RE: Ferrari Testarossa | The Brave Pill
Discussion
Gad-Westy said:
I have a lot of affection for these. Harry M has done some great videos of his adventures in his. They actually sound like they're reasonably robust though seem to be typically temperamental.
I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
Remember Car magazine taking one to the Sahara. Had one parked outside a pub in worked a few years ago. They have become stunning over the years. Proper rubber neck car!I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
From limited experience of 4 laps of a short track I really liked this, much less intimidating than a Diablo SV in the same circumstances. Lovely steering, nice mechanical shift, lovely smooth engine. The brakes faded very quickly and it rolled into oversteer quite easily, but I suspect it’d be nice on the road and not too quick to savour.
A wonderful car. I ran one along with an F355 and always enjoyed the drama of it compared to the 355 which was just very capable. I had wanted a 512BB to scratch the V12 itch but the missus didn’t like the look of them (I know!) but suggested I buy the Testarossa when she spotted it a couple of months later - they were only £30k then.
People would always come over and chat when I parked up and kids loved it - it’s quite a theatrical car! I had to sell it when I took up racing and I still miss it ten years later.
It was very reliable over the three years I owned it, I had the belts done as part of the purchase. It probably cost £2K a year to run - a pound a mile in my ownership. When buying, check the bodywork, undercarriage and electrics as though it were a FIAT of the same era, at current prices these is no excuse for these being anything other than mint!!!
Obligatory pic of mine....
People would always come over and chat when I parked up and kids loved it - it’s quite a theatrical car! I had to sell it when I took up racing and I still miss it ten years later.
It was very reliable over the three years I owned it, I had the belts done as part of the purchase. It probably cost £2K a year to run - a pound a mile in my ownership. When buying, check the bodywork, undercarriage and electrics as though it were a FIAT of the same era, at current prices these is no excuse for these being anything other than mint!!!
Obligatory pic of mine....
biggbn said:
Gad-Westy said:
I have a lot of affection for these. Harry M has done some great videos of his adventures in his. They actually sound like they're reasonably robust though seem to be typically temperamental.
I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
Remember Car magazine taking one to the Sahara. Had one parked outside a pub in worked a few years ago. They have become stunning over the years. Proper rubber neck car!I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
They are up there with one of the worst looking Ferrari’s in my book.
Dreadful styling with poor execution and handling at it even towards the limit that will have your sphincter loosening quicker than you can say ‘whoops please pass me some wet wipes...’ (admitted I’ve only driven one on a track day, trying to getting progressively faster before my talent ran out)
I’ve always wondered why Ferrari’s (in particular?) insist on building cars of that era that required the engine to be dropped or removed to change cambelts
Of course one reads about how you can partially drop an engine to do it but the specialists will usually say that it allows them to check for and cure oil leaks and generally clean the engine: what? So you bought a very premium product that apparantly can p155 oil like the Exxon Valdez at the drop of a hat?
I’d love one but I’ll pass, thank you as I only have one decent kidney so can’t sell that to pay for the first years running and maintenance...
Dreadful styling with poor execution and handling at it even towards the limit that will have your sphincter loosening quicker than you can say ‘whoops please pass me some wet wipes...’ (admitted I’ve only driven one on a track day, trying to getting progressively faster before my talent ran out)
I’ve always wondered why Ferrari’s (in particular?) insist on building cars of that era that required the engine to be dropped or removed to change cambelts
Of course one reads about how you can partially drop an engine to do it but the specialists will usually say that it allows them to check for and cure oil leaks and generally clean the engine: what? So you bought a very premium product that apparantly can p155 oil like the Exxon Valdez at the drop of a hat?
I’d love one but I’ll pass, thank you as I only have one decent kidney so can’t sell that to pay for the first years running and maintenance...
Loved Miami Vice as a teen in the mid 80's, and so wanted a white Testarossa! (and to be Don Johnson truth be told).
Now I'm in my 50's - I still want a white Testarossa! (And still wouldn't mind being Don Johnson!
)
I've owned a Ferrari 348 TS (red not white), and did have a night cruising around with 80's music playing, living the 80's Miami Vice fantasy for a bit of fun (didn't go as far as the rolled up jacket sleeves, deck shoes with no socks and long hair though - And the stubble didn't look "designer", with all the grey in it! )
They only made 3 UK spec RHD white Testarossa's, and the premium people are asking is ridiculous!
I'd buy Red/silver car for half the price, have the colour changed to white, and still pay out less than an original white car.
And, it would be more in keeping with the Miami Vice car: Two were provided by Ferrari - Both with black paint.
The director wasn't happy with the colour because when shooting night scenes, the car disappeared into the background.
Testarossa's were in short supply at the time, so Ferrari repainted the cars white - And made it into a car I love!
