Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Friendship and the List

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

1997.  I think you've driven it before.

 

And they let you fly planes?  ;)

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:48 AM, cjromero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

When did you get a 365?

Clyde

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On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

My shit box 365 is faster than a 328 on all but the tightest mountain roads.

Early TRs had issues with the differentials that were designed to deal with torque from a Fiat Panda, and a wheel nut design that makes life exciting at speed.

Mondials were wired by cross eyed and color blind drunks, highlights were that it was the first car they designed using CAD, lowlight is they were trying to figure out the software when they designed it.

I'm not sure if the design of the 348 was what pushed Enzo to say "I'm outta here".

Except for the race cars, all of them were designed first to remove lira from your wallet...

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:14 AM, cjromero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

328 are bullet proof if they are not overheated 

Same with TR'S

Mondials and 348 are shit boxes from the start 

Moving paper weights when they do move

Not Worth the paint on them

Only good for parts cars for other fools who bought them

Clyde

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On Jun 5, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Rui Gigante <rui.gigante [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Charles,

Your email sure raises a few flags :-P
Yes, I do know about the weakness of the Maserati electrics on the Biturbo models. It's about the same problem on the 328's, Mondial, Testarossa and F40 !!!! I'm looking at a well maintained, very original, complete history, books and records, low mileage (45.000Km) 88 Biturbo. Besides the fact that I like the car, it would be a keeper. I'm guessing that with 992 units produced and with so few left in good condition, a well preserved example with all problems sorted should be worth something in the future. Would you agree?

- Rui

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Charles Perry wrote:

Rui -

 

Just make sure you enjoy your family's company, because if you bring them with in a Biturbo, you will end up with many happy hours to speak with them while waiting for the tow truck... :-)

 

We had two - an 84 and an 87, both Si models. They were pretty to look at and beautifully done inside (the Si featuring really nice leather/suede combinations) and were a lot of fun when they were running, but their % running time averaged about 25. It was fairly routine on my drive into school in my high school years to stop somewhere along the way to pick up my mom next to her smoking Biturbo and take her somewhere while AAA was en route.

 

Our 84 was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo and we shed few tears for it. The 87 we bought new in 89 off a dealer lot where they had not been able to sell it. It had a lot of problems, but they were not mechanical problems like the 84 - mostly electrical and rubber problems, likely from sitting for two years. That car might have been OK if we had kept it long enough to sort those through, but after experiencing the 84 my mom had no faith in the car and ended up selling it before it had further opportunity to damage her self-esteem and wallet. She then ended up with a Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo which we still have today and has 200k+ happy miles under its Asian timing belt.

 

I still like the car and would certainly buy the right one as a project - but don't kid yourself that it would ever exceed project status.

 

Cheers!

 

-- charles

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