Commuting in a Classic Ferrari... Anyone done it?
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tercelgold said:
People do it on sports bikes, should be easy if not reliable in a Ferrari.
+1My tally for not getting to work on my (either brand new or very new) motorbikes I've owned over about 9 months on/off of commuting is:
1 x problem with the bike
1 x problem with kit
1 x unavoidable act of god (<-- doesn't count)
Over a similar period/miles my 355 (less reliable than a 328?) would have probably failed once or twice given previous form
Sure its a realistic proposition, absolutely. I regularly commute in my 348 when the mood suits. I have a pretty genteel commute, open B-roads as opposed to in town crawling, so its a great way to start the day and something to look forward to come going home time.
How could one resist.....?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Peae95D3lg
There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't commute in a classic Ferrari if you want to. I even use far older cars than my 348 for regular commuting and have used far sillier things in the past. Keep the maintenance up and drive with mechanical sympathy and you can commute in anything you want.
How could one resist.....?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Peae95D3lg
There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't commute in a classic Ferrari if you want to. I even use far older cars than my 348 for regular commuting and have used far sillier things in the past. Keep the maintenance up and drive with mechanical sympathy and you can commute in anything you want.
I used my 348 a lot and sometimes used it to commute to work about 15 miles to the centre of Nottingham mainly if I worked a weekend when the traffic was clear.
The only thing that annoyed me was the stiff gearbox for the first 5 minutes or so.
I remember once driving to Morrisons in the sleet to fetch some bevvies for New Years Eve. There was plenty of sideways action.
As Jonty says these cars get better when they're driven.
The only thing that annoyed me was the stiff gearbox for the first 5 minutes or so.
I remember once driving to Morrisons in the sleet to fetch some bevvies for New Years Eve. There was plenty of sideways action.
As Jonty says these cars get better when they're driven.
Just reading this.
I have my 328GTS to wrok today and will use it for business trips. I do use my old cars for daily commute or business. My communute nowadays is only 3 miles, so not fair on older cars as they dont get time to warm up properly.
All old cars work best if used all the time and properly.
they do about 22-23mpg average including town and about 27mpg on long runs. Air con is ok. heating etc is fine but difficult to operate due to digital controls out of line of sight.
I have done about 10k in mine over 3.5 years. It is high mileage but is a nice everday car for non snowy icy days!
Paul
I have my 328GTS to wrok today and will use it for business trips. I do use my old cars for daily commute or business. My communute nowadays is only 3 miles, so not fair on older cars as they dont get time to warm up properly.
All old cars work best if used all the time and properly.
they do about 22-23mpg average including town and about 27mpg on long runs. Air con is ok. heating etc is fine but difficult to operate due to digital controls out of line of sight.
I have done about 10k in mine over 3.5 years. It is high mileage but is a nice everday car for non snowy icy days!
Paul
Getting a bit newer, but I commute in a 360 every day. Never had a problem, in fact I only ever have an issue when I leave it for a week or two if I'm on holiday. There's a guy in the car park who brings a 355 Spider if it's even remotely sunny, and another who alternates daily between an Aventador, a Gallardo Spider and a 458. He's probably much cleverer than I.
I'm not allowed to take it to client sites though, which is annoying, it costs far less than an M3/C63 and they seem to be acceptable client facing cars.
I'm not allowed to take it to client sites though, which is annoying, it costs far less than an M3/C63 and they seem to be acceptable client facing cars.
Edited by Xeno on Monday 10th September 14:35
I did last summer in the 308. Uber cool.
It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have f
k all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.
Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have f
k all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
Edited by DJRC on Tuesday 11th September 10:47
DJRC said:
I did last summer in the 308. Uber cool.
It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have fk all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.
Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
Why is the RHD footwell so restricted - is there a battery in there or something?It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have f
k all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
Edited by DJRC on Tuesday 11th September 10:47
BelfastBoy said:
DJRC said:
I did last summer in the 308. Uber cool.
It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have fk all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.
Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
Why is the RHD footwell so restricted - is there a battery in there or something?It fractured my foot. Not so uber cool.
Apart from the whole knackered foot thing, I loved it, but and this is a big but...
MAKE SURE ITS LHD!!!!!
Classic Ferraris have f
k all footspace in the footwell on rhd. If you want to use it everyday, rather than a cpl of hours, once a week or so on Sunday morning, in traffic...this becomes important.Oh and 328 interiors suck, which removes one of the big incentives to do it daily, namely to touch the gorgeous late 70s interiors of the pre-84 cars.
348s and 355s dont count. They are modern and a whole different ballgame from the earlier commie peasant stuff.
Edited by DJRC on Tuesday 11th September 10:47
ds starting beating them on the race tracks, making cars as good looking and cheaper and then said "make your cars rhd" the commie bds said OK, but dont expect us to do it properly and give anything more than a cursary fk about you.So they changed it over to rhd. Here you encounter a problem of where the wheels are and the pedals in relation to said wheels and transmission tunnel. Namely on a lhd car the wheel is next to the clutch, otherwise known as a handy clutch rest. On a rhd car the wheel is where the throttle is. The pedal thats in use all the time.
You can see the problem here right? So then you get laid skew whiff on aswell. So, you body is at an odd angle and then your legs, feet and ankles are at another odd angle trying to make everything fit.
And the throttles are old school cable affairs offering a fair amount of resistance. I have very weak ankles and a very weak ball of my right foot. The pressure applied to use the throttle, without being able to anchor it properly just trashed it.
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