Clyde coins another phrase for the coffee cup!
"Just because you can afford a six figure car doesn't mean you have a six figure brain!"
John
Sent from my ATT Bell Rotary Dial Phone All the new cars will have manumatics The manufactures can track clutch usage and wear data points and prevent idiots from down shifting from 6 to 2 and over revving the engine ! Causing engine failures and unnecessary warrantee claims and the like Ferrari learned a hard lesson with the 360 which was the last one they made with a stick Ask BMW what happened with the M 5/6 series when they offered a straight stick! Just because you afford a 6 figure car doesn't mean you have a 6 figure brain! In victory you deserve Champagne In defeat you need it!
Scars are Tattoos with better stories !
If you follow all the rules You miss all the fun!
Clyde Romero 678 6419932
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Firstly - Eric, thanks for the perspective. Makes more sense now.
Secondly - I like the car, I think it has a neat, updated, aggressive look. I like it better than the 458, which I liked better than the F430, which I liked better than the 360, which I really didn't care for much at all (except the race cars I worked on way back then...). I always thought that the front fender line of the stock 360 looked an awful lot like a Hyundai Tiburon.
Thirdly - regardless of what anyone else does (McLaren, Lambo, etc... Porsche excepted here), they're still "wannabe's" in my book. They'll always be trying to catch up. Only Porsche seems to have the same road car/racing car pedigree as Ferrari. So if I were a regular Ferrari buyer, I really wouldn't care if some of those others had more hp - for the pedigree reason, as well as reasons Adam expounded upon (usefulness on road v. track, etc.).
Finally - regarding Rob's comment below - wasn't there some announcement recently that the 458, perhaps in some limited edition (??), was going to be offered w/ a 6 speed stick? While the paddles might be pretty "trick", there's nothing like a stick to seperate the men from the boys. IMNSHO. ;-)
gp
> I guess Im showing my age but anything without a gear lever is depressing especially when some cars are still offering them.
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> Robert W. Garven Jr.
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