Amazing!!!! Raced a Lambo Gallardo today!

[wythors]

A prince! Werd!

I want to be a prince. The closest I will get is some assless yellow chaps like the artist formely known as prince wears.

I take it you know the prince? If so, tell him his car is friggin awesome!

I don't know him, I used to work at a local exotic car dealership where he had his cars worked on. A lot. That's where I learned that you couldn't give me a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. They hardly ever run right, even when they're new and when they break they take forever (like 3 months) to get parts from Italy. Then you get to drive it another 1,000 miles before it breaks again. They're nice to look at, but most Italian cars are nothing but garage art owned by people that can't drive worth a crap. They just happen to have enough money to waste a quarter mil on a car that only runs 15% of the time.

 

[Darkness]

Did you really think that my post was aimed at U? I was just filling in for Paul while he was away.

Paul is back and the flames too

Oh great, first Warren buys a Corvette and now he wants to be like Paul...

He's got an automatic though

I don't know him, I used to work at a local exotic car dealership where he had his cars worked on. A lot. That's where I learned that you couldn't give me a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. They hardly ever run right, even when they're new and when they break they take forever (like 3 months) to get parts from Italy. Then you get to drive it another 1,000 miles before it breaks again. They're nice to look at, but most Italian cars are nothing but garage art owned by people that can't drive worth a crap. They just happen to have enough money to waste a quarter mil on a car that only runs 15% of the time.

Hmmm I had several italian cars 1 Fiat, 2 Lancias and 1 Alfa Romeo (none exotic though) and never had problems with them. I guess you speak of "hear say"!!!

 

[stangortwo]

He's got an automatic though

Hey your pimped out 740 is also an automatic BEEOTCH!

 

[wythors]

Hmmm I had several italian cars 1 Fiat, 2 Lancias and 1 Alfa Romeo (none exotic though) and never had problems with them. I guess you speak of "hear say"!!!

I didn't say anything about Fiats, Lancias or Alfas. And I speak from personal experience of dealing with Ferraris and Lambos on a daily basis for over a year, not hearsay.

 

[Darkness]

Hey your pimped out 740 is also an automatic BEEOTCH!

Its a 5 spd!!! And my vette will be a 6 spd.

 

[Darkness]

I didn't say anything about Fiats, Lancias or Alfas. And I speak from personal experience of dealing with Ferraris and Lambos on a daily basis for over a year, not hearsay.

No you didnt, you specifically refered to "most italian cars" and those exotics arent the "most" of italian cars!!!

 

[wythors]

No you didnt, you specifically refered to "most italian cars" and those exotics arent the "most" of italian cars!!!

My apologies. I was referring to Italian exotics. No offense was intended to all the other little rustbuckets. (My 74 Alfa Spyder was the only car I ever owned where I could see the road under my feet )

 

[Darkness]

(My 74 Alfa Spyder was the only car I ever owned where I could see the road under my feet )

Try a 74 pinto.....ohh better not...might explode on you!

 

[WaterPog]

No you didnt, you specifically refered to "most italian cars" and those exotics arent the "most" of italian cars!!!

In the US they are probably close to it...do any other italian auto makers even import to the US today?

 

[Darkness]

In the US they are probably close to it...do any other italian auto makers even import to the US today?

Hmmm, Ron Tonkin has an Alfa Romeo dealership... but dunno if he has any new cars there! That I know of only high end makes are sold here.

 

[86strokerlx]

I have a hard time beliving that a stang could even keep up with a Lambo, let alone smoke it.

If you only knew...

 

[lamrith]

Fiat = Fix It Again Tony

Sorry could not resist. Look at my sig, I own what many people consider unreliable cars (fact is they run great if you do routine maint)... It's not leaking oil. It's just marking it's territory!!

 

[stock50LX]

I have a friend with a Ferrari 308. Believe me, it's nothing special acceleration-wise. It's a great car for posing which is what most people want to do anyway. The story is what hot rodding is all about: making your car perform better than a vastly more expensive car.

 

[Darkness]

I have a friend with a Ferrari 308. Believe me, it's nothing special acceleration-wise. It's a great car for posing which is what most people want to do anyway. The story is what hot rodding is all about: making your car perform better than a vastly more expensive car.

You wanna compare a Ferrari from 75-85 to modern cars??? Gimme a brake!!! Look at the 75-85 cars that we had...even the corvette was 170-230hp. Plus Ferraris are fun to drive.

 

[wythors]

You wanna compare a Ferrari from 75-85 to modern cars??? Gimme a brake!!! Look at the 75-85 cars that we had...even the corvette was 170-230hp. Plus Ferraris are fun to drive.

Most people that are knowledgable on the subject agree that the 328, the successor to the 308 was the last "good" Ferrari. After that they started using so much electronics to run everything that they became piteously unreliable. Example: The current 360 Spyder will not start or run if a sensor tells it that the top boot is not securely fastened. The boot has six seperate pieces, each with it's own sensor. The sensors are made by Lucas and fail on a routine basis. How would you like to have your new quarter million dollar toy flatbedded to the dealership on a nice day a week after you took delivery because you tried to put the top down? And that's a minor problem.

 

[stock50LX]

You wanna compare a Ferrari from 75-85 to modern cars???

My Mustang is an '87.

Gimme a brake!!! Look at the 75-85 cars that we had...even the corvette was 170-230hp. Plus Ferraris are fun to drive.

Fun to drive? No: You sit at an angle with your feet toward the center of the car. The shifter has a long throw and little feel. He puts it on a trailer and brings it to Tacoma to be worked on pretty often, though. Does that sound like something you'd want? Like I said, it's for posers. Put it in the garage next to your Hummer.

 

[ZeroCool]

Fun to drive? No: You sit at an angle with your feet toward the center of the car. The shifter has a long throw and little feel. He puts it on a trailer and brings it to Tacoma to be worked on pretty often, though. Does that sound like something you'd want? Like I said, it's for posers. Put it in the garage next to your Hummer.

Posers...give me a break. Ferraris are bad ass to drive. If my fat ass can fit in one, so can you.

 

[Darkness]

Fun to drive? No: You sit at an angle with your feet toward the center of the car. The shifter has a long throw and little feel. He puts it on a trailer and brings it to Tacoma to be worked on pretty often, though. Does that sound like something you'd want? Like I said, it's for posers. Put it in the garage next to your Hummer.

Dont be a hatter man, Ferrari is the pinnacle, I drove 2 already and came in my pants both times a 348 and a 288 GTO being the GTO the one I liked the most. Damn that was fun!!!

 

[909]

Alrighty then! Thanks for the image.

came in my pants both times

 

[hicalibrbulit]

In the US they are probably close to it...do any other italian auto makers even import to the US today?

Maserati