RE: Ferrari Testarossa | The Brave Pill

[BVB]

Gorgeous. Looks better now than ever.

[Mikebentley]

I know a guy, used to be an e type and XK specialist and worked on mine. He has an eclectic collection of cars e types, series 1 Land Rover, old Merc Saloon and I knew he had a Dino that he purchased in 1974. One day I saw a red Testarossa parked up and it was him.

Seeing it in the flesh it has so much theatre going on. Wide and very low and every inch what a Super Car should look like. It had the same impact on me as when I was a little kid in the early 70s and I would cycle to Colmore Depot in Kidderminster to stare at the Lamborghini and other Italian exotica through the showroom window. The side strakes were much copied by Stroesk and Dimma etc.

[MitchT]

I love the sense of sheer drama that these cars evoke. I saw a California T in traffic one day and I initially thought it was an F-Type. Nothing wrong with an F-Type, but I want a Ferrari to set my heart racing the way that only a stupidly impractical Italian supercar can. Modern Ferraris are simply too chunky. The Testarossa looks so low, wide and inaccessible. It sets my heart racing every time I see one - even more so these days as modern cars are so tall and bloated that they only serve to accentuate the sheer sense of drama evoked by the Testarossa when it's juxtaposed with them.

[biggbn]

Last two posts echo my thoughts. Supercars need a sense of drama and theatre.

[yellowtr]

Fabulous cars, like to be driven hard and can be great fun on track. These cars are no fun sitting 50 weeks of the year in a garage. Had one for 12yrs and done everything possible cars wise in it.

Maintenance isn't too bad, but some parts are hard to find and metric tyres are no longer made for them anymore. Inspection is key and a proper history from a specialist who knows them is essentially.

Would have another one in a heart beat.

[davidc1]

A nice 458 must be the sweet spot running costs wise with ferrari?
Love the testarossa . Iconic car just like the 930turbo and countach.
930 turbo for me .

[MrC986]

Mikebentley said:

I know a guy, used to be an e type and XK specialist and worked on mine. He has an eclectic collection of cars e types, series 1 Land Rover, old Merc Saloon and I knew he had a Dino that he purchased in 1974. One day I saw a red Testarossa parked up and it was him.

Seeing it in the flesh it has so much theatre going on. Wide and very low and every inch what a Super Car should look like. It had the same impact on me as when I was a little kid in the early 70s and I would cycle to Colmore Depot in Kidderminster to stare at the Lamborghini and other Italian exotica through the showroom window. The side strakes were much copied by Stroesk and Dimma etc.

My uncle was a director at Colmore Depot back in the day & my childhood was full of expectation as to what car he would visit us in? We had an endless stream of Lancia Delta's including a Martini liveried early HF Turbo through a Mondial 8 valve to being able to drive my first Ferrari at 18 with him....a new 328 GTS demonstrator (the days when they wers about £50k new).

[coppice]

Ferrari Testa Rossa -not the Tipo Miami Vice .

[unpc]

A mate had one back in the day and a massive collection of other stuff. He reckoned the engine was epic but the rest was junk.

I always hated the look of these despite loving Miami Vice and being Outrun addicted.

[PushedDover]

A an Aussie chap called Don who ran a workshop maintaining some fancy stuff and race cars took space in one of our units circa 2014 iirc - and he had a Koenig Testerossa jn for some time. Beast of a thing.

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/ferr...

but not so pretty IMHO

[howardhughes]

Harry's Garage. Sit back and enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlPUQjmJyk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRjGN--R4pE

[A1VDY]

Which would it be then, Del Boy's Capri 2.8 or Sonny's Ferrari flat 12?

Lets think now....

Edited by A1VDY on Saturday 24th October 19:30

[mark1970]

Never mind Outrun, this reminds me of playing the first Test Drive game on the Atari ST/Amiga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61HHBCNc63E&t=...

[Promised Land]

howardhughes said:

Harry's Garage. Sit back and enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlPUQjmJyk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRjGN--R4pE

That is the first Harry’s garage I’ve ever watched, so much better than top gear and the like you get on the tv. He actually talks about the cars and history instead of going sideways out of control around a wet track.

Just watched the green Muira one as well.

That’s the car viewing for the next few weeks sorted.

Top bloke.

[DofRTW]

Always wanted to like these but something stops me... it just doesn't look right ...

[cramorra]

4rephill said:

(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 this would be a great pill - any pantera - Ed....
Wonder what money they go for
Back on topic the whole don Johnson analogy always made me think it as a poser’s car, the indicator stalks and wobbly veglia instruments where the same as in my 128 3 p.... as were the cromodora wheels...
I think it is now cooler than it was then but would prefer the rarer black interior

[biggbn]

cramorra said:

4rephill said:

(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 this would be a great pill - any pantera - Ed....
Wonder what money they go for
Back on topic the whole don Johnson analogy always made me think it as a poser’s car, the indicator stalks and wobbly veglia instruments where the same as in my 128 3 p.... as were the cromodora wheels...
I think it is now cooler than it was then but would prefer the rarer black interior

I think a 128 3p is an incredibly cool car!! Kudos

[Eng274]

I’d love just to drive a Testarossa, not likely to own one any time soon. I’ve always found them stunning looking, the archetypal poster car.

Closest I will get to anything like this was driving a 348ti at a Car Chase Heroes day a couple of years ago, really enjoyed that.

[TEKNOPUG]

When my numbers come in I'll have a resto mod convertible in Daytona blue.

[928 GTS]

emperorburger said:

waynecyclist said:

Always preferred the earlier cars with center lock wheels.

I think the early ones ran metric alloys, which is rather limiting on tyre choice.

There were some problems in keeping early style wheels in place. If center nut opens up during driving wheel will take entire corner with it. Ferrari did two upgrades over years trying to make suspension work but they never got it fully right. Therefore normal five bolt setup which finally solved it. This wasn't only problem in early cars. There were also oil pump chain drive issues which were solved little before five bolt wheel introduction. Late five bolt cars are best versions from technical point of view.