RE: Ferrari 512 TR: PH Fleet
Discussion
RemarkLima said:
Chris Harris said:
flat-12 beasts (waits for the cognoscenti to howl 'it's not a flat-12, it's a 180- degree V12!')
Can someone explain if there is a genuine difference here (Flat vs. 180 deg)? Are they just towing the Enzo line of all proper car have a V12?Personally I don't see what's wrong with calling it a flat 12 as the cylinders are after all flat. It shouldn't be called a boxer engine though (despite Ferrari naming the Testarossa's predecessor the Berlinetta Boxer).
Chris Harris said:
Didn't see the tweet sadly. If you're off-line on an iPhone for long enough you don't get all the tweets you missed. Kind offer, sad you immediately assumed I was a wrong 'un.
Can I have the brochure then? ;-) Chevron...I assume you might be up for Brawn on October 27th? If so, see you there?
rubystone said:
GranCab said:
405dogvan said:
The first trackday I ever did was a Porsche 'come and drive our cars' day - it was rescheduled from Brands to Silverstone because a certain Mr Mansell had just rejoined F1 and had nabbed Brands and the 993 was 'new' at the time, so that will tell you how long as this was - had other cars sharing the track and I'm a king blagger of rides so I blagged one in the Testarossa which was the talk of the paddock.
One of the instructors was driving - the owner has asked for 'his opinion on it' - which was, IIRC, that it was the worst car he'd ever driven on a track. He said it's power delivery was 'all or nothing' and it's ability to go around corners was 'based entirely on prayer". In fairness, the owner said it had 'had some work done' so that may be the issue - who knows, it was pretty exciting in a "whoa - that's a gravel trap in the side/windscreen/side/windscreen there' sort of way...
In his column in Evo Magazine, McLaren F1 designer and columnist Gordon Murray described the Testarossa as "dreadful", having a centre of gravity "the same as a double decker bus".One of the instructors was driving - the owner has asked for 'his opinion on it' - which was, IIRC, that it was the worst car he'd ever driven on a track. He said it's power delivery was 'all or nothing' and it's ability to go around corners was 'based entirely on prayer". In fairness, the owner said it had 'had some work done' so that may be the issue - who knows, it was pretty exciting in a "whoa - that's a gravel trap in the side/windscreen/side/windscreen there' sort of way...
This is by far the coolest car anyone can buy and even cooler because its had some use and will no doubt get some more use!
Chris Harris said:
Doing a video soon.
Brilliant please do, and not too much music except out of the exhaust pipes please.Also... it would be nice if you could/can in the future give an indication of cost/expense of running one of these beasts. There's quite a few of us who grew up with one of these on our bedroom walls, and still have an 80's exotica fetish to indulge. If the cost isn't too terrifying, dreams may become reality.
As a side-note, I saw a Testarossa 2 years ago at Harewood; it made my day at 300 yards.
Evo said:
B842MPB, don't ask me why but I've never forgotten the reg number of the press Ferrari Testarossa that was used in 84, perhaps it was being an impressionable 10 year old and my first bedroom wall poster car.
Just such an epic car, now all we need is a
CHIS HARRIS VIDEO, please and thank-you
I have a framed poster in the loft of a Countach and a Testarossa on a beach - free with my Uncle's CAR magazine subscription at the time. It used to be up on my bedroom wall as a kid, for many years - my dream car. Just such an epic car, now all we need is a
CHIS HARRIS VIDEO, please and thank-you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/byewords/6735497141/
The Testarossa wore that numberplate, and I seem to remember it was written off a few days after the shoot. It seemed such a shame - one less chance to own one when I grew up.
Found link to editor's comment:
http://postimg.org/image/snn4nilf1/
Chris Harris said:
Doing a video soon.
How about a best motoring style vid against some newer metal, showing just how subjective the enjoyment of an older car is, and that the modern obsession with precision is an objective and unemotional pursuit?Or do the next bloody 'old' m-car vid like you promised ages ago!
Good choice!
I got mine with the intention of keeping it for a year or 2 but 4+ years later I have no plans of getting rid of it. A few continental trips and plenty of other use and the car has been fantastic. It's in getting belts etc done at the moment which isn't easy on the wallet, but they're not the bankrupting money-pit some seem to think.
It was never intended as a track toy but it's still quick enough to have plenty of fun in.
I did briefly think of selling it about a year ago when I just wasn't getting time to drive it, I mentioned this to the wife who immediately vetoed the sale - that's never happened before......
I got mine with the intention of keeping it for a year or 2 but 4+ years later I have no plans of getting rid of it. A few continental trips and plenty of other use and the car has been fantastic. It's in getting belts etc done at the moment which isn't easy on the wallet, but they're not the bankrupting money-pit some seem to think.
It was never intended as a track toy but it's still quick enough to have plenty of fun in.
I did briefly think of selling it about a year ago when I just wasn't getting time to drive it, I mentioned this to the wife who immediately vetoed the sale - that's never happened before......
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