Ferrari 355 in snow

[MitchT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIELdWxJ4js

[DrYazz]

Tut tut tut.

A Ferrari owner who does not check the weather forecast before embarking on a journey

[knight]

Are Ferrari's not allowed out in the snow?

[DrYazz]

knight said:

Are Ferrari's not allowed out in the snow?

Och nae,
personally, I could not give a faeces' remnant where and when other Ferrari owners take their vehicles out, but snow is not a meterological phenomenon my vehicle will ever encounter.

[Chris355]

A ferrari in snow is not sensible. Wide tyres, rear wheel drive, lots of BHP, very low and made of italian metal that likes to rust! I would never have taken any of mine out in the snow!!

[MarsellusWallace]

A 355 will melt in the snow.

I thought everybody knew that.

[Jonty355]

They work fine in the snow!

[ferrari spider]

Jonty355 said:

They work fine in the snow!

Looks remarkably clean and fantastic, i dont believe you have driven that in the snow. Go 0n tell the truth, you have pushed that out of ya garage just for that shot havnt ya
Great photo though

[Jonty355]

ferrari spider said:

Looks remarkably clean and fantastic, i dont believe you have driven that in the snow. Go 0n tell the truth, you have pushed that out of ya garage just for that shot havnt ya
Great photo though

I promise that is a genuine photo and not just pushed out of the garage.

That was after driving about 80 miles to get to the point. Most of the roads were fairly clear on the way there. The car was pretty dirty at that point, but it just never shows up on yellow.

[burriana]

Yes it does, we just know that you carry a bucket and a furry mitten around with you all the time ... and sometimes you use it to clean the car!

[yellowtr]

Drive mine in snow, sleet, rain, thunder, sun, sleet, hail, whatever. Plus TR doesn't have girlie ABS, TC, Power Steering, etc.

I really don't get this "can't drive them in the snow" stuff A car is only as fast as you drive it and it you drive with care and safely a Ferrari is no different

[ferrari spider]

Its not the snow, rain or sleet that kills em. Its the grit salt. Exhibit A&B (pictures belong to Stevew) Hands up who wants some of this then And unless you have easy access to the under side of your car every time you put it away. Grit salt will get trapped, its like cancer. 348s/355 subframes are not the best made and hardly any protection. Have you noticed how many rear subframes go in the lower corners? This is because there are traps in its fabrication. And thats not even the traps in between the wheel arches and inner arches. If there are any on here other than myself who work on there own cars and know them inside out. You will know what i am talking about.
There is a big difference between the cars that drive in the snow in the USA and the UK. Its that bloody grit salt we use, its a bd!!! on Italian exotics.

Edited by ferrari spider on Tuesday 5th January 17:05

Edited by ferrari spider on Tuesday 5th January 17:06

[Jonty355]

That looks really bad. Luckily that pic of mine in the snow was taken last February, and I've recently had the cambelt change done on the car with the engine out. Managed to have a good look around the car and no corrosion like that.