Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Upscaling

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There are many more 124s but the Alfa Duetto 1750 renamed/restyled 

as the Graduate in the 80s is also an awesome car with unique 

styling, 5 sp gearbox and unfortunatly  their biggest problem is 

rust.  Other problems exist also, but IMO rust was #1.  Find one 

that has been repaired properly and you'll have a sound basis to 

build on.

Same comments about the 124 and rust apply unfortunately - don't 

know if the later Fiats started using galvanized sheetmetal or not.

IMO the who Upscaling phenomonom made the LBCs popular in the 1st 

case - that and the open sky motoring of course.

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "philville dejazzd.com" <philville [at] dejazzd.com>

To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:27 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Upscaling

  Which brings me back to [1]Re: [Ferrari] FXX Evoluzione, I would 

love

  to own one but doubt that I could ever drive it even on the 

track....I

  am starting to think Fiat all over again, buy a 124 / 2000 

spyder for

  very little learn the car from one end to the other...bring it 

back

  and enjoy it. And, probably have less invested in it than a 

major on

  most F cars...but, I do love those F cars.
  Phil
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Rui Gigante <rui.gigante [at] gmail.com>
  Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:58 pm
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Upscaling
  To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
  Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
  > > I began to think about the scale of sports cars.  And
  > specifically, I compared the two kinds of sports cars that I
  > enjoy: Ferraris and >LBCs (Little British Cars).  I have
  > said before that the 'thrill factor' of motoring is scale
  > dependent, thus the connection to the previous >tutorial on
  > sampling.  One might argue that the same 'thrill-factor'

  > achieved at 90mph in a Ferrari on an open winding highway, 

might

  > be >found in a 40mph run in an LBC on a twisty country
  > road.  See the scale thing?  And I think this might
  > just explain why I enjoy driving >LBCs and don't drive my
  > Ferraris much at all.  I can thrash an LBC to its absolute
  > limits and rarely exceed the speed limit!  I can break >the
  > speed limit in 1st gear in either of my F-cars!  The

  > translation is that because of the laws, I have to grossly 

under-

  > use my F-cars >thereby depriving me of the 'thrill-factor'.
  > >
  >
  > That is sooo true, Rick ! I think exactly the same thing every
  > time I
  > take my MGA for a ride. The fun factor at much lower speeds is
  great.

  > And I have to add that thoughts of broken cam belts, bent 

valves and

  > other natural disasters do NOT cross my mind :-)
  >
  >
  >
  > > Notice how appearance, sound, pride, etc., have not figured
  > into this argument; only 'thrill-factor' induced by spirited
  > driving.  Would I >rather have a Ferrari than an MG?
  > Obviously yes.  But given a twisty little country road, I

  > can tell you which one I would rather drive, >and it isn't 

Italian.

  >
  > Oh yes, absolutely!

  > Don't get me wrong, I love my 328 and plan to keep it forever 

if the

  > economy allows. After all, I've dreamed about it for 29 years,
  > and it

  > puts a smile on my face every time I get home and look at it, 

every

  > time I start it and everytime I drive it!

  > But it does have a usage/maintenance hours ratio < 1 so far 

...

  >
  >
  >

  > > PS: Posts like this are the reason we just can't wait for 

the

  > F1 season to start! :-)
  >
  > How I understand you ...
  >
  > Rui

  > 

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Re: Upscaling	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: LarryT (l02turnercomcast.net)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:55:49 -0800 (PST)