Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My 308GT4

[francis newman (francis]

Thanks Lashdeep

Look forward to giving you a ride in it next time you are in UK

It has spent the last temn years not far from your family in Windsor

F


On 25 Mar 2014, at 00:05, LS wrote:

> That is the best looking Ferrari I've seen in a while...and I just went to 
> Cavallino two months ago...
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> From: francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk>
> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> 
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My 308GT4
> 
> Me and my car  -I'm the the the white hair.
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> And BTW Clyde -carbs are just so much fun :-)
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> On 23 Mar 2014, at 12:16, Clyde Romero wrote:
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>> Good on ya mate
>> Best of luck with the car
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>> Clyde Romero
>> Back in the Colonies 
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>> In Victory you deserve Champagne
>> In Defeat You Need It!
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>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:46 PM, francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk> wrote:
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>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> Some of you know I bought a GT4 here in Uk - just 2 days ago.
>>> 
>>> Thought I would copy you with a post I made to a predominantly UK based 
>>> forum I am active on.
>>> 
>>> And yes I will post links to some pics tomorrow.
>>> 
>>> "Proper car Tony<thumbsup.gif>
>>> 
>>> 4 twinchoke Weber carbs - that's how cars should be, none of this modern 
>>> injector stuff<laugh.gif>
>>> 
>>> And she performed really well on the rolling road dyno, 232bhp against 
>>> Ferrari's original optimistically quoted 255. Tony Willis told me 255 less 
>>> 10% would have been accurate in the day, so she's performing as well as new.
>>> 
>>> Had a really great day. As many of you will know I have been active on the 
>>> Ferrari scene for a long time and it was a real thrill to finally go to an 
>>> event in my own one. I drove up in convoy with Jonathan Tremlett, which 
>>> made it more special, and spent most of the day being congratulated on my 
>>> purchase and complimented on the car (thanks Mark456M). 
>>> 
>>> As well as the driving experience - which is just great - my daily driver, 
>>> though actually just as powerful and quick, just feels so soulless and 
>>> boring in comparison. I'm lapping up all the other great experiences I have 
>>> heard the rest of you talk about. Watching people taking pics of the car, 
>>> hearing their comments about how lovely it looks, seeing kids point their 
>>> phones at me to take a pic as I go past - and what was most lovely - an old 
>>> lady, probably nearer 80 than 70, in my local Waitrose car park (I'd parked 
>>> at the furthest point taking up two parking spaces of course) came up to me 
>>> and told me how beautiful the car was and could she stand and listen while 
>>> I started her. Of course the engine was quite hot and it took a few goes to 
>>> get it fired up - but she looked delighted and blew me a kiss as I drove 
>>> away. That really made my day. I think I'm going to enjoy Ferrari ownership 
>>> even far more than I ever anticipated "
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Francis
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