Ferrari Mailing List: Re: TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

XWX's -
THE hottest tire to come down the pike - - - - - in 1970.
heh heh
Handled pretty well with 3/32 tread - - - in the dry.
Another fun sport was watching the local service station trying to bust one 
of those off a steel rim to fix a flat.
BUWHAhahaahhahahahahahahah
(choke)
DOUG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Pless" <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos


> Have you guys driven on modern XWXs? Doesn't sound like it to me. Maybe 
> try
> it then comment.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 29 August 2009 6:15 AM
> To: Peter Pless
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM, <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > And because they don't know any better
> > Black garden hose around the rims would be a better choice!
>
>
> Agreed.
>
> Purist seemingly can have two definitions...
>
> One who really believes in a certain way, passionate about an old school
> mentality (such as manual steering, non ABS, etc).
>
> Then there's the other that goes overboard preserving nonsense like shitty
> tires, (and in the muscle car camp, over spray to resemble things like 
> they
> were in the '60s).
>
> On some level I can appreciate the latter as much as I disagree with it. 
> If
> I drove a 100% original Dino 246 or 308 for the first time I probably 
> could
> appreciate the "era" of '60s cars a little more. Maybe it would be cool to
> see what a factory new Vette was like in 1969, down to a tee even if I'm 
> not
> great at detecting paint deficiencies as is. :)
>
> Someone here did mention a valid point to OEM tires....it was our boy with
> the twin turbo Boxer....remember him? Was his name Adam B?
>
> Anyways, I think he mentioned that it allowed the driver to access the
> limits more easily. Which is an interesting philosophical issue because 
> the
> boundary between typical driver and car has been growing and growing.
>
> Sounds interesting but I think I would "modify" myself before I became
> obsessed with that. If Felipe can manhandle the F2009, Fellippe should be
> able at some point to manhandle a modified 308, no?
>
> :)
>
> FG
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