didn't self-combust
the other week. Having to broadcast an especially indulgent Drive film in which it takes the lead role would have smarted a bit if I'd been filling out the insurance papers and still smelling of burnt 80s Fiat switchgear.
This is something of a departure for myself and videographer Neil, but when a car looks and sounds this good, you don't need me gassing on about how the 512's engine sits a few centimetres lower than a Testarossa's. What you need is some decidedly 80s tunes and a heap of uncorked flat-12.
This car, on those roads really was a special experience. The 512 is so wide that to push it hard and get it rolling around you need space - the N85 is the perfect place to do that. Sadly Neil is now permanently damaged from watching some Italian Lothario sitting in the lay-by we were using to shoot a corner croon Radiohead's Creep to his squeeze. Even now he can't understand why he chose to sing Creep. Nor why she was listening.
Enjoy the silence. I'll be talking again next week.
And if you have some large speakers which you can attach to your computer, do so for this video. I think it sounds fantastic.