RE: Ferrari 512 TR: PH Fleet
Discussion
Whilst I've never driven a 512 I can appreciate what you mean about the steering wheel.
The old man used to have a 400i many moons ago and the Nardi steering wheel was almost worth the running costs alone.
Dare I say it was even more of a joy to hold than the wheel on my old S1 Elise.
The old man used to have a 400i many moons ago and the Nardi steering wheel was almost worth the running costs alone.
Dare I say it was even more of a joy to hold than the wheel on my old S1 Elise.
Love the write up. This is what driving is all about, a mechanical connection between car and driver.
I use a Renault Megane RS265 as my daily. I like it, it's fun, but, it's a game console. On weekends I race a 72 E3 2 door Alpina. She's a screaming howling silver meanie. It is all driver car relationship and she responds to my inputs like a freshly broken stallion responds to his rider (including the bit where she turns her head around and tries to bite my foot off). That sense of raw unbridled power, that primeval thrill of taming a wild beast, that's what modern cars have designed out of the best supercars from the 80's and 90's. Sure you go faster. Sure it feels like a jet but, there is that sense that the car is doing all the work and you just point it in the right direction....um....er.....generally, and let the car handle the finer details of steering and handling. I'm sure that if Chris put his 512 TR hard into a corner without balancing it first he'd get a rude (and expensive) shock. And bar the sexy looks, I think that is why Chris loves it so much.
I use a Renault Megane RS265 as my daily. I like it, it's fun, but, it's a game console. On weekends I race a 72 E3 2 door Alpina. She's a screaming howling silver meanie. It is all driver car relationship and she responds to my inputs like a freshly broken stallion responds to his rider (including the bit where she turns her head around and tries to bite my foot off). That sense of raw unbridled power, that primeval thrill of taming a wild beast, that's what modern cars have designed out of the best supercars from the 80's and 90's. Sure you go faster. Sure it feels like a jet but, there is that sense that the car is doing all the work and you just point it in the right direction....um....er.....generally, and let the car handle the finer details of steering and handling. I'm sure that if Chris put his 512 TR hard into a corner without balancing it first he'd get a rude (and expensive) shock. And bar the sexy looks, I think that is why Chris loves it so much.
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