Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Posers

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hey Rick -
You wrote <<low-production marques in that good ideas aren't refined into 
great ideas.  The makers just can't afford to do so.>>  You just described 
the business strategy/Race Car Building Strategy at the Colin Chapman School 
of Engineering.  After all, he developed the practice of building a car that 
would cross the finish line then break.  Because that's as far as he needed 
it to go -

And about your driving <<I tend to over analyze and by the time I have 
things figures out, the manovure is past>>

Ed thought this was the Prost method of driving  but to me it remiinded me 
of the way Lauda described his years in F1.

BTW, if you run acrossany of them, Lauda wrote 3 or 4 books about his time 
in F1 - all of the books were very entertaining but I especiall enjoyed "The 
Art & Science of Grand Prix Driving".  All of his books are excellent - they 
provide great detail about the set up of the cars and such if that is 
interesting to you.  He also tells about his relationship with Enzo and some 
of the tricks he liked to play.

He presently has several books on ebay including Meine Story - which some 
might conclude means the text is in German - nope - all English.
Also - F1 - The Turbo Age
and N Lauda, Picture Book of GP Racing  (something about this doesnt look 
right - I have a book with the photo of the BBi on the cover and it's not by 
Lauda..

Ya'll have a nice weekend -

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:43 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Posers


> You are, of course, completely right about most drivers Mike - including 
> us.  In fact, I am 'le tres shitty pilot' so I don't even try to compete. 
> I tend to over analyze and by the time I have things figures out, the 
> manovure is past!  I am a scientist, after all.  So how do I handle this?
>
> I don't.  My fascination with Ferrari (and cars in general) is the science 
> and engineering.  I build engines and I restore cars.  I rarely drive 
> them.  In fact, I find (older) Ferraris to be typical of many other 
> low-production marques in that good ideas aren't refined into great ideas. 
> The makers just can't afford to do so.  However, my beloved BMW is worse 
> when it comes to their older M-series cars.  Those cars are nightmares to 
> keep at peak performance.  I tried to make an E30M3 a daily driver and it 
> almost bankrupted me.
>
> So I guess I would recommend that before you call me a 'poser' because I'm 
> a non-competitive driver, try one of my engines. :-)
>
> rick
>
> PS: No black mold.  New house.  Nice and dry.
>
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