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13 Apr 2002, 21:08 (Ref:259293)
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wow!
whilst waiting for my bus in the town centre - amongst the huge queue for the traffic lights the other side of the road, sat a...FERRARI F40!!! i was totally drooling grinning like a cheshire cat!
it was a lot smaller than i thought it would be but it has an utterly roaring engine and huge wheels! the guy in the car saw me staring at it in envy so when the lights went green, he left a big gap between himself and the car in front of him and then dropped the clutch and put some huge tyre marks in the middle of the road!!! looks like it has absolutely rock solid suspension and very low to the ground of course!!! |
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13 Apr 2002, 22:51 (Ref:259376)
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I have a red one at home
pity its a 1/24 scale replica 
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14 Apr 2002, 07:10 (Ref:259583)
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I don't think I'll mention I spent 5 days watching one on the Grand Prix rally back in February, including a high speed flying 1/8th mile
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14 Apr 2002, 08:41 (Ref:259642)
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glad you didnt mention that elephino
 ive seen ferrari's, but that was something else!!! |
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14 Apr 2002, 08:52 (Ref:259653)
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Pop down to your local circuit one day and watch the Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge (pronunciation not to be attempted by Jonathan Ross or lisping paddock announcers...) and it'll soon cure you of your fascination
Last time we saw them at Snetterton there wasn't a single overtaking manouvre, and the Minis on afterwards totally upstaged them
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14 Apr 2002, 10:51 (Ref:259765)
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i would love to go to Brands some time but i dont drive, even if i did, i dont have a car. motorsport is for the drivers
maybe in 6 months time i can pop up to the circuit!
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14 Apr 2002, 18:12 (Ref:260262)
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I've got a 1024x768 version of this that I use for a wallpaper on my PC.
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14 Apr 2002, 19:41 (Ref:260307)
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bringing back memories already
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15 Apr 2002, 10:16 (Ref:260796)
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Then there was the 550 Maranello, the 360 Spider, the Porsche GT2s, GT3s, Turbos, Nissan GT-Rs and a miriad of others. But as I said before, I won't mention it.
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15 Apr 2002, 20:46 (Ref:261505)
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I followed an F50 through Harrow a while back- nice!
Most of us will never get to enjoy them from the inside (I had a ride in a 550 last year ) but it's great to be able to enjoy them from the outside- it's free after all!!
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17 Apr 2002, 11:40 (Ref:262939)
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while we're on the subject, i had a go in a 355 at thruxton a few months back, v nice!
one of those gift day experiences, highly recommend it.also, my mates dad is filthy rich (just sold his company!) and is on the waiting list for an F60, even though the price hasn't been confirmed yet!! :S he drives a 360 modena at the mo. |
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19 Apr 2002, 18:30 (Ref:265028)
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Hehe, my Mums friend has got an F40 and I got a ride in it a while back!!
The car is absolutely awesome, acceleration, sound, speed... AMAZING!!!!!!!! |
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21 Apr 2002, 09:09 (Ref:266160)
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i saw a GT40 once, my mate's dad was fixing it up and it was an original...wow! my mate sat in it, revved it to the max a few times - i think my ear drums must have perforated! i didnt get to sit in it as we had to leg it. his dad was not amused by my mate's antics.
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21 Apr 2002, 09:51 (Ref:266182)
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I've got a 1/24 model too
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21 Apr 2002, 16:16 (Ref:266508)
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i cant remember much of it because we were quite tipsy at the time but what i do remember of it, it was a hell of a car.
i heard they do remakes of the old GT40 - like kit-car stuff, is this true? |
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21 Apr 2002, 22:24 (Ref:266840)
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There are a few replicas about- the best being the GTD40 from GT Developements.
A friend of mine built one from bits and pieces of several kits and put in a Chevy 5.7l V8. The car looked great and sounded the part too! It wasn;t clean and shiney like all the other replicas but I think that made it look authentic. He used it as his daily commuting car whereas most of the GT40 replica owners club take their cars to shows on trailers. If your considering spending that much on a kit, why not go for an origonal design rather than a replica? and get out and drive it!!! |
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22 Apr 2002, 08:37 (Ref:267063)
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im 17
it would be stunning if my first car was a GT40!!! (imagine the premiums ) when im a little richer in real terms, maybe i will be able to break the bank for a decent GT40...not yet 
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