Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari vis Rolls Royce

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Gavin,

Aha, I didn't know you had a Shadow!  At one point I was the ultimate
glutton for punishment having the 85 308, the 88 Spur, the 39 RR
Phantom-III, and the daily driver 96 XJR.  An Italian and 3 British cars??
Spur and XJR are now gone.  Your story about pulling the 308 out to get the
Rolls out reminded me of the exact same thing at 5:00am once where I had to
explain to the police officer who stopped to see what was going on...."Well,
officer, my wife likes to keep the Jag in the driveway, and in order for me
to get the Ferrari out I've got to pull the Jag out, then pull the Ferrari
out, then put the Jag back in the driveway!  Life is *ROUGH*."  :-)

Talking of polar opposites, you have now inspired me....my family is late
getting home, so I have nothing better to do than to go out for a drive in
the 308, drive over to the storage unit where I keep my 1939 V12 Rolls-Royce
RHD limousine, take it for a spin, then go back and trade it back for the
308....:-)

-matt
85 euro 308
39 P-III
'57 Bel Air
'78 450 SEL
ETC

On 11/1/07, Gavin <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Just going to pass on some nice observations I made after two weekends
> away... first in the GTB them in the Silver Shadow..
>
> Both are great cars that do what they do SO SO well.
> They are so far at the oposite ends of the use spectrum it's amazing!
>
> In the Ferrari the bueatiful engine is everpresent, the fiim steering is
> pin
> point and you can feel everything that the road has to offer through the
> wheel... the brakes and clutch are heavy (compartively) and you are siting
> ON the road.  Everything to put you in contact with the fast driving
> experance...
>
> In the Silver Shadow... it could not be more different!  You steer with
> one
> finger, road what road?, hardly hear the motor unless it's poked with a
> big
> stick, never feel a gearchange.... slow and steady is the way,... it
> rewards
> the smoothest of drivers.  It does everything to insulate you from the
> driving experiance. Which is in it'self a great experance and way to
> travel.
>
> They are both HUGELY enjoyable.
>
> I think I got noticed by other drivers more in the RR.... I think it's
> just
> easyer to recognise to the "general" public.
>
> Another funny story...
> Where I keep my cars they are nose to tail in a shed...
> So to get the RR out for the weekend I had to fire up the 308 and drive it
> out, get the RR out then put the 308 back in...
> I did this while being watched by a friendly local joiner who works close
> by...
>
> Then I could not resist making the coment......
>
> "hell lifes TOUGH, when you have to move your Ferrari to get your Rolls
> Royce out!"
>
> Oh yes.... lifes goooood.
>
> Gavin
> New Zealand
> 79 308GTB
> 70 Silver Shadow
> 15 Fiat
> 15 American LaFrance
>
>
>