Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My Almost Perfect Day

[A.J. Merrifield (101pdt]

Well, from the few guys I know here who have Ford GTs (I know one guy who
saved up all his money through three combat deployments and paid cash for
one, the owner of a local gunshop, and one of the local attorneys) they sure
seem to have the reliability of a Mondial 8.  Electrical Gremlins 'R' Us.
Two of the guys have gotten stranded at various points, the other's car
alarm keeps going off all day every day, two of them have a window that
opens about 50% of the time, one of them has a turn signal that only turns
on about 25% of the time, etc. etc.  Don't get me wrong, they're fast,
visceral, beautiful machines, and I really enjoyed driving them, but there's
just a something missing there, a "soul" if you will.  Just my opinion, but
while they were tremendously fast (scarily so, in the case of the gun shop
owner's car, his is putting out ~750hp) they just seemed to be missing that
certain je ne sais quoi that makes an exotic truly exotic.  Having said
that, if I had enough disposable cash to own one along with a bevy of
Ferraris, would I?  Oh, yeah.  Hell, I'd buy one just to stare at it and
hear that engine.  It really is a stunning car, especially in black, and the
sound with the Ford Racing exhaust is pretty damned sweet.  And LOUD.  Did I
mention loud?

- A.J.


On 10/27/07, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/27/07, Richard Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I saw the Ford GT when it was first shown at the US F1 GP with Stewart
> > driving.  It was VERY disappointing because they left the stock exhaust
> on -
> > and we had just been listening to F1 cars!  The M-B safety car sounded
> MUCH
> > better.
>
>
> Guys,
>
> The Ford GT with stock exhaust is one thing...
>
> But with the Ford Racing exhaust and very very very mild work, it is a
> BEAST...
>
> I found the car to be as RAW as most of the older Ferraris...perhaps
> lighter
> steering and a slightly lighter shifter, but the ambience is far from
> Aston
> Martin...lol. Add the brutal power delivery and you can see why it's a
> winner.
>
> When I get a chance I'll upload the video of me driving an
> F430....REDLINING
> it gear to gear, while the Ford GT a hundred fifty feet ahead can still be
> HEARD over the loud whine of the Ferrari motor. And it's not just loud but
> a
> good loud....one of the very best domestic powerplant sounds. That
> supercharger whine was dialed in just right. :)
>
> I don't know if you guys are hating on the Ford because it's a Ford....but
> if so, it might be time to re-evaluate things...and actually drive it!
> The F430 and Gallardo felt rather normal after getting out of that thing.
> I'd only wager those other two cars have a chance of being as enjoyable if
> it's a track, because on the road, point to point at 7/10s, no comparison.
>
> IMHO it's one of the best cars ever made in the modern era.
>
> I'm not here to overpromote the Ford, but at this rate, someone here is
> gonna compare it to a US spec Mondial 8...and I can't let that happen.
>
> :)
>
> FG
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