Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: LS (lashdeep![]() |
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:52:11 -0800 (PST) |
Everyone has once...owned an overweight sports car. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Ferrarisimo [at] Comcast.net" <Ferrarisimo [at] comcast.net> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:45:20 AM Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Extra, Extra, read all about it -- Lash humps fat chicks and Pig Lips Ferraris. Go Lash Go!!!! Scottie On Nov 11, 2008, at 12:12 AM, LS wrote: > Most of everything new is plain ugly...only the Astons and maybe the shape of > the Murci are "attractive". > > The 430? No thanks. The 612 and 599 are atrocious. > > The 997 TT? What is that thing? > > The new M3? Looks like a fat chick I dated for 3 days in 1992. The M6 looks > like her mother. > > The Skyline GTR is one of the ugliest "sporty" cars I've seen in a long time. > > While at the Ferrari dealership recently, there was a 430 Scuderia parked > next to a 365 GTC/4. > > While the Scuderia was being mobbed by 14 yr olds, I pulled my pants down and > attempted to mount the Azzuro California C4 with polished Borranis. > > It's definitely not a case of the "good old days"...as I wasn't even born > when the C4 came out. > > LS > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] att.net> > To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:55:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? > > I am inclined to agree with the author. I do think the 360 is far more > graceful than the 430 and I love the old stuff. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry B" <larrybard [at] hotmail.com> > To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:35 PM > Subject: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? > > > > NYT article (sans pictures), for those who might be interested. > > November 10, 2008, 3:37 pm > Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? > By Richard Chang > > Gavin Green of Car magazine in Britain raised an issue I’ve thought about > quite a bit lately: that Ferraris “aren’t gorgeous anymore.” > Mr. Green took issue with the fat rear end of the new California model, but > didn’t stop there. “The 612 is fussy and ill-proportioned,” he said. “The > Enzo is more bug than bird. Even the F430 lacks the visual grace and profile > poetry of the old F355, the last lovely Ferrari.” > Mr. Green points to its recent Formula One drivers, Michael Schumacher and > Kimi Raikkonen, both staid individuals, and asks: Has Ferrari lost that > innate Italian coolness? > More likely, it has to do with aerodynamics. And Mr. Green recounts a recent > conversation with Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari. “He said the > styling was dictated by aerodynamics and the need to keep a Ferrari glued to > the road at 180-plus,” Mr. Green writes. “That’s why the Enzo is all wedge > and scoops and slats and chunky lines. That big fat rump of the California — > more bustle bum than bikini bottom — helps aero performance, or so Luca > says.” > It hasn’t helped that a whole slew of beautiful vintage Ferraris were on the > auction block this year, including Steve McQueen’s 1963 250 GT/L Berlinetta > Lusso and this 1961 250 California Spyder once owned by James Coburn:They > don’t design them like the 1961 Ferrari 250 California Spyder anymore. > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/edwf430%40att.net > > Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/lashdeep%40yahoo.com > > Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/ferrarisimo%40comcast.net > > Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/
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Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Larry B, November 10 2008
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Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Dan Warlick, November 10 2008
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Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? LS, November 10 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Ferrarisimo [at] Comcast.net, November 10 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? LS, November 10 2008
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Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? LS, November 10 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? rolindsay, November 10 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? rolindsay, November 10 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? LS, November 11 2008
- Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Grahame Reinthal, November 11 2008
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Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? Dan Warlick, November 10 2008
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