A different V8 engined car.....

[mikeyb1987]

My father's boss kindly lent to my dad the following car for my sister's wedding. I obviously had the horrendous job of cleaning/prepping it for the wedding . For once in the driveway, my Aussie muscle car had some Italian stallion for company....







It couldn't be more different to the Monaro- one a coupe- the other a convertible, one a small(ish) capacity frenetic flat plane crank V8- the other a more traditional pig-iron V8, one a slow, manual gear change- the other a double clutch box. The exhaust sounds were also polar opposites- the California being quite a hollow sound, with mine being more rumbly.
I've never been a huge fan of the Ferrari flat-plane crank V8s, as I always thought they sounded a bit 'thin'. But I have to say I'm bowled over by it after taking it for a spin. I've always been a Porsche man, but this weekend I was on

Edited by mikeyb1987 on Sunday 3rd August 20:21

[davegreg]

I've seen a couple of modern Ferrari's recently, and was very surprised at how crap they sounded - sounded like a 4 pot with a blowing exhaust! Obviously once you wind them on they'll begin to sing, but at low speeds they sound rubbish!

[paul450]

congrats to your sister mate.

did she marry a scot ? (going by the dress code in your last photo)

[mikeyb1987]

davegreg said:

I've seen a couple of modern Ferrari's recently, and was very surprised at how crap they sounded - sounded like a 4 pot with a blowing exhaust! Obviously once you wind them on they'll begin to sing, but at low speeds they sound rubbish!

You're right- they don't have the traditional off-beat rumble that we're all used to. Once it's past 6k rpm, it can really sing

[mikeyb1987]

paul450 said:

congrats to your sister mate.

did she marry a scot ? (going by the dress code in your last photo)

Cheers mate. Yep, married a chap from Edinburgh. Was a good day, needless to say the car was the centre of attention, despite the stunning Lake District scenery.

[paul450]

did you prove you where a clan member and wear a kilt aswell ?

[mikeyb1987]

paul450 said:

did you prove you where a clan member and wear a kilt aswell ?

Unfortunately not. I wore standard trousers. But in the spirit of things, I was a true Englishman and went bk-naked underneath the trousers

[paul450]

mikeyb1987 said:

Unfortunately not. I wore standard trousers. But in the spirit of things, I was a true Englishman and went bk-naked underneath the trousers