Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Insanity strikes again

[Grahame Reinthal (grahame]

Many years ago a friend had access to a Morgan to drive while the owner was overseas. Proud as punch, he dropped by my place one evening to take me for a ride.  Crunch, crunch, crunch through all the gears – it was horrible.  I asked him why it was like that.  He said it just was. I said it was obvious it has no synchos, so why not shuffle and match revs. His response was “Huh ??????????”  So I said, I’ll show you. He said, no, only I am allowed to drive it – you might damage it! I said, you are damaging it now.  Let me show you.  And I did.  He was amazed that there was no crunching but thought it was voodoo.  I tried to explain to him what I was doing but either he didn’t listen or could not hear the revs, etcetera. Either way, he drove off in an indignant huff into the night - crunch, crunch, crunch through all the gears! 

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+grahame=reinthal.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Douglas Anderson
Sent: Monday, 15 February 2021 2:23 PM
To: Grahame <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au>
Cc: 'FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

Ahhhh – I see.  Makes sense Clyde.  A ‘hamburger’ transmission . . . . ground round.

BUWHahahahahahah

Oh sometimes I kill myself

 

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Clarence Romero Jr.
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 4:26 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

I call it a slush box aka manual because the majority of drivers make slush out the gears while attempting to shift !

It turns the gears into slush in the box if you’ve ever worked on one 

It would be obvious 

Clyde Romero

 

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com> wrote:



Is it just me, or haven’t I always heard of automatic transmissions referred to as slushboxes (because their fluid operates the gears and manages the operation of the torque converters)?

 

cLydE is using it to indicate manuals, which I have not heard elsewhere.

 

Is this a cultural/regional/whatever kind of thing? Obviously it’s impossible that cLydE is wrong, but it certainly is possible that someone misled him.  😊

 

 

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+charles=carolinasound.com [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Clarence Romero Jr.
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 9:28 PM
To: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com>
Cc: FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

Gary I don’t get that

When you look at slush box cars anywhere 

The first thing that stands out is

Clutch replaced at...

What’s that tell you?

The guy didn’t know how to drive a car with a clutch 

That’s it

I’ve owned Ferraris for years and never replaced a clutch 

When I worked at a local independent shop a guy came in bought a 360 stick

I had to drive it because he didn’t know how too!

So why the premium for a car that you don’t know how to drive?

I own a 575 F-1 and I am never looking back

I always drive it the manual mode with the paddles and I never miss a shift!

Up or down and it’s easier on the drive train

And it’s faster 

, you can’t shift that fast manually and you have all the rpm protections up and down!

I hate to say it but the average Ferrari driver doesn’t know how to shift a slush box!

I don’t know who said it 

But there are Ferrari drivers and Ferrari owners!

And truer words were never spoken

And the 6 speed manual in the 550 sucks big time along with the Arnold Schwarzenegger clutch pedal!

But hey let them pay premium  
These are they same guys who like radial engines on airplanes!

 

 

 

     RF4-4EVR

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

 

If you have no enemies, you have no character !

 

Clyde Romero    

 

 

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On Feb 12, 2021, at 6:23 PM, Gary Reed <gary [at] garyreedsales.com> wrote:



550s have been bringing very strong $$, compared the 575s, because a lot of people want manual

transmissions.

 

What's really cRaZy are the F430 manuals.  They are about a $100K premium over an F1 trans car.

 

 

GR

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Clarence Romero Jr.

To: Gary Reed

Cc: The FerrariList

Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 3:13 PM

Subject: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-ferrari-550-maranello-17/

Clyde Romero

 

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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