -0700 (PDT)