Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Save the Manuals!!

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

Talking about the stick how many out there can do this!!!  BTW there are way more Ferraris out there with sticks than I can ever even dream about owning......

Robert W. Garven Jr.

rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari

On Jul 23, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Michael James wrote:

Agree - the article makes a weak attempt to tie youth driver-ed/apathy to the decline of the clutch pedal.  That link isn't there, sorry.  There are LOTS of other factors going-on to discuss why only 30% of 16 year olds have a DL.  Anyone price auto insurance lately for a 16 year old?  Or the average car price has climbed to well-north of $23K?  Or highway fatality statistics regarding deaths in that age group?  Or the economy/jobs situation?

 

The basic premise I agree with, however.  The manual is in decline - we'll all be driving paddle-shifters in the future, but they DO help you get around the racetrack faster.  Drivers/Customers will have to decide which is more important - a clutch pedal, or shifts that happen in microseconds.

 

M

--- On Fri, 7/23/10, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Save the Manuals!!
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 11:22 AM

OK

I am all for this clearly, but when I read the article suggesting 30% of 16 year olds are getting their licenses and the rest think driving is lame... 

Not sure what to make of that?  On the one hand I am happy there will be fewer drivers out there crowding the roads, on the other hand these kids will eventually be living in Mom and Dad's basement since they lack the mobility, on the other hand they will eventually learn to drive much later in life, so even less experienced drivers, on the other hand if they did that, then they likely would not go through "driver's ed" and would have gotten a real instructor and lessons, making them overall better drivers...

But really how dare Ferrari...  When I think about it really.  This is a company that used to make sports cars, now they make very fast cars for old men who can't shift or parallel park.  They have become the gold chain standard with this move to elecro-fit every vehicle such that all you need to do to go fast is mash the pedal and steer...  I read something like 6% of lamborghini's being sold last year had a manual also...  If I wanted that I'd use my PS3 controller and lean in my chair a lot.  What a sad testament to driving overall.

Sad sad sad.  I was at Lake Forest Sports cars this week for a car club meeting.  They had a lot of very pretty cars, including an SLR and an MC12.  The only new cars there that you could row your own in were the Lotus's...  AM's? nope, Maserati's?  nope, Ferrari's?  nope, not a one had 3 pedals on the floor.  Not one.  If you wanted that, you would have to purchase a used vehicle.  And they had 4 new Scuderia's on the floor, gray, white, black and red...   The nicest F car they had was an older 512 TR, that thing was beautiful, and they had a 246 Dino also that was very nice.

BR,
Mike


George York wrote:

I wouldn't say it makes the car more economic on Gas as the engine size and how you floor the pedals to get that adrenaline rush is what its all about my friends! Here Here on Manuals!!!!!!!!

GEO

From: Fellippe Galletta

Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 7:46 AM

To: George York

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Save the Manuals!!

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q3/save_the_manuals!-car_and_driver

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