Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GP Europe (Qualifying Spoiler)

[LarryT (l02turner]

You wrote <<all I could do is stand on the seat.  >>

I hear ya  -  I'd be lucky to get *one* foot on the seat ;-)

I remember reading one of those reports - where a reporter went for a ride 
in a 2 seater.  They were truly at a loss of words to describe the 
acceleration, braking and corning.  They ended up saying eloquent stuff 
like - "Oh Wow Man - That car is so friggin fast!"  Yup, they had a problem 
with adjectives.

I have a video of various fast cars (like the 288 GTO and 959) along with a 
little ford shoebox popular in rallying. They built one using a Williams F1 
chassis and whatever engine they were using at the time - then they put F 
WIlliams in the passenger seat - wheelchair and all, then went for a few 
laps around Silverstone.

Talk about a loss of words!  He had a goofy grin on his face and literally 
couldn't talk!  LOL - people asked him questions and he just looked at their 
mouths saying the words - like he was having trouble hearing.  He was 
obviously impressed...   ;-)

Take care -- 
Larry

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From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:00 PM
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Europe (Qualifying Spoiler)

> Naw Larry - just woofing on the topic.  Shoot - put me in ANY F1 and I'm 
> crap.
>
> I recall sometime ago Renault let a writer FINALLY drive one of their old 
> F1's.  He went to school, got all hopped up for it and after the day of 
> his drive - his impression was this:
> 1 - NEVER in my life have accelerated that fast.
> 2 - The brakes are SOOO good, I would dive deeper into a corner than I 
> have ever gone (think this guy was an ex-Formula Atlantic or some other 
> pretty impressive open wheeled car) and would stop BEFORE the turn - then 
> I would have to get back on the gas to GET to the turn so I could break 
> again!
> Wow - sez I - those F1's gotta be something from outer space.
> heh heh
> DOUG
> Of course at 6 feet 190 pounds - all I could do is stand on the seat.  I 
> saw Schumacher's car at Monterey and got close up of the foot tunnel. 
> Damn - that looked like a condom for the legs
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Europe (Qualifying Spoiler)
>
>
> > I understand what you're saying but is the Mercedes *that* bad?  I didn't 
> > see the time spread between 1st and 15th - maybe it *is* that bad.    MS 
> > had a 1:39 something.  Vettel aas 1.37.5 so 2 seconds difference - wow! 2 
> > seconds is a lifetime in F1 --
> >
> > I'm watching in HD - the quality of even regular TV is so much improved 
> > that it's like night & day.  I guess it's a combination of better TVs and 
> > improved TV input?
> >
> > BTW, the pre-race show just started -- 
> >
> > LarryT
> >
> > OilAnalysis Time?
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> > From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 8:43 PM
> > To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Europe (Qualifying Spoiler)
> >
> > > Hey Larry - if you put me in a crap car I couldn't do any better than 
> > > Michael either
> > > BUWHAhaahahahahaha
> > > DOUG
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> > > To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> > > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:07 AM
> > > Subject: [Ferrari] GP Europe (Qualifying Spoiler)
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> > > > BTW, I watched part of qualifying this morning - MS is still 
> > > > struggling.
> > > > Can't tell if his 3 year layoff is at fault or the car is not doing its
> > > > part --
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> > > > After witnessing his greatness for so long it's hard to watch him 
> > > > working so
> > > > hard for a 15th spot!
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> > > > LarryT
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