Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder

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Play a game on your pc, xbox,PS3.. with the sound off. I don't even play 

Solitare with the sound off :-).

It is not just cars.
Stephen

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Paul K Rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>

To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>

Cc: "Dennis Liu" <BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com>; "The FerrariList" 

<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid

Matt is on to something  re the sounds. Did you ever see a little kid 

playing with Hot Wheels without vocalizing the appropriate engine noises? 

"Vrroooom! Nyyaaarrrrow!"

I once had the distinct pleasure of witnessing the Union Pacific's 

well-preserved old steam train pulling out of Houston at full tilt, headed 

north for Dallas. What a rush! All the sturm und drang and thunder. People 

don't get priapic over Priuses, or diesel locomotives either. I haven't 

bought a Porsche since they gave up on the oil coolers; not by design , 

just lack of desire. I realize this is a highly personal thing, but I am 

just not very excited about the first Porsche equipped with a dashboard 

that glows green when you switch on the AA battery pack.

Of course, as Chef Liu used to say before he began writing about couscous 

rather than cars, I could be perfectly wrong.

the kenverine
http://www.upsteam.com/

On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Doug and Terri Anderson wrote:

The Raucous Sound of Silence? (with apologies to the Chevy book) - hark 

back to late the 60's and the STP turbines.  As witnessed when Andy 

Granetelli signed my pig at Little Joe's restaurant at the 1969 press 

meeting after Mario won the Indy 500 - - - Best Whooooshes, Doug.

Alas
DOUG

PS - recently as a few years ago, the IRL made the mundane V8 sound 

change to a flat crank engine and the howl of the late Ferrari V8's 

308's, 360's, 430's and so forth.  Indy once again played host to sounds 

of interesting engines.

PPS - at the December 1968 Rex Mays race at Riverside International 

Raceway, near the last lap - Mario had jumped into Joe Leonard's STP 4WD 

Lotus wedge turbine (a complex set of rules in motion to garner the 

coveted Number 1 USAC number for next year) managed to T-Bone the only 

other STP turbine, driven by team mate Art Pollard, in ever so tight high 

speed 180 degree last turn at RIR.  Thus endeth the turbine at Indy.

Alas again

----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Boyd" 

<ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com>

To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>

Cc: "Paul K Rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>; "The FerrariList" 

<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid

I thought I read the 16 mile range is if you go fully electric, which
typically wouldn't be the mode folks use -- but would be an additional
option for short trips? Sounds pretty cool for a hybrid.

The thing I'm most worried about in the future of electric cars is the 

sound

(or lack thereof). I keep envisioning 15-20 years from now the different

series of auto races, from F1 to Nascar, with silent cars. Do Tesla 

owners

put external speakers on their cars and hook up some sensor to the
accelerator or somewhere so it can simulate "normal" sounds?

-matt
'85 308

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] me.com> wrote:

Cost, complexity, sixteen mile range. Other than that I'm totally
jiggy with it.

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> Lemme get this straight, Uncle Ken - we have a new, faster and
> lighter car with better performance than current gas-only models.
> But we DON'T like it because it gets 78 miles per gallon?  What part
> of Zero-to-sixty in 3.2 seconds, faster than a Carrera GT did you
> not understand?
>
> Sign me up for more eco-weenie stuff in my sports cars if they
> actually INCREASE performance.
>
> M
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
>
> From: Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid
> To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:58 AM
>
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Re: Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Stephen Sherman (shermanwildblue.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:07:08 -0800 (PST)