Shaksey

11 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Now the more i think about it mine maybe did not have PS, i assumed because the steering was so light that it must have had but of course with the engine at the rear meant no weight at the front of the car.

I dunno, the non-PAS car steering was lightish at speed but when manoeuvring at low speed or parking it was quite heavy. 

Talking about weight at the front....did you ever have the need (misfortune) to have to check where the battery was? 😁

On 10/22/2020 at 1:52 AM, Pumpuynarak said:

That was exactly my thoughts but of course these cars are something special in terms of design. Try driving at 150mph in a TVR, you won't want to do it too often lol    

Or ever again. 

I know (knew) three lads who died in TVR's.

The chips are RFID.

BUT....ATM's are not RFID so they read the chips via the contact points.

This was the best pre-2000 Ferrari I have ever driven. 

1984 308 GTS QV. 

Note, all important "Big Knob" mod 😁

On 10/21/2020 at 8:19 PM, Chester Draws said:

Yeh, prices are getting silly now. I was at a Supercar event yesterday, they had 5 F50s there amongst many others. Friend of mine has a nice collection of lambos including a countach

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Was that the Donnington meetup, per chance?

On 10/21/2020 at 7:52 AM, Chester Draws said:

348s are quite sought after now and better value than 355s....both so pretty cars

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At one point in the mid-late 2000's, 348TB's were down to £20-25k  and 355GTB's were under £30k. 

On 10/20/2020 at 7:19 PM, Chester Draws said:

It's actually an Audi 5.2 used in the lambo as Audi own Lamborghini

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Went to pick up onw of these with a mate a week or so ago, a lot of motor for the money now!

On 10/21/2020 at 7:38 AM, Pumpuynarak said:

Here ya go, it was a 1991 model with 17k miles on the clock when i bought it in 2001, it was as new but had PAS. I could'nt get on with the gated gear shift no matter how hard i tried, reverse was where 1st gear traditionally is and 1st gear was where 2nd usually is, i did'nt like it but i had some fun in it.

       

Cool, the one i had many times was 1992 but non-PAS...I guess it had been manufactured a cpl years before it was first sold and registered maybe. It wasn't far off Lotus Elise levels of steering directness and feedback.

Every Ferrari I'd driven up to that point had the "Dog-Leg" box, and indeed so did a lot of other cars i was driving around that time......928 S2, E30 M3, 190 Cosworth, Aston V8 Vantage.....any sports car with a front engine/rear transaxle/5manual setup was dog-leg pretty much. Perfecting that up-right-up 1 -> 2 shift in a Ferrari and dropping the clutch, nailing the throttle all just right is probably the greatest motoring joy I can recall.

Yours looks lovely. I prefer the side strakes look of the 348 to the big open scoop/vent look on the 355 😎

Bet that chin/lower bumper took a good stone-pitting though, the first one i had many times was TDF Blue and had the optional black/plastic lower chin....not as pretty but it was a lot easier to drive day-to-day.

I had a red Targa a few times as well. funky reg n' all, lol, it a PAS model and the loss of torsional rigidity due to the roof not being solid made it a lot less fun to hustle. 

I forgot hot-linking to IMGBB and the like isn't working, attaching pics instead... (the red Targa pics aren't mine, but it is the car i had)

3 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Well i had the 348TB and i have to say it was like driving a super fast tractor what with the gated gear shift but it was a "looker" imo

Did you have an early one with the non-assisted steering? That was really good, ultra-direct and loads of feedback. They spoiled it when they added PAS.

A Ferrari isn't a Ferrari for me unless it's got the gated shift, and even better if it's a dogleg :-0) Getting the cross plane shifts absolutely click-click spot on is what it's all about for me driving old Ferrari's. 

The 348tb was the first "modern" V8 Ferrari, first longitudinal engine mounting which really made a huge difference over the 308/328. They didn't get the weight dist and suspension setup quite right though first go, it was skittish on the limit for sure, which is why they made the 348GTB which is apparently a lot lot better (never tried the GTB) before they put everything they'd learnt into the F355. Drove it in the snow once. Very carefully!

Edit, oh, and hope you managed to have a single plate clutch one!

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The best House remix of an R&B tune, ever.

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Edit - So it seems that linking to IMGBB isn't working now on here?

Edit - Attached instead.

9 hours ago, lazarus said:

That, is a Moindial T Convertible, I had the pleasure of one a few times, a very underrated car, it had the 3.4litre engine from the 348TB in it and was pretty much perfectly balanced. The only Ferrari i've ever driven that was a relaxing comfy drive.

Went to pick this up with a mate today 😎

(edit, not the Range, lol)

7 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

Found some history....

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1958-mercedes-benz-220s-W4Xbxg

Cheers mate, beautiful automobile.

The Kinky Boots Factory. 

Or was, apartments now.

On 10/11/2020 at 10:55 AM, coxyhog said:

This beauty was in our local Sainsburys car park yesterday

Pure class.

13 hours ago, Mr Mosquito said:

Legendary 'Nite Owl' columnist Bernard Trink dies at 89..........RIP Bernie

Bernard Trink, one of the most memorable figures in the long history of the Bangkok Post, has passed away at the age of 89.

He had been ill and was being treated at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, where he died of a blood infection on Tuesday night, said his wife Aree Trink. 

He is survived by his wife and two children, a son and daughter. His cremation will be held at Sala 5, Wat That Thong, at 2pm on Sunday.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1999947/post-legend-bernard-trink-dies-at-89

 

He held until his death, utterly reprehensible views on HIV/AIDS. Such a massive character flaw cannot be ignored. 

2 hours ago, thumper63 said:

Good to see you posting glass. I haven't see to in awhile. 

Bougainvillea 🙂

Comes out all around the lake in Benjakitti Park too.

On 10/9/2020 at 4:49 PM, john luke said:

Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c. 1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.  What remains is a shell of the building which was the monastery and a museum located on the other side of Kirkstall Road.  

 

 

Great pics, whenever i used to fly from Heathrow to Leeds and get the bus to the city centre, driving past the Abbey was a highlight of the journey.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo 😞

8 hours ago, lazarus said:

saw this cruisin' around yesterday...

I liked that when they originally came out they had a gated shift, a la Ferrari.

Dunno if the current model does now, probably DSG or whatever they call it only now.

Love the Hanoi pics, thanks!

More Leeds pics..

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