(Fun fact: The stunt car was a De Tomaso Pantera with fake bodywork to look like a Testarossa, with a removable front section, so cameras could ve mounted, to film Crockett and Tubbs talking in the car)
Now I'm in my 50's - I still want a white Testarossa! (And still wouldn't mind being Don Johnson!
)I've owned a Ferrari 348 TS (red not white), and did have a night cruising around with 80's music playing, living the 80's Miami Vice fantasy for a bit of fun (didn't go as far as the rolled up jacket sleeves, deck shoes with no socks and long hair though - And the stubble didn't look "designer", with all the grey in it!
)They only made 3 UK spec RHD white Testarossa's, and the premium people are asking is ridiculous!
I'd buy Red/silver car for half the price, have the colour changed to white, and still pay out less than an original white car.
And, it would be more in keeping with the Miami Vice car: Two were provided by Ferrari - Both with black paint.
The director wasn't happy with the colour because when shooting night scenes, the car disappeared into the background.
Testarossa's were in short supply at the time, so Ferrari repainted the cars white - And made it into a car I love!
(Fun fact: The stunt car was a De Tomaso Pantera with fake bodywork to look like a Testarossa, with a removable front section, so cameras could ve mounted, to film Crockett and Tubbs talking in the car)
biggbn said:
Gad-Westy said:
I have a lot of affection for these. Harry M has done some great videos of his adventures in his. They actually sound like they're reasonably robust though seem to be typically temperamental.
I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
Remember Car magazine taking one to the Sahara. Had one parked outside a pub in worked a few years ago. They have become stunning over the years. Proper rubber neck car!I think they perfected the look of this car with the later 512TR and then it started to look a bit odd in 512M guise but frankly I'd be happy with any of them!
seanyfez said:
A wonderful car. I ran one along with an F355 and always enjoyed the drama of it compared to the 355 which was just very capable. I had wanted a 512BB to scratch the V12 itch but the missus didn’t like the look of them (I know!) but suggested I buy the Testarossa when she spotted it a couple of months later - they were only £30k then.
People would always come over and chat when I parked up and kids loved it - it’s quite a theatrical car! I had to sell it when I took up racing and I still miss it ten years later.
It was very reliable over the three years I owned it, I had the belts done as part of the purchase. It probably cost £2K a year to run - a pound a mile in my ownership. When buying, check the bodywork, undercarriage and electrics as though it were a FIAT of the same era, at current prices these is no excuse for these being anything other than mint!!!
Obligatory pic of mine....
Gorgeous People would always come over and chat when I parked up and kids loved it - it’s quite a theatrical car! I had to sell it when I took up racing and I still miss it ten years later.
It was very reliable over the three years I owned it, I had the belts done as part of the purchase. It probably cost £2K a year to run - a pound a mile in my ownership. When buying, check the bodywork, undercarriage and electrics as though it were a FIAT of the same era, at current prices these is no excuse for these being anything other than mint!!!
Obligatory pic of mine....
I've driven one and nearly bought one but I knew the running costs were big and I was friends with a. Fez mechanic who had one and he blew his engine on euro trip... The cost to repair was the size of a flat up north. So I bought a 360 instead as I wanted to put some miles on the car mot look at it. But I will buy a testarossa one day... They are so iconic... Love them or hate them.
Facts:
They are hard to drive at low speed
They are seriously wide and low
They sound amazing
They look special an dthe gearbox feels special
The inteior is lovely and stylish 80s (go and sit in a 1988 golf and then tell me you don't like the testarossa) but better with black dash and black carpets
They can do over 180 mph ( a Merc a45 cannot)
It's right they return to some sense of normality but they won't go back down to 35k.
It's a car for a weekend trip or a long wide A road not a track car but guess what - a 911.carrera of 1988 frankly wouldnt get you round a track easily either.
Facts:
They are hard to drive at low speed
They are seriously wide and low
They sound amazing
They look special an dthe gearbox feels special
The inteior is lovely and stylish 80s (go and sit in a 1988 golf and then tell me you don't like the testarossa) but better with black dash and black carpets
They can do over 180 mph ( a Merc a45 cannot)
It's right they return to some sense of normality but they won't go back down to 35k.
It's a car for a weekend trip or a long wide A road not a track car but guess what - a 911.carrera of 1988 frankly wouldnt get you round a track easily either.
Edited by f1ten on Saturday 24th October 12:11
cerb4.5lee said:
sidesauce said:
Ah, Outrun... such a simpler time.
I've got some cracking memories of playing that in the arcades around the time it came out. 
I used to love the sit down version of it.
Helicopter123 said:
cerb4.5lee said:
sidesauce said:
Ah, Outrun... such a simpler time.
I've got some cracking memories of playing that in the arcades around the time it came out. I used to love the sit down version of it.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff