Ferrari Mailing List: Re: i'm back!

[Mike Fleischer (themightytoe]

I put the loudest, most obnoxious exhaust I could on the Vette, this 
side of straight pipes...  So a car that zooms with no noise doesn't 
appeal too much, not matter how quick it is.

Now if it made that Tie Fighter sound instead of Luke's Land Speeder, 
that would be excellent :)

Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:
> Well yes in a way but I was to busy trying to breath as the 
> performance sends the blood rushing around your head in a dizzying 
> fashion! I work with electric vehicles every day however the Tesla is 
> really a new breed and if you get a chance to get in one do it! It 
> makes what we call in the industry (The Luke Skywalker landspeeder 
> noise) so it isn't completely silent but it is so quiet it seems even 
> faster than it is (if that makes sense). You mostly here the tyres 
> scrabbling for grip, small stones being thrown up and then you just 
> zoom off.
>  
> All a bit of fun! However if it was my money I would by a 328 GTS or 
> even a Mondial. New Evora is a good car as well. Bet we see an 
> electric version of that from Lotus once Tesla quits making the sports 
> car next year and switches to the saloon.....
>  
> BR in the UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i (RHD 74,000 miles)
> Searching for the right 512TR
> 1985 Bertone X1/9
> 2003 BMW 530d
> 1991 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
> 1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
> 2010 BMW 320d
>  
> In a message dated 17/05/2010 23:26:01 GMT Daylight Time, 
> themightytoe [at] gmail.com writes:
>
>     Welcome back,
>
>     Not much new I think...  Did you have to make your own vroom vroom
>     noises while driving the Tesla?
>
>     Mike
>
>
>     Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:
> >     Hey guys
> >      
> >     You may or not have noticed but after 10 years on the List I
> >     stopped receiving emails. Kept trying to fix the problem but
> >     finally after 8 weeks it seems I am resubscribed. Anyway, god
> >     knows what I missed but I am back finally so looking forward to
> >     reading the posts again...
> >      
> >     Not much to report but had a great drive in a Tesla during the
> >     course of my work which was quite impressive. The X1/9 is almost
> >     to Ferrari Concours standards and will show at Auto Italia first
> >     weekend of June at Stamford hall here in the UK. The exchange
> >     rates are making the import of a 512tr LHD quite a problem right
> >     now but still looking around.
> >      
> >     I'm glad to be back!
> >      
> >     BR in the UK
> >     1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> >     1980 400i (RHD 74,000 miles)
> >     Searching for the right 512TR
> >     1985 Bertone X1/9
> >     2003 BMW 530d
> >     1991 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
> >     1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
> >     2010 BMW 320d
> >      
> >     In a message dated 16/05/2010 23:00:48 GMT Daylight Time,
> >     wade [at] fortunemotors.com writes:
> >
> >         Yes Michael you have to remove the spoiler on the 3x8 cars to
> >         remove the radiator and condensor
> >
> >         Wade
> >
> >         Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
> >
> >         -----Original Message-----
> >         From: Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> >         Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 14:53:35
> >         To: Wade<wade [at] fortunemotors.com>
> >         Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >         Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 328 A/C
> >
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